| Throughout the world Hawaiians was the first people to ever surf on waves. Hawaiians invented the sport, but surfing was more then a sport to Hawaiians it was a life style and tradition. |
| Hawaiians surfed Hawai'i's waves for hundreds of years. Surfing played a part in the annual celebration Hawaiians called Makahiki. |
| Surfing (He’e Nalu) on surf boards was enjoyed by cheifs, commoners of both sexes. |
| King Kamehameha The Great train in his youth to surf with canoe and surf board. He was a great surfer and expert of the ocean. |
| Hawaiian women in the ocean on their body boards. Eh? they invented the first body boards too. |
| These are the first drawings of Hawaiian surfers by early foreign explorers such as Captain Cook. |
| The wooden surf boards were shaped from koa or the much lighter wood wiliwili or bread fruit, carefully smooth and oiled. |
