Surfing Sunset Beach Hawaii

Surfing Sunset Beach Hawaii
Hawaii’s Sunset beach on the popular North Shore of Oahu is regarded as one of the most famed surfing spot in the world. Every surfers dream and skill level is measured by riding these heavy and tricky waves at sunset beach.

Early History of Surfing
If images of the kahuna (experts) ritualistically chanting to the Gods to bring the waves, protect men and women who rode them, bless the carved wood boards, kings and queens battling for wave rights and integration between man and the magic of the sea brings images of the history of Surfing to your mind’s eye, then you must be filled with Aloha, as the Polynesians intended. The history of surfing dates back centuries before the first written account of observing the sport of kings in 1779 by Lt. James King in the ship’s log of CaptainJames Cook’s Discovery.

Surfing Origins
In the early 1900’s the Hawaiians organized the Hui Nalu (surf club) and competed in neighborly surf competitions with the Outrigger Canoe Club. This drew a great deal of attention to the Waikiki surf shore, bringing a revitalized interest in the sport, which had fallen out of favor in the late 1800s.

More Surfing History
Although surfing was a male-dominated sport, adventurous women surfers can be seen all the way back to the times of the Polynesian Queens. Two notable surfer girls were Eve Fletcher and Anona Napolean. Eve Fletcher was a California-born animator for Walt Disney and Anona Napolean was the daughter of a respected Hawaiian surfing family. The two pioneered the sport for modern women, winning surfing competitions up and down the California coast at the end of the 50s and into the 60s.

Shralp Surf! #28
Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards, April 13th 2007. DVD Teaser: Euroforce the Actionmentary Billabong Pro Teahupoo, May 4 - 14, 2007. Outro: kosurfschool.com

They Will Surf Again
The Life Rolls On Foundation runs a program called They Will Surf Again, which is an adaptive surf program where people with spinal cord injury, get the chance to surf! Some have never surfed before, some surf all the time, and some have not surfed since sustaining their injury. This video was directed by Richard Yelland and is a trailer to a film calling Floating. Music by Paul Heck/Jujulele (www.myspace.com/jujulele). For more about LRO, visit http://www.liferollson.org. After watching the video PLEASE add LRO as your MySpace Friend… AND please JOIN the LRO MySpace Group (groups.myspace.com/liferollsonorg)

Catching Some Waves
Check out this sneak preview of Collegiate Nationals wakeboarding competitions. For more log onto www.thecollegiatenationals.com

Bruticus Maximus
Tom Lochtefeld is the brains behind the flowboard wave machine called the Bruticus Maximus. For more log onto www.thecollegiatenationals.com Flowboarding coverage begins on Friday, May 18th at 9pm ET on CSTV.

This entry was posted on June 1, 2007 at 2:35 pm and is filed under Surfing. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response or trackback from your own site.

| Print