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; The History of Surfing From Captain Cook to the Present; By Ben Marcus ... After Cook's death in 1779 but before the Discovery and Resolution returned to England, Lt. King devoted two full pages to a description of surfboard riding, as practiced by the locals at Kealakekua Bay on the Kona coast of the Big Island.
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www.surfingforlife.com/history.html
www.surfingforlife.com/history.html
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History of surfboards from heavy solid surfboards to light modern surfboards ... 360GUIDE HOME SURF Surfboard History ... We came a long way in the history of the surfboard. Can you imagine riding a 35kg/77lb heavy wooden surfboard with no fins and no rocker? I can't. This is exactly how the first solid surfboards looked like.
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360guide.info/surfing/history-of-the-surfboard.html?Ite...
360guide.info/surfing/history-of-the-surfboard.html?Itemid=50
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In 1926 one of the most famous names in surf history; Tom Blake designed the first hollow surfboard constructed of redwood with hundreds of holes drilled in it and was encased with a thin board of wood on top and bellow the board.
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ezinearticles.com/?History-of-Surfboards&id=646253
ezinearticles.com/?History-of-Surfboards&id=646253
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If shaping the board for the alii or ruling class, a lengthy surfboard between 14 and 16 feet long was superiorly crafted using premium wood. Hawaiians often made this larger board, called an olo, with the light and more buoyant wood from the wiliwili tree. ... History & Culture...
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www.coffeetimes.com/surf.htm
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The surfboard has undergone immense changes since the craze took off alongside the other fads of the 50's. Throughout the next four decades a number of different approaches and experiments were applied to surfboards. ... THE HISTORY OF THE BOARD PRE-50's ... Surfboard Shaping Template History, by Bruce "Snake" Gabrielson, 1997...
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www.blackmagic.com/ses/surf/papers/boardessy.html
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Surfboard Shaping Template History ... Surfboard designs were, and still are, a combination of shaper skills and surfer inputs. The continuing evolution of both templates and boards goes hand in hand. Templates are made from good boards, and good boards are made from good templates with inputs from good surfers.
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www.blackmagic.com/ses/book/his-c.html
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The Fish was originally designed in the early '70s as a short, stubby surfboard known as a fishboard that could be used as a kneeboard and stand-up surfboard, hence its designation as a hybrid. ... The postmodern Fish design is where hotdog surfboard design is going; it's a rebound from the super-narrow, rockered-out designs...
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www.surfline.com/surfaz/fish.cfm
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Most armchair design history buffs would agree, if pressed, to name the application of the hard down rail as the most important (non-material) innovation in surfboard history.
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www.surfline.com/surfaz/rails.cfm
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Community site dedicated to Surfboard Market, Surfboard Design, Surfboard Construction, Surfboard Manufacture, Surfboard Art, Surfboard History ... polypro surfboard blanks new...
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