Surfing Origins

In the early 1900s the Hawaiians organized the Hui NALU (surf club) and competed in contests neighborhood surf with the Outrigger Canoe Club. This marks a great attention to the coast of Waikiki surfing, bringing a revitalized interest in the sport, which has fallen from favor in the late 1800s.

Duke Kahanamoku, an Olympic swimming star, popularized the sport further by traveling internationally and showing their style of surfing to a thrilled audience around the world. Was favored by the elite of Hollywood, has acted in bit parts in movies and has always been the recruitment of new surfers when he left. He is credited with surfing the waves longest of all time in 1917, at the popular surfing area now called Outside Castles in Waikiki. His 1000 meters plus wave record has yet to be overcome.

In the 1930s, the sport of surfing is experiencing a renaissance. Tom Blake, founder of the Pacific Coast Surfing Championship that ended the war began in 1941, was the first man in the photograph surfing from the water. Another photographer and surfer named Doc Ball published California Surfriders 1946, which represents the pristine coastal beaches and nice weather, relaxed atmosphere of surf living.

Surf, although curtailed in the aftermath of World War II, revived as always by the 1950s. Bud Browne, an accomplished surfer and Waterman, created the first "surf movie" with his 1953 "Hawaiian Surf movie." This inspired many photographers, filmmakers and surfers to continue documenting the sport, culminating with is arguably the best surf movie of all time, 1963 of "Endless Summer" by Bruce Brown. The film opened the genre of surf film and the art of navigating to the non-surfing people, accumulating fans and newbies inspiring.