The History of Surfing

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The riding of waves has likely existed since humans began swimming in the ocean. In this sense, bodysurfing is the oldest type of wave-catching. Archaeological evidence suggests that ancient cultures of Peru surfed on reed watercraft for fishing and recreation up to five thousand years ago. Standing up on what is now called a surfboard is a relatively recent innovation developed by the Polynesians. The influences for modern surfing can be directly traced to the surfers of pre-contact Hawaii.

0:00:00 - intro
0:00:12 - Summary
0:00:42 - Perú
0:01:33 - Polynesia
0:03:30 - Ancient Hawaii
0:05:30 - Post-contact Hawaii
0:08:05 - North America
0:09:50 - Surf Culture Epicenters
0:11:12 - Australian surfing
0:12:13 - Great Britain
0:12:31 - Modern surfing
0:15:40 - Professional surfing
0:19:22 - Technological innovations in surfing
0:22:12 - The Short Board Revolution
0:25:04 - Big wave surfing
0:26:21 - Style versus performance
0:27:37 - Surfing's impact on popular culture
0:28:51 - Alternatives to wind-generated waves
0:30:03 - outro

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