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The document discusses the history and culture of surfing. It describes how surfing originated as a way of life for Pacific Islanders and was an important part of their social structure and politics. Chiefs held the highest social rank and were awarded the best surfboards. When Europeans encountered Polynesians in 1767, they saw them surfing using long heavy boards. In the early 1800s, Christian missionaries discouraged native Hawaiian culture including surfing, causing the ancient art of surfing to decline
- Author
- Carlos Ormeño
- Language
- EN