Surfing project history
May 05, 2022
From 500 to 800 years, surfing originated in Hawaii.
In 1767, the first European witness to surfing was recorded by dolphin's crew in Tahiti.
In 1779, Lieutenant James King also found and recorded the art of surfing in his diary after the death of Captain James Cook.
In 1912, with the strong advocacy of ha ha Moku, an American Hawaiian swimming champion in the Olympic Games, surfing was popularized in California of the United States. It is now popular in Hawaii, North America, Peru, Australia and South Africa, and has already had a world-class surfing championship.
In 1915, surfing first traveled to South America.
In 1959, he invented the glass iron surfboard to replace the wood surfboard.
In 1908, a group of white athletes set up the "outrigger canoe club" in waiki beach, and vigorously advocated the preservation of floating canoes and surfing.
In 1911, the "huinalu" was founded, which was the beginning of the modern formal organization of surfing in Hawaii.
In 1912, the Olympic Games were held in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden. Duke kahanamo Ku, an 18-year-old Hawaiian youth, participated on behalf of the United States and set a new world record for the 100 meter swimming event.
After the Second World War, the birth of the plastic industry produced portable plastic surfboards, which promoted the development of surfing.
In 1962, the first world surfing championship was held in manly, Australia.
In 2010, the first China Hainan Wanning international surfing festival was born at the right time and became the starting point of the surfing industry with the joint exploration and creation of the General Administration of sports, Hainan provincial government and Wanning municipal government.
In august2016, the IOC plenary session voted that surfing entered the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, which is also the first time surfing has appeared in the Olympic Games.
On december7,2020, the International Olympic Committee agreed to list surfing as an official event of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.
