Legendary Surfers

Subscribe to our feeds:

Legendary Surfers

Follow SHACC on:

Earliest English Surf: 1890

A long-lost letter, published for the first time, reveals that the two Piikoi brothers and their English guardian went surfing at the Yorkshire resort of Bridlington in September 1890:

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/bridlington-is-the-birthplace-of-uk-surfing-new-785528

Labels: 1890, Bridlington, Prince David Kahalepouli Kawanaankoa Piikoi, Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole Piikoi, Yorkshire

1 Comments:

Barnie said...: Back in the day, the children also had little grommets in brighton beach. They introduced it into Australia.; November 28, 2012

Post a Comment

Mahalo for your comment!

Subscribe to Post Comments [Atom]

Links to this post:

<$BlogBacklinkTitle$>: <$BlogBacklinkSnippet$>
<$I18NPostedByBacklinkAuthor$> @ <$BlogBacklinkDateTime$>