Surfing's History Animated

Scott Laderman, author of "Empire in Waves" and director Silvia Prietov teamed up to create a short animated cartoon on the history of surfing, as part of the TEDEd Lessons Worth Learning project.

The cartoon touches the main ingredients of surfing - its cultural and spiritual roots, the first alaia, paipo, and olo boards, the US annexation of Hawaii, the revival of surfing, the pioneers of the sport, and the creation of a multi-billion dollar industry: