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Hawaiian surfing : traditions from the past

Title
Hawaiian surfing : traditions from the past / John R.K. Clark.
Author
Clark, John R. K., 1946-
Publication
Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, ©2011.

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Description
x, 495 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Summary
Hawaiian surfing is a history of the traditional sport narrated primarily by Native Hawaiians who wrote for the Hawaiian-language newspapers of the 1800s. An introductory section on traditional surfing is followed by an exhaustive Hawaiian-English dictionary of surfing terms and references from Hawaiian-language publications. The information in each of these sections is supported by passages in Hawaiian, followed by English translations. The work concludes with a glossary of English-Hawaiian surfing terms and an index of proper names, place names, and surf spots.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Sources.
  • History
  • Sources
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Language (note)
  • English and Hawaiian.
Contents
Traditional Hawaiian surf sports -- He'e Nalu-board surfing -- Types of surfboards -- Surfboard construction -- Surfing skills and styles -- Surfboards as paddleboards -- Surfing chants and rituals -- Sensuous surf -- Surfwear -- Surfing contests -- Sharks In the surf -- Gods and surfing -- Surfers of different nationalities -- Pakaka nalu-Outrigger Canoe Surfing -- Kaha nalu-bodysurfing -- Pae po'o-bodyboarding -- He'e one-sand sliding -- He'e pu'e wai-river surfing, Traditional surf sites. Hawai'i -- Maui -- Moloka'i -- Lana'i -- Kaho'olawe -- O'ahu -- Kaua'i -- Ni'ihau -- Hawaiian English dictionary of surfing terms -- Waikiki place names related to surfing.
ISBN
  • 9780824834142
  • 0824834143
LCCN
  • 2010050465
  • 40019416636
OCLC
  • ocn650960013
  • 650960013
  • SCSB-1600412
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library