In 1905 the world’s oldest known surfboard was discovered in Hawaii. It dated back to the early 1600s. And it belonged to a ...

² After naming themselves the Hui O He‘e Nalu (or Club of Wave Sliders), they outlined their chief objectives. Their primary goal was to preserve Native Hawaiian control over the waves of the North ...

And it belonged to a woman. Pristinely preserved in a cool dry burial cave on the Big Island’s Kona coast, this papa he‘e nalu (Koa wood surfboard) is believed to have been the prize ...