People surf all over the world whether its to compete, or its for fun. You can surf about anywhere in the world. If its cool or warm. Surfing is connected to the ancient tradition of "he'e nalu", meaning "wave sliding". If you wanted a good day of surfing you'd need the right waves. Ancient Hawaiians relied on Kahunas, which were priests, to pray for a good surf. All types of sports and activities haves some history behind them.
Surfing served as a training exercise. When there was competitions, wealth, pride and romance were at stake. A guy named Captain Cook arrived in Hawaii in the late eighteenth century. His arrival increased the number of foreigners in Hawaii all together. The foreigners were traders and explorers. At first, they were looking for profit. After that, missionaries and settlers came to Hawaii because of Cooks journal. They were looking to destroy the Hawaiian culture and take all of their land.
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After Captain Cook and James King discovered the Hawaiians practicing a sport in the 1790's, surfing declined dramatically. Surfing was widely practiced in Hawaii and Tahiti. Henry T. Cheever saw people surfing in Maui and wrote about what he saw the people doing.
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