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national geographic : hawaii, 1924 
 Images of Hawaii, pre-1924.

From : National Geograghic Magazine
February 1924 Volume XLV Number Two
The Hawiian Islands 

Page 12
Board Portrait photograph illustrating an advertisment for the Hawaiian Tourist Bureau.


SURF-RIDING: DIAMOND HEAD RISES IN THE DISTANCE
Few aquatic sports afford a thrill equal to that of surf-riding. The swimmer with his surfboard, from 7 to 12 feet in length and I 1/2 feet in width, works his way out through the .shallow water over the fringing coral reef to where the high rollers rise. Selecting his wave, he gets his boat under way by paddling furiously with his hands and feet, and at the proper moment, mounting a high wave, throws himself on the board just as it is seized by the force of the onrushing water, which carries him with race-horse speed toward the beach.                                                                                                                           Page 155.

A commonly reproduced  image of three riders : one headstanding, one kneeling and one begining to stand.The image is uncredited, highly unusual for this publication and has been reproduced in other formats such as postcards.
See Scheiffer (1998), pages 14 and 20.
Blackburn, (2001) page 19 (circa 1910) and  page 21 (circa 1915 and credits the headstanding rider as Duke Kahanamoku).


Colour Plate X : Riding The Surf at Waikiki, Honolulu
From a photograph by R. K. Bonine.

Three riders, two wearing Outrigger Canoe Club  swimming costumes.
Note that the photograph have been colourised and the costumes may have been enhanced to give the image contrast.


From : National Geograghic Magazine
February 1924 Volume XLV Number Two
The Hawiian Islands 




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