Did the Irish invent Surfing?

[Tara Brady]

Yes, actually.
We owe all of modern surfing to George Freeth, an Ulsterman who revived the
lost Polynesian art after Christian missionaries had all but eradicated it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Freeth





2009/8/30 Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com>

> don't know fer sure, but they did invent The Aryan Brotherhood.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryan_Brotherhood
>
> --- On Sun, 8/30/09, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > From: rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: Did the Irish invent Surfing?
> > To: "John Carvill" <johncarvill at gmail.com>
> > Cc: "pynchon -l" <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> > Date: Sunday, August 30, 2009, 11:21 AM
> > more of  this locals rule bit
> >
> > http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/23/sports/othersports/23surfing.html?_r=1
> >
> > SUNSET BEACH, Hawaii — They are known as the Wolfpak or
> > simply “the
> > boys.” They use fear and their fists to command respect
> > in the surf
> > along the North Shore of Oahu, a seven-mile stretch of some
> > of the
> > world’s most renowned waves. At the celebrated Banzai
> > Pipeline, they
> > determine which waves go to whom, and punish those who
> > breach their
> > code of respect for local residents and the waves.
> >
> > The Wolfpak formed a decade ago when Alexander moved to the
> > North
> > Shore and joined his childhood friend Kai Garcia, a former
> > professional surfer and jujitsu champion known as Kaiborg
> > for his
> > fearsome superhuman reputation. Alexander had recently been
> > released
> > from prison after serving time for assault.
> >
> > “It was crowded when I came here,” Alexander said about
> > Pipeline. “A
> > lot of people in the water, not much respect. Where I grew
> > up on
> > Kauai, you respect everybody in the water, especially your
> > elders.
> > Don’t step out of line. We just brought that mentality
> > over here.”
> >
> > On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 8:35 AM, John Carvill<johncarvill at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > Tribalism, turf wars, and Californian crypto-fascism:
> > >
> > > "Few anthropological groups are as tribal and
> > turf-conscious as
> > > surfers, be they Californian, Hawaiian, Australian,
> > South African,
> > > British or even Irish - a people who already know a
> > thing or two about
> > > turf wars.
> > >
> > > Go to any renowned surfing beach and you'll always
> > find that resentful
> > > remnant of original surfer-inhabitants whose halcyon
> > adolescence of
> > > sun-kissed, carefree wavewalking has long since been
> > eclipsed by the
> > > world's discovery of their once enviably uncrowded
> > breaks and peaks.
> > > Strangers and outsiders are usually greeted by them
> > with the
> > > chip-on-the-shoulder salutation, "Locals rule!"
> > >
> > > Right. I bet that's what those Hawaiians said to
> > Captain Cook when
> > > they bashed in his head with that rock: "Goddamn limey
> > stepped into my
> > > wave, brah!" Wallop...."
> > >
> > >
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2009/aug/29/surfing-films-bustin-down-the-door
> > >
> >
> >
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