This article has been posted by the Museum of British surfing on facebook. This is one of the most interesting photos of the collection showing possibly the first ever photo of a surfer...
Man I'm an Oz surfer with Aboriginal background presently stuck inLondon and just wanted to comment on how that pix of the Kanaka surfer freaked me as he looks almost identical to my own dad. Thing about that is my dads tribal stories tell of being connected to the kanaka Maoli explorers who canoed from the Hawaiian Islands to New Zealand stopping on their way in the far north region of New South Wales in Australia. Mind blowing, the resemblance. Is it possible to get an enlarged copy? Hari Om Ed
Ok what I wanted to say was......it's not pix related but why aren't you going ahead with those ever sooo groovy retro wetties that are on your site. They are totally the best around and I really wanted to take a long john and a shor john back home for next winter!!! So bummed and hope you do a mind change on it :D Hari Om Ed Tree
Man I'm an Oz surfer with Aboriginal background presently stuck inLondon and just wanted to comment on how that pix of the Kanaka surfer freaked me as he looks almost identical to my own dad. Thing about that is my dads tribal stories tell of being connected to the kanaka Maoli explorers who canoed from the Hawaiian Islands to New Zealand stopping on their way in the far north region of New South Wales in Australia. Mind blowing, the resemblance. Is it possible to get an enlarged copy?
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ReplyDeleteOk what I wanted to say was......it's not pix related but why aren't you going ahead with those ever sooo groovy retro wetties that are on your site. They are totally the best around and I really wanted to take a long john and a shor john back home for next winter!!! So bummed and hope you do a mind change on it :D
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