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A Totally Rad History of Surfing
Did Christian missionaries really try to stop Hawaiians from surfing? A new book provides at some interesting facts and dispels some myths about the history of that ancient sport. The jacket of this new book has a picture of two middle-aged guys in wetsuits floating on surfboards.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readDid Christian missionaries really try to stop Hawaiians from surfing? A new book provides at some interesting facts and dispels some myths about the history of that ancient sport. The jacket of this new book has a picture of two middle-aged guys in wetsuits floating on surfboards. They're professors at UC Santa Barbara and their book is
The World in the Curl: An Unconventional History of Surfing
. One is Peter Neushul and the other is
Peter Westwick, who joins us here in our studio.
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