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Reyn Spooner Surfing and Surfboards. Hawaiian Surfing History: When Captain Cook arrived in Hawai'i, surfing was deeply rooted in many centuries of Hawaiian legend and culture. Place names had been bestowed because of legendary surfing incidents. The kahuna (experts) intoned special chants to christen new surfboards, to bring the surf up and to give courage to the men and women who challenged the big waves. Hawaiians had no written language until the haole (white-skinned people) arrived, so their genealogy and history were remembered in songs and chants. There were legendary stories of love matches made and broken in the surf, lives risked and heroic ocean deeds by chiefs and commoners. Before contact with Cook's crew, Hawai'i was ruled by a code of kapu (taboos) which regulated almost everything: where to eat; how to grow food; how to predict weather; how to build a canoe; how to build a surfboard; how to predict when the surf would be good, or convince the Gods to make it good. Hawaiian society was distinctly stratified into royal and common classes, and these taboos extended into the surf zone. There were reefs and beaches where the ali'i (chiefs) surfed and reefs and beaches where the commoners surfed. Commoners generally rode waves on paipo (prone) and alaia (stand up) boards as long as 12 feet, while the ali'i rode waves on olo boards that were as long as 24 feet. Several of Hawaii's most famous chiefs, including Kaumuali'i, the ruling chief of Kaua'i and Kamehameha I, were renowned for their surfing ability. Ali'i could prove their prowess by showing courage and skill in big waves, and woe betide the commoner who crossed into surf zones reserved for the ali'i. On the south shore of Oahu, at Waikiki, the surf spot now known as Outside Castles was called Kalehuaweke by the Hawaiians to commemorate an incident in which a commoner dropped into the same wave as a Hawaiian chiefess, which was a major taboo. To save his own skin, he offered her his lehua wreath to placate her.
Reyn Spooner M Field Long Board Paddling Surfing 100% Cotton Blue $70.00 Item Number# RSMFLBURF72208 Available in Sizes L, XL, XXL
Item Number# RSJOEKSURFB73008 Available only in Size Large other sizes is Sold Out
Item Number# We Ship Worldwide to Physical Mailing Address only We do not shipped to PO Box Numbers
Shipping and Handling to Europe, Japan, Australia is US$19.99 and added $5.00 for each additional Item . We Shipped thru USPS Global Priority Mail only not unless it's not available so we use other carrier. Insurance is optional Shipping and Handling to Canada is US$12.00 and added $5.00 for each additional Item . We Shipped thru USPS Global Priority Mail Insurance is optional Any Country that is not mentioned Please email me first before bidding or buying to confirm the Cost of the Shipping.
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REYN SPOONER ALOHA SURF BAR
Shipping and Handling to any Part of United States it is Flat Rate
From $6.50 for the
lighter one up to $7.00 on
the Heavier Fabric. USPS Priority Mail with added delivery Confirmation Number. After mailing I will send you the Delivery Confirmation Number and You can check thru