The complicated History of Surf Ted Ed

Wave riding was done through: the Polynesian Pacific, West Africa and Peru.

• True

• False

In Hawaii, wave sliding was a

• Spiritual and social activity

• Recreational activity

Kapu was

• the name of a Hawaiian society

• a code of rules and taboos

• a bus station in Puebla

Surfers wagered on who could ride:

• the farthest and slowest.

• the nearest, and who could catch the biggest and fastest wave.

• the farthest, the fastest and who could catch the biggest wave.

Paipo boards were:

• twice as long as today's longboards.

• short round-nosed boards.

• thin and mid-sized.

Surfing was described in writing by William Anderson in :

• 1776

• 1778

• 1777

American Christian missionaries regarded surfing as:

• Religious

• Sinful

• Fun

Which of the following was a type of board used by Hawaiians for riding waves?

• Kapu

• Mahalo

• Alaia

• Aloha

By 1890, illnesses introduced by foreigners had killed so many Hawaiians that, out of a pre-contact population that may have exceeded 800,000, approximately _____________ Hawaiians remained.

• 400,000

• 40,000

• 140,000

• 4,000

According to the film, which statement best explains Alexander Hume Ford’s view of surfing?

• Ford believed Hawaiian surf breaks had become too crowded and sought to dissuade people from taking up the pastime

• Surfing, Ford said, was a waste of time and interfered with more useful pursuits

• Ford hoped that surfing might attract more white settlers to Hawaii

• Ford argued that surfing was dangerous and was suitable only for native Hawaiians