Surfing began as soon as man could swim, however surfing with a board was only done by the Polynesians it was first discovered in 1796 by a man called Joseph Banks during the first voyage of Captain Cook.
The chief of the tribe was the best Surfer and owned the best board in the tribe.
Commoners could become famous and gain prestige by impressive surfing. When Missionarys arrived on the Islands they persuaded the natives to give up surfing so by the 20th century only a small community of Surfers exsisted.
In 1907 a Surfer by the name of George Freeth was brought to California as a part of a publicty stunt to do with the opening of a railroad. Soon surfing had spread to Australia and other coastal countries.
Surfing's development and culture has been focused to 3 main countries Australia, California and Hawaii.
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