Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 24, Number 3, 1 March 2007 — Surfing: Images From the Bishop Museum Archive [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Surfing: Images From the Bishop Museum Archive

By DeSoto Brown Bishop Museum Press $14.95

Today's P international surfing craze I was spread

across the globe on waves that originated on the shores of Hawai'i. Onee frowned upon by 19th century Christian missionaries and nearly abandoned, this traditional Hawaiian sport has seen a remarkable revival and evolution over the last century. Culling historical photographs from the Bishop Museum's extensive archive, Surfing takes us on a visual journey of the sport in Hawai'i from 1890 through 1960. Also available from Bishop Museum Press is a eollection of 20 glossy note cards of images that appear in Surfing.