"Surf-bathing" just what IS surf bathing anyway? If you have a cellphone, assorted iPods, frequently flier miles or even a Starbucks Gold Card, you may be culturally and temporally handicapped in this regard. Folks about a 125 years ago knew, at least the few that wandered into those areas.
Surf bathing in the Sandwich Islands through the eyes of surf dude Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain) while "Roughing It." Is that a swallow tail board?
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http://www.surfingsandiego.com/forum...s.asp?TID=1545
Manly, New South Wales, 1900-1910. Can you imagine folks going off on the bombora in those getups?!
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http://www.nma.gov.au/exhibitions/pa...ing_the_beach/
A little more recently, the ama of Japan get into it
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http://mermaid-williambond.blogspot....ea-people.html
Surf bathing in the Sandwich Islands in the late 1800's. Sure that isn't surf wiping out?
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http://www.gutenberg.org/files/13222...-h/13222-h.htm
Hitting it off Diamond Head about a hundred years ago. What are those ... proto-baggies?
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http://usvsa.com/auction/APViewItem.asp?ID=152
Ok, a little temporal confusion, "gay queen of the waves?" Well, could be. Looks like I shaped her/his board, not a lot of rocker there and doubles as a mighty fine door! Very practical. OK, now what have the Sandwich Islands to do with NJ police? Mysteries but still surf bathing.
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http://tinyurl.com/3b22bn