Surf culture
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Surf culture includes the people, language, fashion, and lifestyle surrounding the sport of surfing. The history of surfing began with the ancient Polynesians. That initial culture directly influenced
2010 Mavericks competition at Half Moon Bay, California
Pontiac woodie, used by early surfers
Alphonse Pellion, Sandwich Islands: houses of Kalanimoku, Prime Minister of the King; fabric making. In the foreground is an olo board, the largest of the Hawaiian wooden surfboards. (c. 1819)
Duke Kahanamoku and the Hui Nalu Club
Shaka sign
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The shaka sign, sometimes known as "hang loose" or "hang ten", is a gesture representing "aloha spirit, love and local pride" that is the official hand gesture of Hawaii and is also associated with gl
Surf culture
…recently finished riding a wave. Surfers have often been associated with being slackers or 'beach bums' (with women being known as 'beach bunnies'). The shaka sign, credited to Hamana Kalili of Laie, Hawaii, is a common greeting in surfer culture. Environmental damage and increasing development may continue to…
The "shaka" sign
Young girl giving the double shaka sign
A shaka sign foam finger used in Brian Schatz's 2014 Hawaii senatorial campaign
A skateboarder displaying the shaka sign while riding her longboard