Surfboard
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A surfboard is a narrow plank used in surfing. Surfboards are relatively light, but are strong enough to support an individual standing on them while riding an ocean wave. They were invented in ancien
A rack of boards in Waikiki during a surf competition.
A chart showing various shapes of the bottoms of surf boards.
A woman standing on a board riding the wave.
Nubster Fin Seen In Middle
Alaia
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An alaia is a thin, round-nosed, square-tailed surfboard ridden in pre-20th century Hawaii. The boards were about 200 to 350 cm long, weighed up to 50 kg, and generally made from the wood of the Koa T
1898 photo of Hawaiian surfer Charles Kauha at Waikiki Beach, carrying what was described as one of the last alaia boards at the time