Sandwich Island Girl

Sunday, April 16th, 2006 at 10:32 am by Administrator

Recently, a cover and column in an 1888 Ashbury Park “Police Gazette” have had the surf historian community talking.

It is significant for us surfing historians and writers of surfing history because it indicates that the first USA mainland surfing was NOT performed by Hawaiian princes schooling in the Santa Cruz area in 1895. It was most likely performed by an unknown Hawaiian girl or woman in Ashbury Park, New Jersey, in 1888!

Sandwich Island Girl

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Well, of course a girl surfed first! Women ssurfer dominate today and they obviously paved the way too. Great site BTW!

Comment by Kitty | April 16th, 2006 2:05 pm | Permalink

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