They also gave us the term "huli," as in "the surf ended in a huli." There are some terrific outrigger surfing videos on teh intrawebs, e.g. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVFSEsD2OHo , but given the water temperature here on Superior, my crew would mutiny rather than surf in our OC-6 -- riding swells is as far as we will go. -----Original Message----- I think the website says it best, if you just follow the statement to its logical conclusion: "The Polynesians, who invented the surfboard, also used twinhull boats (catamarans) for sailing and paddling." So,it seems, those genius Polynesians did not use catamarans for surfing. Hype is hype. I can imagine the Polynesians saying "Those dugouts the other islanders are paddling are useless . . . " Jim Tibensky *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Sep 03 2009 - 07:48:29 PDT
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