Surfing was once banned in Hawaii. When the ancient Polynesians migrated to the Hawaiian Islands as far back as 400 A.D., they brought the sport of riding waves. ...

It dates back hundreds of years on the islands, but in the 20th century, the famed Hawaiian swimmer Duke Kahanamoku put “surfing on the map” for the modern era, Gladden said.

Bonga Perkins is a renowned waterman from Hawaii who keeps the spiritual process of shaping wooden surfboards alive. Surfing was once banned in Hawaii. Today, you can shape a surfboard like ...