Surf Riding
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| The most popular of Hawaiian pastimes is surf swimming or heenalu. In this sport the swimmers use a light board made of koa or wiliwili, With these they swim but to sea, diving under the rollers which they meet, until they reach the outer line of breakers then lying flat on their boards, they balance themselves upon the breakers slope of the highest breaker, and ride with the speed of a race horse toward the shore. Surf board swimming can be seen at Waikiki near Honolulu. |
