Films like The Endless Summer, Point Break, Elvis Presley’s Blue Hawaii and even the Gidget television series drew thousands of young people into the ocean and onto waves across the coastlines of America - and around the world. Since then, surfing has become among the most romanticized sports in the world. And once again, surfing became the “sport of kings” and commoners alike. However, when King Kalakaua was installed on the throne in 1872, one of his first acts was to reinstate this ocean-specific human-powered activity that was so loved by his royal predecessors. They also gifted the Hawaiian population with a variety of diseases, but that’s another story. Let’s go ahead and elaborate on that “Sport of Kings” comment above:īack when missionaries arrived on the Hawaiian Islands, they quickly banished the sport of surfing, calling it hedonistic and probably too much fun. We’ll start off with surfing, the “Sport of Kings,” this week, then move on to climbing and paddling in future posts.Īnd now, without further ado, let’s go ahead and push through the shorebreak, paddle out to the lineup and grab us up some gnarly waves. In this next series of posts here on the NCOAE Blog, we’re going to explore the unique spoken word of our beloved adventure-based sports. It’s a way of communicating efficiently with your fellow enthusiasts, and let’s face it, speaking the language makes your part of the group. And the more popular that activity becomes, the more expansive the list of slang words and new terminology become. Seems most every human-powered outdoor recreation activity has a language of its own.
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