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"Prince David La'amea
Kahalepouli Kinoiki Kaw'nanakoa Pi'ikoi (1868–1908), was the patriarch
of the House of Kaw'nanakoa.
He was in the line
of succession to the throne of the Kingdom of Hawai'i around the time of
the kingdom's overthrow.
In 1885 he
was sent by the Hawaiian government to attend Saint Matthew's School, a
private Episcopal military school in San Mateo, California. His two brothers
would also attend."
- wikipedia: David
Kaw'nanakoa, viewed 22 April 2013.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Kaw'nanakoa
While in California
the three brothers went surf riding at
reference please?
For other accounts
of surfing chiefs, see:
1828 August Duhaut-Cilly
: Surfing Chiefs at Waikiki.
1846 Chester
S. Lyman : Royal Surf Riding at Waikiki.
[Cook Islands]
Three days later
we sighted the island of Mauke, the first of the Cook
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group at which
we touched.
There are nine
of these islands, all difficult of access owing to the absence of harbours,
and dangerous rocks.
Borotonga, the
largest, is nearly thirty miles round.
The inhabitants
are of Maori origin, like the Tahitians and Samoans.
We arrived in
the height of the orange season, and proposed to put in here to collect
the annual harvest of oranges.
Mauke is a very
primitive little island, and but seldom visited ; the surf-landing is very
difficult, and very frequently whole boat-loads of oranges coming out to
the steamer are upset.
As we were going
to be here for some considerable time we landed.
There is no proper
passage through the reef, so you have to row over it on the top of a wave.
The proverbial
oldest inhabitant was standing up to his waist in the water on the reef
to tell us which wave to go in on, as on some of these islands you land
with the third wave, on others with the fifth, and so on, and none but
the natives know which particular wave to choose ; but if you don't get
the right one you are pretty certain to be overhauled and swamped by the
next succeeding one.
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[Ohau]
Prince David
was anxious that we should see something of old native customs, which were
fast dying out, and so told us he would arrange a true native hula for
us before we left.
Waikiki Beach,
where his house was, is the headquarters for that glorious sport ''surf-bathing"
and and great fun it is.
A party go out
to bathe, preferably by moonlight, wade and swim out a little distance
from the shore carrying flat boards about three feet long ; then one, or
sometimes two throw themselves on this board on their faces, and ride in
on the top of one of the big
breakers, and
so get thrown up on the beach.
It requires a
good deal of skill to remain on the board ; so the girls generally take
a man to look after them.
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Sunday is a great day for this amusement, and we saw it more than once in full swing.
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