Pacific Passages : : An Anthology of Surf Writing /

Pacific Passages : : An Anthology of Surf Writing / / ed. by Patrick Moser.

A thousand years after Hawaiians first paddled long wooden boards into the ocean, modern surfers have continued this practice, which has recently been transformed into a global industry. Pacific Passages brings together four centuries of writing about surfing, the most comprehensive collection of Po...

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Moser, Patrick,
Place / Publishing House:Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2008]
©2008
Year of Publication:2008
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (312 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part I. Surfriding in Polynesian Culture
  • Myths, Legends, Chants, and Proverbs
  • 1. Samuel Mânaiakalani Kamakau, "Kelea-nui-noho-'ana-'api'api"
  • 2. King David Kalâkaua and Roland M. Daggett, "The Story of Laie-i-ka-wai"
  • 3. William Westervelt, "A Surfing Legend"
  • 4. William Westervelt, "A Shark Punished at Waikiki"
  • 5. Clarice B. Taylor, "Faithless Lover Is Turned to Stone"
  • 6. Mary Kawena Pukui and Alfons L. Korn, "Name Chant for Naihe"
  • 7. Nona Beamer, "'Auhea 'O Ka Lani 76. (Where is the Royal Chief?)"
  • 8. Rerioterai Tava and Moses K. Keale Sr., "Ka Hui Nalu Mele: The Surf Club Song"
  • 9. Mary Kawena Pukui, Hawaiian Proverbs & Poetical Sayings
  • Part II. Explorers, Missionaries, and Travelers (1769- 1896)
  • Introduction
  • 10. John Papa 'Î'î, "Activities in Court Circles," from 10. Fragments of Hawaiian History: Kuokoa
  • Explorers
  • 11. Sir Joseph Banks, An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere
  • 12. William Anderson, A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean
  • 13. Charles Clerke, The Journals of Captain James Cook on his Voyages of Discovery
  • 14. William Ellis, An Authentic Narrative of a Voyage Performed by Captain Cook and Captain Clerke in His Majesty's Ships Resolution and Discovery
  • 15. David Samwell, The Journals of Captain James Cook on his Voyages of Discovery
  • 16. George Gilbert, Captain Cook's Final Voyage: The Journal of Midshipman George Gilbert
  • 17. James King, The Journals of Captain James Cook on his Voyages of Discovery
  • 18. John Douglas, ed., A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean
  • 19. William Bligh, The Log of the Bounty
  • 20. James Morrison, The Journal of James Morrison, Boatswain's Mate of the Bounty
  • 21. Peter Puget, A Voyage of Discovery to the Northern Pacific Ocean and Round the World, 1791-1795
  • Missionaries
  • 22. Hiram Bingham, "Mission at the Sandwich Islands"
  • 23. William Ellis, Narrative of a Tour through Hawaii
  • 24. William Ellis, Polynesian Researches
  • 25. W. S. W. Ruschenberger, Narrative of a Voyage Round the World
  • 26. Charles Wilkes, Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition
  • 27. Hiram Bingham, A Residence of Twenty-one Years in the Sandwich Islands
  • Travelers
  • 28. Herman Melville, Mardi and a Voyage Thither
  • 29. Henry T. Cheever, Life in the Sandwich Islands
  • 30. Chester S. Lyman, Around the Horn to the Sandwich Islands and California, 1845-1850
  • 31. Samuel S. Hill, Travels in the Sandwich and Society Islands
  • 32. Sophia Cracroft, The Victorian Visitors
  • 33. J. Waiamau, "Ancient Sports of Hawaii: Such as Surfing, Jumping, Sledding, Betting and Boxing"
  • 34. Mark Twain, Roughing It
  • 35. Abraham Fornander, Honolulu Directory and Historical Sketch of the Hawaiian or Sandwich Islands
  • 36. Isabella Bird, The Hawaiian Archipelago: Six Months among the Palm Groves, Coral Reefs and Volcanoes of the Sandwich Islands
  • 37. Henry Carrington Bolton, "Some Hawaiian Pastimes"
  • 38. Anonymous, "Hawaiian Surf Riding"
  • Part III. Surfriding Revival (1907-1954)
  • Introduction
  • 39. Jack London, "Riding The South Seas Surf"
  • 40. Alexander Hume Ford, "Aquatic Sports"
  • 41. M. Leola Crawford, Seven Weeks in Hawaii
  • 42. George Freeth, Article from The Evening Herald
  • 43. Tom Blake, Hawaiian Surfboard
  • 44. C. P. L. Nicholls, "Lessons in Surfing for Everyman"
  • 45. Thomas C. Zahn, "Surf boarding from Molokai to Waikiki"
  • Part IV. Youth Culture (1957-1979)
  • Introduction
  • 46. Frederick Kohner, Gidget
  • 47. Tom Wolfe, "The Pump House Gang Meets the Black 57. Panthers-or Silver Threads among the Gold in Surf City"
  • 48. John Witzig, "We're Tops Now"
  • 49. Mickey Dora, "Mickey on Malibu"
  • 50. Kevin Naughton, Craig Peterson, and Greg Carpenter, "Centroamerica"
  • 51. Kimo Hollinger, "An Alternate Viewpoint"
  • 52. Jack McCoy, "We're Number One-Interview: Ian Cairns"
  • 53. C. R. Stecyk III, Articles from Skateboarder Magazine
  • 54. Erik Aeder, "Indonesia: Just Another Paradise"
  • Part V. Surfing Today
  • Introduction
  • 55. Bruce Jenkins, "Laird Hamilton: 20th Century Man"
  • 56. Steve Pezman, "The Cat's Ninth Life . . . On Visiting Miki Dora Near the End"
  • 57. Susan Orlean, "The Maui Surfer Girls"
  • 58. Steve Barilotti, "Lost Horizons: Surf Colonialism in the 21st Century"
  • 59. Matt Warshaw, "Winterland: Fred Van Dyke, and the Blissful, Stressful, Unpredictable Life of the Older Surfer"
  • Part VI. What Is Surfing?
  • Introduction
  • 60. William Finnegan, "Playing Doc's Games-I"
  • 61. Thomas Farber, On Water
  • 62. Daniel Duane, Caught Inside: A Surfer's Year on the California Coast
  • 63. Mark Jarman, "Ground Swell"
  • 64. Richard Katrovas, "The Surfer"
  • 65. Richard Robbins, "Surfing Accident at Trestles Beach"
  • 66. Allan C. Weisbecker, In Search of Captain Zero
  • 67. Bob Shacochis, "Return of the Prodigal Surfer"
  • Permissions
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • About the Editor

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