HI Island Woodcut Wooden Postcard 1968 son of Frank Hawk

son of Frank Hawk

Northrop Grumman acquired Vought Aircraft Company and is known today as the Vought Center

pioneering skate and snow apparel while sponsoring legendary athletes like Kelly Slater and Tony Hawk

the Tontons Surfers were born as France’s first surf club

The Go Karts racing around the track today were made possible thanks to John Steen who built an empire sky-high from the dust

HI Island Woodcut Wooden Postcard 1968 son of Frank HawkThe first person to write about Hawaii and surfing was British explorer Captain James Cook in 1778 after seeing Hawaiian wave riders at the Big Islands Kealakekua Bay. Cooks stories of the wonders that he saw and the people that he encountered excited the entire continent of Europe. In many books, such as Polynesian Researches written by William Ellis in 1859, stories of Cooks travels were brought to life in etchings, a drawing technique in which