surfing and tiki - General Tiki

T tikiyaki Tiki Socialite The Exotic Port of REDONDO BEACH, CA Joined: May 18, 2004 Posts: 2725	T tikiyaki Posted posted on Thu, Feb 2, 2006 7:03 PM Well, I don't surf, but from what I understand, surfing was originated in Hawaii as an activity of the King Kamehameha , and all his heirs ( Kamehameha II, III IV etc)...it was a sport of royalty. This is what I understand from some reading I've done on Hawaii. Tiki is obviously from Hawaii too, but there TIKI is found on all the South Seas Islands...Fiji, New Zealand, Easter Island, Tahiti, Samoa etc.... So, I think the Surf and TIKI connection is very real as part of Hawaiian culture. I think they go hand in hand, although the TIKI Culture we all in TC love is the 50's kitsch version made famous by mainlanders in the form of restaurants, bars, miniature golf courses etc...so, maybe that's why you separate the two. I know that Surfing is definitely Hawaiian, so is TIKI. I could be wrong about surfing being originated in Hawaii, but I know that it was a sport of the Kings in ancient Hawaii.

Well, I don't surf, but from what I understand, surfing was originated in Hawaii as an activity of the King Kamehameha , and all his heirs ( Kamehameha II, III IV etc)...it was a sport of royalty. This is what I understand from some reading I've done on Hawaii.
Tiki is obviously from Hawaii too, but there TIKI is found on all the South Seas Islands...Fiji, New Zealand, Easter Island, Tahiti, Samoa etc....

So, I think the Surf and TIKI connection is very real as part of Hawaiian culture.

I think they go hand in hand, although the TIKI Culture we all in TC love is the 50's kitsch version made famous by mainlanders in the form of restaurants, bars, miniature golf courses etc...so, maybe that's why you separate the two.
I know that Surfing is definitely Hawaiian, so is TIKI. I could be wrong about surfing being originated in Hawaii, but I know that it was a sport of the Kings in ancient Hawaii.

Post #212299 by tikiyaki on Thu, Feb 2, 2006 7:03 PM