Post #370214 by bigbrotiki on Sun, Mar 30, 2008 8:57 AM

Thank you for that complete info. I now hear that there was indeed a part of early surf culture that consisted of young guys returning from WWII and just living the surfing/beachcomber life, similar to the bikers living "on the the road". I love the way Americans just take a symbol from another culture and re-imbue it with their own meaning, care free of its original "heaviness". I am sure some knew of the origin, but most must have taken the Duke Kahanamoku info for a fact.