b'The boys who brought surfing to California were Hawaiian princes Jonah K\\u016bhi\\u014d Kalaniana\\u02bbole, David Kaw\\u0101nanakoa, and Edward Keli\\u02bbiahonui, who took a break from military school on 19th July, 1885, to surf the waves at Santa Cruz.\\xa0\\nThe royal trio fashioned surfboards out of redwood and surfed at the San Lorenzo river mouth, demonstrating the centuries-old Polynesian tradition to stunned and delighted beachgoers.\\nIn this episode, Arion, Olly and Rebecca explain why it took the Second World War for boardsports to really take off in the region; consider whether the brothers\\u2019 bespoke boards bear comparison with Shakespeare\\u2019s Folio; and compare what happened when the Princes brought surfing to Britain\\u2026\\nFurther Reading:\\n\\u2022\\xa0\\u2019Santa Cruz Surfing Museum \\u2013 Santa Cruz, California\\u2019 (Atlas Obscura, 2017): https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/santa-cruz-surfing-museum?utm_medium=atlas-page&utm_source=facebook.com&fbclid=IwAR2FS-I5jYu85oIXt35MRIRcxJ7hCJeGmr-AkBsnp5PRGylEp7ZOcGIbMp8\\n\\u2022 \\u2018LEGENDARY SURFERS Volume 3 - The 1930s - By Malcolm Gault-Williams\\u2019 (Lulu, 2012): https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/LEGENDARY_SURFERS_Volume_3_The_1930s/r84MBAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Jonah+K%C5%ABhi%C5%8D+Kalaniana%CA%BBole+%2B+surfing&pg=PA255&printsec=frontcover\\n\\u2022 \\u2018Celebrating the life and memory of Prince K\\u016bhi\\u014d\\u2019 (KHON2\\xa0 News, 2022): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qh5xL2dILa8\\n#Hawaii #1800s #Sport #Royals #Discoveries\\xa0\\nLove the show? Join\\xa0\\U0001f334CLUB RETROSPECTORS\\xa0\\U0001f334 to DITCH THE ADS and get an additional full-length episode every SUNDAY!\\nPlus, get weekly bonus bits, unlock over 70 bits of extra content and support our independent podcast.\\nJoin now via\\xa0Apple Podcasts\\xa0or\\xa0Patreon.\\xa0Thanks!\\npodfollow.com/Retrospectors\\n\\xa0\\nThe Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill.\\nTheme Music: Pass The Peas. Announcer: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders. Edit Producer: Sophie King.\\nCopyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2023.\\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'