Surfing Decade: The 1910's

The period 1910-1919 was the first full decade following Surfing's Resurgence (aka "Surfing's Revival," 1900-1910) at Waikiki, in the first years of the Twentieth Century. In many ways, we know less about the 1910s than we do the first decade of surfing's resurgence because, once the revival was underway, the growth of surfing became less dramatic, albiet more far-reaching. This chapter covers the events and the surfers of that decade.

Originally written in 2005 and available only by purchase, "The 1910s" is 14,784 words long and comprises 42 pages in length (1.81 MB), including several pages of footnotes. It is now a free chapter in the LEGENDARY SURFERS collection, in Portable Document Format (PDF) for easy viewing, printing and sharing. Please click the following link to get it: 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FJ512Xc8TjirDCI_mferVerkhca43ptj/view?usp=sharing

Contents include:

  AUSTRALIA, 1800'S-1903
  1800'S RESTRICTIONS
  FIGHT FOR THE RIGHT TO OCEAN BATHE & SWIM
  WILLIAM HENRY GOCHER, 1903
  AUSTRALIA'S 1880'S BODY SURFING ROOTS
  AUSTRALIAN LIFE SAVING MOVEMENT, 1903-10
  PREDECESSORS OF THE SURF LIFE SAVING CLUBS
  1ST FORMAL LIFESAVING CLUBS
  SURF LIFE SAVING ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA (SLSA)
  NEW ZEALAND, 1910
  WAIKIKI, 1910-1915
  A. R. GURREY'S SURF RIDERS OF HAWAII
  LONDONS NOTE SURFING'S GROWTH, 1915
  SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, 1910-1919
  GEORGE FREETH AT REDONDO BEACH, 1909-1915
  GEORGE FREETH IN SAN DIEGO, 1915-1919
  USA EAST COAST, 1912-1919
  AUSTRALIA, 1911-1919
  1ST BOARDS IN AUSTALIA, 1912-14
  DUKE RIDES AUSTRALIA, 1914-1915
  DUKE AS CATALYST TO AUSTRALIAN SURFING
  CLAUDE WEST & DUKE'S SUGAR PINE BOARD
  THE SURF, DECEMBER 1, 1917