Beach Boys and beach bunnies, woodies and long boards, the Billabong Pipeline Masters and Quicksilver Big Wave Invitational. Ah, but there's much more to surfing  than riding waves. A short video traces the sometimes dark history of this ancient sport.

Concepts

surfing, hawaii, hawaiian culture

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Use to launch a study of Hawaii or Hawaiian culture or as part of a physical education class research into sports history

Classroom Considerations

• The video suggests but does not explore in depth some of the darker aspects of the history; use viewer's curiosity to motivate research

Pros

• Includes the video, a comprehension check, links to related articles, and a discussion question

Cons

• None