This English sea captain & his crew discovered the natives surfing in Hawaii in the 1770s
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Cook, R. N., who discovered these islands on the 10th of January, A.D. 1770, and
... [DOC] [TLE] The 1800's: Surfing's Darkest Days - Legendary Surfers [PAR] This turn of events was in stark contrast to the state of Hawaiian surfing as it ... 
from the time of Ptolemy to the discovery of Terra Australis Incognia  the ... both 
paradise lost and paradise regained.14 For the native peoples ... official British 
records state that Captain Cook knew nothing of Hawai'i until