Africa: the unexpected birthplace of wave riding and surfing
Surrounded by the Atlantic and Indian oceans, Africa has been a continent with a strong social, economic, and cultural connection to the water for thousands of years.
The history of surfing has crystallized the conception that the sport of surfing – or the act of riding a wave – was developed by Polynesians.
Also, historians have considered that the first account of surfing was written in 1778 when Captain James Cook and his crew arrived at the Hawaiian Islands.