Primitive man used surfing in the fifth century AD to facilitate his fishing capabilities and to enhance his religious experiences: now with more time at their disposal, he uses it for different purposes: challenge and recreation, consequently, as society changed, surfing evolved. Early societies that centered on survival used surfing as a means of spiritual and physical survival. Societies that no longer, as a whole, concerned themselves with survival but have more time for recreation modified surfing to encourage it as a pleasure sport. As the society became more affluent, surrounded by more conveniences and technologies, people needed more challenges as a result, surfing evolved once again and this time from recreation to a profession or occupation.

Early societies that centered on survival used surfing as a means of spiritual and physical survival. In Hawaii, local fisherman first used surfing, but these fisherman rode waves in outrigger canoes. It was necessary for fisherman to ride the waves to shore, because some times reg

Societies that no longer, as a whole, concern themselves with survival but have more time for recreation turned to surfing, encouraging it as a pleasure sport. Surfing as a recreational activity first flourished in Hawaii, but would inevitably spread across the world. "This change revolutionized surfing: it turned into something which, in our own century, has spread form Hawaii across the face of the planet." The change Young wrote of here was the transformation from "work to play" (Quot'd in Young, ed. 19). In 1907, Hawaiian surfer George Freeth first introduced surfing to the mainland of the United States, in California (The Endless Summer, Quot'd in Brown, ed.). Shortly after Freeth introduced surfing to the United States, another Hawaiian surfer, Duke Kahanamoko introduced surfing to Australia, where surfing would immediately catch on as well (Quot'd Brown, ed.). Surfing was growing fast, and eventually people would surf virtually every where waves broke. In under half a century surfing exploded into the second most popular water sport in the world, second to swimming (Quot'd in

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