He'e pu'e wai: the Hawaiian origins of river surfing The roots of river surfing are deeply connected to Native Hawaiian culture. In fact, the practice of riding stationary waves is older and more surprising than one might expect.

Surprisingly, or maybe not, the history of river surfing is deeply rooted in Polynesian culture and more specifically in the Hawaiian islands.

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