'Cowabunga!': How a kids' TV gag became one of surfing's most famous shouts It was originally written by Eddie Kean in 1949 for 'The Howdy Doody Show' and spread among the vibrant surfing era of the 1960s Southern California before becoming global decades later.

The expression "Cowabunga" is part of pop culture, mostly thanks to surfing and surfers. But it all started in a 1940s and 1950s TV show.

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