Hawaiian Surfing: Traditions from the Past author John Clark will be a guest on The Creativity Salon, hosted by Neil Tepper on ‘Olelo Channel 52. The program “celebrates the creative arts and the art of living a creative life” in Hawai‘i. The episode airs Friday, August 19, at 8pm HST and repeats on August 23 and 30 at 12:30pm HST. It also streams live during those times at http://olelo.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?publish_id=91 and will be archived at the show’s website. **Viewers will be invited to email the show to enter a drawing for a free, autographed copy of Hawaiian Surfing. Watch the show for details!

Hawaiian Surfing was recently reviewed in MidWeek by Hawai‘i sportscaster Ron Mizutani, who calls the book:

“One of the most remarkable references I’ve ever seen and one that will be used by generations to come. The Hawaiian-English dictionary of surfing terms and Waikiki place names related to surfing reveal Clark’s true love for the sport. You will be amazed by what he has gathered.”

Hawaiian Surfing in the New York Times

Hawaiian Surfing: Traditions from the Past was the focus of Lawrence Downes’ New York Times editorial “Big Boards, Banana Stalks, and Everybody in the Waves,” which ran on July 7, 2011. Here’s a quote:

“Two new books and a documentary film, all out this year, are reclaiming the story of surfing as Hawaiians once knew it. They are telling the neglected tale of one little world, on eight little islands—surfing before outsiders took it to California and far beyond. ‘Hawaiian Surfing: Traditions From the Past’ is the most startling of the three. . . . Tracing every reference he can find to surfing, beaches and waves in the Hawaiian language, Mr. Clark shows surfing as a social sport played on a scale unimaginable anywhere today.”

A second book mentioned in the article was Waves of Resistance: Surfing and History in Twentieth-Century Hawai‘i by Isaiah Helekunihi Walker, also published by UH Press.

Tags: John R. K. Clark, MidWeek, Neil Tepper, New York Times, Ron Mizutani, surfing, The Creativity Salon, UH Press

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