Surfing

In today's episode, Zack has 30 minutes to become an expert on... Surfing! First of all, thanks for the break! Hope you guys enjoyed those couple of throwbacks -they were two of our favorites. Now school is back in session (for Katie, at least), and we are back to our regularly scheduled programming! But we still wanted to keep the summer feel going, so we learned all about surfing. As Zack mentions, he focused on the history and cultural roots of surfing, and it was a good choice. We learned all about surfing's roots, from ancient Peru to less ancient Hawaii. Of course, there were some dark spots in this story, including colonization bringing disease and a really top-notch racist dude named Alexander Hume. But outside of that, it was a fun and wild ride. Come ride the waves with us and learn about a really radical aspect of native Hawaiian culture!

Highlights Include:

- 20-foot-long solid wood surfboards

- Surfing at the Olympics

- Lots of digs at people named William Anderson!

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Podcast artwork by Rick Radvansky

Music by Jake Radvansky