Today I wanna begin the story of George Douglas Freeth. George was a Hawaiian born surfer who is credited with starting surfing here in California in the early 1900’s. After surfing for getting close to 60 years, and having heard the name George Freeth many times in conjunction with early California surfing, I finally took the time to find out who this guy was and what it was that he actually did.
I should have done this a long time ago because his story should be known by all of us who grew up and made our lives around surfing   … More
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