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Modern surfing comes from Hawaii.
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Native Hawaiians rode waves for centuries. Duke Kahanamoku, an Olympic swimmer from Honolulu, popularized surfing around the world in the early 1900s.
Source: Duke Kahanamoku (Wikipedia)
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