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Thomas Edison films surfers for the first time, at Waikiki, Hawaii
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Surf Life Saving Association is founded in Australia
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Duke Kahanamoku wins two gold medals for the USA at the Olympic Games, in Antwerp
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The first waves ridden in Europe are filmed in Leca da Palmeira, Portugal
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The "Swastika" is the world's first mass-produced surfboard
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Alfred Gallant Jr. applies floor wax to his surfboard
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Tom Blake introduces the first stabilizing fin on a surfboard
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Frank Adler founds the Australian Surf Board Association
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John Kelly founds Save Our Surf
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Steve Russ, a kneeboarder, invents the surf leash in Santa Cruz, California