Culture
Surfing in Fiji during recent times, is still a very young sport amongst the locals even though history states differently. It has been documented by early sailors that came down from Hawaii, that they experienced surfing being practiced by our ancestors in Vuna, Taveuni and Koro way back in the late 1800?s and early 1900?s. They wrote that the Fijian surfers were more graceful than the Hawaiians and that there were more women that surfed which back then was known as ?Vakavodo Ua?. This sport was unfortunately lost when the British came and colonized Fiji, ruling out any such lifestyle that was not conducive to the values of European involvement at the time. Today, Fijian Surfing is making a strong revival with the formation of its own Fiji Surfing Association run by locals aspiring to bring back surfing as its national sport. Continuing where our ancestors left off.
