Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-01-24
Smooth Sea Spells
Surfing Stunts

Out at WAIKIKI the Outrigger
Club tried to do its best yesterday
In the way of entertaining the Clark
bunch OF tourists. Unfortunately,
the surf was not good. and the high
wind of shore kept the small waves
that did start in. from amounting to
much.
A tremendous crowd lined the
beach from the Seaside Hotel to the
Waikiki Inn. The gathering was
probably larger than has ever been
seen on the beach before.
The crowd was very dense around
the immediate, vicinity OF the Moana
Hotel. and II was hard work to get
anywhere near the bandstand, where
played all the afternoon.
| All OF Clark's excursionists APP
peared to take the greatest interest
In the various shows that were pull
ed of. and much admiration was
shown for the feats performed by
Miss Pratt and her girl friends
Misses Ruth Soper end Coral Low.
There were many suffers out. and
they did their best. In the small SURF
The exhibition was a poor one ex-
cept In some places where the surf
did run high for short distance.
The Clark cups were not competed
for, as It would have been absurd to
have any of the events run OF In
the slight surf that existed. Some
of the outrigger canoes went out
and time after time tried to catch
a wave. Only In couple OF in
stances were there any long runs
made. The Kamehameha Aquatic
Club turned out In force. and at the
Outrigger clubhouse gave exhibitions
CT poi-making and Haawiian cook
Ing that interested the visitors
greatly.
Many of Che Clark people went
out In canoes. and had try at surf
ing. There was nothing much do
ing In that line; still. the tourists
appeared to enjoy the fun OF even
o short run. Dozens OF others
donned bathing suits and splashed
into the water. and the way they
stayed and refused to get out when
their friends called them, was q trib-
ute to the seductions Of bathing at
Waikiki.
Cameras were to be seen every
where. and the number OF Aims ex-
posed must have been tremendous.
BONNIE took moving pictures of the
whole layout. and he must have got
some really good ones.
After a weary wait y was seen
that no surf events could be pulled
on, and Il was decided to have at
least the surfboard padding race.
The boys, to the number OF fifteen,
Jail stood on the beach with their
surfboards alongside OF them, and at
a signal all dashed for the water and.
throwing themselves on the boards.
padded away at their very best
speed.
| Zen Genoves won the padding
contest. and he certainly got through
the water In great style. The rest
lof the bunch were not far behind,
ind taking It altogether It was a
good race. The Clark bunch took
the greatest interest In everything,
and many were the remarks made on
the beauty OF the scene at Waikiki.
Some OF the tourists remarked that
they. had seen outrigger canoes at
Ceylon. but that the surfboard
stunts here were wonderful.
When the return Clark excursion
comes through Honolulu, the Clark
cups will be competed for. and II Is
to be hoped that there Is more surf
than there was yesterday. II wal
really hard luck that the waves
were 80 small. as the visitors could
not get any idea of what the sport
is really like on day when the big
green waves come roaring In and
perchsd on the top are to be seen
q dozen or so surfboard riders. who
continue their wild career right VI
to the very beach.
Yesterdays exhibition OF canoe
and surfboard riding Is not to. be
considered as the real thing. There
was no surf. and as soon as the
town people got out to the beach
they saw thad there would be moth
ing doing. There was lot OF de-
lay in getting things started. but
what was the use OF hurrying-there
was no chance Of doing anything
much, and soon the local people be-
gan to wend their way homewards
All the members of the Outriggel
Club did their best to get thing
going, and II was not their faul,
that the waves would not material
ize. Nearly all day the canoe ant
surfboard men hung around the
clubhouse and prayed for the sea t.
get up and do things. But there
was no response. and quite number
OF the canoes remained on the beacf
and were not even put into thu
water.
A fleet of small boats sailet
around from the harbor to Waikiki