page_title: Paddleboarding
section_title: Polynesia
hierarchical_section_title: Paddleboarding / History / Polynesia
caption_attribution_description: English: A view of Karakokooa, in Owyhee. J. Webber del. W. Byrne sculp. (London, G. Nicol and T. Cadell, 1785).her.
context_page_description: Paddleboarding participants are propelled by a swimming motion using their arms while lying or kneeling on a paddleboard or surfboard in the ocean. A derivative of paddleboarding is stand up paddleboarding also called stand up paddle surfing. Paddleboarding is usually performed in the open ocean, with the participant paddling and surfing unbroken swells to cross between islands or journey from one coastal area to another. Champion paddlers can stroke for hours and a 20-mile race is only a warm-up for well-trained paddlers.
context_section_description: Ships Artist, John Webber, accompanied Captain James Cook to The Sandwich Islands in 1778, and in the lower left foreground of his 1781 engraving is depicted a Paddleboarder/Surfer Rider.
caption: A view of Karakokooa, in Owyhee by John Webber
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