Assertion: surfing | /r/HasProperty | the sport of kings
Facets:
value: often
type: TEMPORAL
value: literally
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: We do know that surfing was literally the sport of kings as the royal Ali'i class claimed the most valuable beaches and rode the most beautiful boards.
text: It was once a sport only reserved for alii (Hawaiian royalty), which is why surfing is often called the “sport of kings.
text: Surfing legend begins with Polynesian and particularly Hawaiian prehistory, when surfing was ‘the sport of kings’ as well as commoners.