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Radical Surfing

Tamron Hall

Vintage fun in the water

From those early surfing days to some amazing waterskiing tricks, take a trip back in time.

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Big Surf Board

Throwback water sports

Celebrate Throwback Thursday with vintage photos of water sports of yesteryear.

Sweet surf
A young woman carries a surfboard on her back in the 1930s..

General Photographic Agency / Hulton Archive
Water Headlights

In the heat of the night

A waterskier holds two bright flares in his hands and the rope in his teeth as he skims the surf at night in the ocean off Los Angeles in 1924.

Topical Press Agency / Hulton Archive
Surf Man

Sun, sand and surf

A man surfs in the sea in 1930.

Hulton Archive / Hulton Archive
Woman in water w/beachball

Nice catch

A woman plays with a beachball in the water circa 1950.

George Marks / Hulton Archive
Surf Star

Hot fun in the summertime

Olympic swimming champion and pioneer surfer Duke Kahanamoku and an unidentified woman stand next to a surfboard in 1935

General Photographic Agency / Hulton Archive
John Payne

Summer fun has begun

Movie actor John Payne rides a surfboard with a friend in 1935.

General Photographic Agency / Hulton Archive
Surfing In Hawaii

Surf's up

A line of surfers ride the waves in Hawaii in 1935.

General Photographic Agency / Hulton Archive
Surf Chicks

Shore thing

Three surfing girls (left to right, Marilyn Ridge, Lyn Connelly, Dee Delaney) walk to ride the swell and maybe catch a tube or two down on Newquay beach in England in 1955.

Russell Knight / Hulton Archive
Catching The Waves

No waves, no glory

A group of surfers from the Hermosa Beach Surf Club in California practice for a competition. From left, Bill Edgar, Dave Perumian, Olie Scrivens, Tod and Jim Kerwin in 1955.

Keystone / Hulton Archive
Fake Water-Skier

Little miss sunshine

A model poses on waterskis in 1955.

George Pickow / Hulton Archive
Surf Stunts

Walking on sunshine

Surfers perform stunts in Hawaii in 1960.

Keystone / Hulton Archive
High Summer NYC

Here comes the sun

People take a boat ride around Central Park, New York.

Fox Photos / Hulton Archive
Aquaplaning

Thrilling trick

A man waterskis upside down at Lake Tahoe in California in 1925.

Topical Press Agency / Hulton Archive
Worthing Bathers

Coming ashore

Bathers help push a boat out of the sea in 1933.

William Vanderson / Hulton Archive
Human Water-Skis

Spectacular stunt

Barbara Clack skis on human waterskis, Joker Osborn and Ken White, champion skiers, at Cypress Gardens, Florida in 1973..

Fox Photos / Hulton Archive
Radical Surfing

Body surfing

Surfing girls Marilyn Ridge and Dee Delaney ride a wave down in England in 1955.

Russell Knight / Hulton Archive
Hesitant Swimmer

Just add water

A woman goes for a swim with her inflatable raft in 1934.

Chaloner Woods / Hulton Archive
Hastings Canoe

Beauty and the beach

Two women canoe in the sea in England in 1939.

John F. Stephenson / Hulton Archive
Water Tag

Swingin' into summer

A group of young women balance on young men's shoulders during a game off West Beach, Michigan City, Indiana in 1955.

Three Lions / Hulton Archive
Playing With A Model Boat

The lazy daze of summer

Boys play with a model boat on the lake in Central Park, New York in 1929.

Fpg / Hulton Archive
Couple on lake in paddle boat

See ya later!

A couple ride in a paddle boat in 1950.

George Marks / Hulton Archive
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