Terms of Kaput extends to practically everything: where they are prescribing is, how to produce food, how to predict weather, how to build a canoe or surfboard, how to know when there will be a wave of good, as to placate the gods to bring good surfing waves, and so e.

According to the Kaput, people were divided into the royal family (ally) and ordinary people. This division is concerned, and surfing. Were identified beaches, where they could ride only ally and place for the rest. Commoners were strictly forbidden to be on the same wavelength with ally and woe to him who

Commoners usually rode lying or standing on piano or alias - short planks length of about 3.6 meters, while ally rode oleo - a long plank which reached a length of 7 meters. Showing his skill management board on a huge wave, members of the royal family could strengthen or diminish your credibility, and ordinary people could become famous, or in case of failure on the contrary - disgraced. In some exceptional cases, the success depended on the wave, even life. Some of Hawaii's kings such Kamuela's and Kamehameha I became famous precisely because of his success in surfing.

Code of Kaput also determine how and from what materials must be made surfboards. Type of wood used to produce board, in strict conformity with the social status of its owner. Boards for members of the royal family were made by the best masters of the finest materials. Such boards may be up to 7 meters and they used porous wood tree wiliwili. Due to their size, these boards were quite impressive weight, which could be up to 80 kg! Boards for the common people were smaller, usually 3 -3.6 m and for their buildings used for more than a heavy and dense wood wood kola.

Once the wizard selects a suitable tree, he prayed and sacrificed to the gods, ceremonial burying fish kuku about the roots of the tree. After the ritual was completed, the master can begin to cut down a tree. Then the tree was dragged to a convenient place, where he was treated with bone or stone tool, giving the original form. After the rough treatment was completed, the work piece was dragged to shore, and there with stone scrubs and finely triturated coral, smoothed surface and gave the future the board finalized. It was a very laborious and time-consuming procedure. After polishing the surface, the board was painted black with various dyes, the main of which were the roots of plants hilly or banana buds. Sometimes black is achieved by rubbing the surface of the board of ash coconuts. Then the board is well dried, after which its surface is soaked in coconut oil to give water resistance. After manufacturing, the master conducted a ritual of lighting the board before its first use in the sea. Owner after each use rubbing board coconut oil and wrapped in cloth, for safekeeping.

As can be seen, the process of manufacturing the board was very long and laborious, so it is not surprising that the surfboard from the ancient Hawaiians had a very important and valuable object, which carried a lot of information about its owner.