There is currently no reliable data that allows us to trace movements of the Polynesians and the development of their culture with sufficient accuracy. Therefore, researchers can only guess about the origins of surfing. Approximately 2000 Century BC the migration of people from Asia to the east and the Polynesians populated by a large triangle on the south summit of which are islands Oater (New Zealand), on the west of Tonga and Samoa, and the eastern islands of Tahiti and Marquises.

Population growth forced the Polynesians to constantly search for new territories and approximately 4 century AD they colonized Hawaii. Occurred at a

Judging from the few historical data, to Tahiti, while surfing, rarely stood on the boards at full height, so you can almost certainly assume that the art of managing a long standing board was, if not invented, then at least to perfection is Hawaii . And it is in Hawaii found the most evidence of surfing, a special value of which are legends, transmitted orally from generation to generation. Basically it is a beautiful song, telling about love, life and death, the ocean and the heroic death of kings and ordinary people. Rock paintings on rocks and cliffs, customs, signs, graphics, and of course the names of places. All this in one way or another describes the descendants of the great heroes of the Hawaiian and surfing contests, held at one time or another throughout all the generations of Polynesians living in Hawaii. Some of the petroglyphs presumably have an age around 1500 years, and this suggests that surfing was one of the oldest components of Polynesian culture in which everything was subordinated to Kaput - taboo system.