Surfing: Marcachd an Tuinn (Riding the Wave)

BBC Alba

9:00 PM to 10:00 PM

Sunday 18 May

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Part two of two. Keen surfer Ceitlin Lilidh Russell Smith recounts the world history of surfing. Much more than a sport to the people of Tahiti where surfing was born, it is an expression of a culture, the people of the water, the Polynesians. While much of the rich culture and history of the Polynesian people was almost wiped out, thanks to guardians, such as Tom Pohaku Stone, the traditions of dancing on wooden boards was passed on to future generations and to the rest of the world where it is now practised by tens of millions of enthusiasts. Surfing has now for the first time earned its place at the Olympics