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  2. History of surfing - Wikipedia

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    History of surfing. 1858 illustration of "surf-riding" in Hawaii. The riding of waves has likely existed since humans began swimming in the ocean. In this sense, bodysurfing is the oldest type of wave-catching. Undoubtedly ancient sailors learned how to ride wave energy on many styles of early boats.

  3. History of North America - Wikipedia

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    The Big history of North America encompasses the past developments of people populating the continent of North America. While it was commonly accepted that the continent first became inhabited by humans when individuals migrated across the Bering Sea 40,000 to 17,000 years ago, [ 1 ] more recent discoveries may have pushed those estimates back ...

  4. Surfing in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Surfing in the United States is a popular hobby in coastal areas, and more recently due to the invention of wave pools, inland regions of the country. [ 1][ 2][ 3] It contributes to a lifestyle and culture in which millions participate and which millions more have an interest. [ 4] USA surfing is the governing body for the sport of surfing in ...

  5. List of archaeological periods (North America) - Wikipedia

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    Periods in North American prehistory. Lithic stage. before 8500 BC. Archaic period. 8000–1000 BC. Formative stage. 1000 BC – AD 500. Woodland period. 1000 BC – AD 1000.

  6. Jonsereds Fabrikers AB - Wikipedia

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    The Jonsered sailing canvas was very well known in the 1800s in Sweden and gave the company a good reputation. Another important textile product were fire hoses (until 1975), many of them still in use today. In the 1950s Jonsereds Fabrikers AB started producing the chain saw model "Raket" (Rocket) which, along with its successors, became a ...

  7. History of the west coast of North America - Wikipedia

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    West coast of North America. The human history of the west coast of North America [1] is believed to stretch back to the arrival of the earliest people over the Bering Strait, or alternately along the ice free coastal islands of British Columbia (See, through the development of significant pre-Columbian cultures and population densities, to the arrival of the European explorers and colonizers.

  8. Chainsaw - Wikipedia

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    Chainsaw. A chainsaw cutting a small wooden board. A chainsaw (or chain saw[1]) is a portable handheld power saw that cuts with a set of teeth attached to a rotating chain driven along a guide bar. Modern chainsaws are typically gasoline or electric and are used in activities such as tree felling, limbing, bucking, pruning, cutting firebreaks ...

  9. Exploration of North America - Wikipedia

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    The Viking voyages did not become common knowledge in the Old World, and Europeans remained unaware of the existence of the Americas as a whole, until 1492. Many expeditions were launched from European nations in search of a Northwest Passage to East Asia (or "the Indies" as the region was called) in order to establish a shorter trade route to China than the Silk Road, a trade route which had ...