Galleria

Surfing & windsurfing

Explore these images and films of surfing and windsurfing from cultural heritage collections across Europe. Gallery curated for the [Europeana Sport project](https://pro.europeana.eu/project/europeana-sport)

Europeana Foundation

Irish Surfing has hosted Eurosurf, the biannual European Surfing Championships on four occasions: 1972, Lahinch, Co Clare 1985, Rossnowlagh, Co Donegal 1997 & 2011, Bundoran, Co Donegal

Europeana Foundation

My story begins in England. That is where my parents are from. We were on holiday at a beach called Broadstairs. There were a lot of surfers there and they inspired me a lot which made me want a surfboard so I bought one. My new surfboard is green and bla…

National Audiovisual Institute France

On the occasion of the first French and European surf championship, a presentation of this new sport imported from Hawaii with footage of surfers riding waves in Biarritz. André Dassary awards the trophy to Mr. Barlan, the competition winner.

Balaton Museum

Greetings from Lake Balaton. Lake Balaton, surfers, surfing, sport

Wellcome Collection

Lettering: Den äkta berusningen finns inom dig. AIDSdelegationen. Centralförbundet för alkohol och narkotika upplysning. Ungdomens Nykterhetsförbund. Soldater Mot Droger. YA-Tryck AB 1992 0411-784 85. Sander-Liaison.; A young man surfing on a circular boa…

Europeana Foundation

The first Irish National Surfing Championships were held in Tramore, Co Waterford in 1967 following the establishment of the Surf Club Of Ireland in 1966. The Surf Club of Ireland, which later became Irish Surfing, the National Governing Body of Surfing t…

Peloponnesian Folklore Foundation

A-line sleeveless short tyvek dress with an all colour photo print of a surfing scene. Size Large. From the “Tyvek Poster Dress” collection by Sarah Caplan.

TopFoto

Beauty queens surf ride at Torquay .x000D Miss Norway , Gerd Lowlie ( standing ) and Miss Adrianne d'Espiney , daughter of the Mayor of Torquay , surf riding at Torquay .x000D 8 July 1935

Balaton Museum

surfing, sailing boat, lake, entertainment, sport

Balaton Museum

Greetings from Lake Balaton. Lake Balaton, surfers, sport, surfing

Sportimonium
Finnish Heritage Agency
Finnish Heritage Agency
Ajuntament de Girona

Children’s sail contest. Sant Feliu de Guixols.

Sportimonium
Estonian Maritime Museum
TV3 Catalan Television

Large-wave surfing is a land reserved for more skilled surfers Of these, the American Laird Hamilton is a separate case. Innovative and bold, this ‘waterman\’ is the protagonist of which is considered the most dangerous wave ever surfed.

Cinecittà - Luce

1 - donne in costume da bagno prendono il sole sulle spiagge delle Hawaii; 2 - bagnanti tenendo sotto il braccio le tavole da surf si avviano verso l'acqua; 3 - folla sulla spiaggia assiste alla gara; alcuni seguono la gara con dei binocoli; …

Jamtli

“Water skiing” or “surfing” on Lake Vikar. The Image Taken at the Logue Exodus to Hedeviken, 1948. Tasks: Per Myrvall, Vemdalen, 1997.