Surfing was first demonstrated in the United States in 1885 by three teenage Hawaiian Princes who surfed the mouth of the San Lorenzo River in Santa Cruz on redwood boards. In 1907 George Freeth demonstrated surfing as a publicity stunt at the Huntington Beach pier. But surfing as such really did not recover until the early 20th century with a group of teenagers known as the ‘Beach Boys of Waikiki’. One of them was George Freeth. He moved to California, became a lifeguard and started to spread the word about surfing.