The Surfing Heritage Foundation has the world’s best collection of boards, clothing, literature and more detailing surfing history. This week, the featured item is a Peruvian fishing and surfing craft called a “Caballito.”
 
According to the foundation, here’s the story:

The “little horse” is a made from native reeds and the design has remained mostly unchanged over 2,000 years, proving itself a direct ancestor to stand up paddleboards.

A bamboo pole is split down the middle as a paddling device. Felipe Pomar, winner of the first World Surfing Championships in Punta Rocas, Peru in 1965 donated two to the foundation, arriving in San Diego aboard a Peruvian Navy vessel.

The Surfing Heritage Foundation is located at 110 Calle Iglesia, San Clemente. For more information or to make a donation, click here.

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