wahine
Female Pacific islander
Wahine is Hawaiian for woman or girl, used in surfing culture for a female surfer.
The term appears in surf competitions and beach communities: The wahine division starts at noon.
In New Zealand, wahine (from Māori) similarly means woman or wife.
Hawaiian multipurpose greeting
Fine rock particles
- shorelineLand-water boundary
- oceanMassive saltwater body
- sunsetDay yielding to darkness
- palm treesTropical plants with fronds
surfboard · bikini · lei · tropical · paradise · lagoon · hula · outrigger
Traveling energy disturbances
- boardFlat rigid panel
- longboardExtended skating platform
- swellIncrease in size
- barrelHooped cylindrical vessel
lineup · wipeout · reef · carving · cutback · dawn patrol · beach break · point break
aloha
Hawaiian multipurpose greeting
sand
Fine rock particles
palm trees · surfboard · bikini · lei · tropical · paradise · lagoon · hula · outrigger · canoe
waves
Traveling energy disturbances
barrel · lineup · wipeout · reef · carving · cutback · dawn patrol · beach break · point break · Bethany Hamilton
female
Offspring-bearing sex
sister · wife · matriarch · queen · goddess · femininity · strength · grace · beauty · empowerment
- Hawaiian culturealoha, hula, lei, luau, mahalo
- Surfingsurfboards, surfboard, longboards, shortboards, longboard
- HawaiiansNative Hawaiians, kahuna, keiki, commoners, Kamehameha
- board riderssurfer, snowboarder, skateboarder, wakeboarder, longboarder
- Pacific IslandersPolynesians, Melanesians, Micronesians, Hawaiians, Samoans
- Ngai Tahuwhakapapa, Canterbury, South Island