But paddleboarding didn’t make its way to the western world until the late 1920s, when Thomas Edward Blake drilled out a redwood replica of the 16-foot boards used by the Polynesians. Called “cigar boards” by reporters and “kook boxes” by surfers …………… Click here to read the full story Thanks for reading your Lake News on www.LakeFun.com http://ift.tt/eA8V8J March 09, 2016 at 08:13AM