7 DEC: Professional surfer Albee Layer drops into a wave at the Jaws Surf Break aka Pe'ahi in Haiku, Maui, Hawaii. For centuries, people have been lured in by the thundering power of surf. Surfing began somewhere in the distant past of Polynesian culture and by the mid eighteenth century, Captain James Cook sailed to Hawaii and saw locals climbing onto wooden boards and speeding along the waves. Eventually, a craze for wave riding spread and now it's thought at least 36 million people worldwide identify themselves as surfers. PHOTO: Darryl Oumi/Getty Images for TAG Heuer #BBCSnapshot #photojournalism #sport #surfing #Hawaii #wave by bbcnews

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