Surfing Waves

Tja/Hi!

Does anyone know where the 'Hang Loose/Shaka' hand sign comes from, its history? (not the meaning of it which I already know)

I've heard it was a sign California surfers driving VW were doing when they passed one another (surfer)VW on the road, in the 60/70's when the aircooled engine was popular among surfers...

Anyone?...

Thanx!
/swedish surfer

Well, I found a lot of different stuff on Google "Shaka sign"
The Corky Carroll story was nice!