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Surfing
Surfing is a popular coastal sport, in which participants ride waves on a surfboard. All questions regarding surfing, surfboards, surf culture, the origins of surfing, and related surf questions should be asked here.
684 Questions
Can you surf on the East Coast?
Yes you can but the only really decent waves come when there is a storm/hurricane on the way. East coast is noting compared to west coast or hawaii or Australia
Where did Layne Beachley grow up?
layne beachly went to wadalba high school from year 7 up to year 12 and started surfing as soon as she finished high school.
What are the names of Bethany Hamilton brothers?
They worked with Noah in a hotel and now they help Bethany
What surfing equipment has changed since surfing started?
Fiberglass was the biggest innovation in surfing. It created light-weight and ultra-fast boards that could skim through the water at lightning speeds. Before fiberglass, all boards were made from wood.
Wave-runners are also a new innovation in the world of big wave surfing. Surfers can't always paddle into a massively large wave, so sometimes they must be towed in via a wave-runner.
New waxes make the boards slicker and obviously as the human race has become bigger and faster, so too have the surfers.
Back in the day, surfing was an almost oppressively male-dominated sport. Now, surfer chicks have their own circuits and prize money.
The internet has played a large roll in surfing, believe it or not, as people are sharing ideas on best locations to surf, photos, and instant surf reports for thousands of locations worldwide.
What does a child gain from swimming?
I am a 12 year old that swims and I love it! I think I have gained being physically fit, learning to listen, and also to relate to other people by doing something we both love! I have also gained self confidence, and pride. I would reccommend swimming to anyone! ---- Aside from the above, children who are taught to swim gain confidence in the water. You never know when they might need that confidence. If they can swim and float, they'll never drown in water. Better to have those tools and never need them, than need them and not have them. Also, maybe one day someone who swam as a child (or even an actual child), will save the life of a non-swimmer, child or adult.
Rodney Mullen because he invented most skateboarding tricks. I think he is considered as the father of skateboarding. i beg to difer with the guy above me......Jay Adams is the godfather of skateboarding.
Bethany Hamilton How did you become famous?
Bethany Hamilton is called a soul surfer. She will not give up surfing for anything. While she was surfing lazily one day, her arm was bit off by a shark on Halloween. Today, missing one arm, Bethany Hamilton still competes in surfing competitions and wins mostly every one.
How many people die each year in Hawaii from swimmingsnorkeling and surfing?
There is a study on the web indicating that between 93 and 97 a total of 17 drownings occurred in the entire state of Hawaii while surfing or bodyboarding. One could assume that most deaths while surfing would involve drowning, thus it would seem that this study can give us a good idea of the surfing related deaths per year at or near 4, at least during the stated time period; chances are it is not a lot higher now. More info in this link: http://www.aloha.com/~lifeguards/drownings93_97.HTML
When it comes to surfing's origins, they can be traced with reasonable accuracy to the people who set out some 3,500 years ago from somewhere new New Guinea to investigate the vast ocean to the east.
These people -- a mix of humans from the Philippines, Indonesia and perhaps other parts of eastern Asia -- spent the next 3,000 years settling the Pacific Ocean, becoming Micronesians, Melanesians and Polynesians, sailing from Samoa and Tonga to Tahiti, Hawaii and finally New Zealand, mostly in double hulled canoes without engines, compasses, clocks, or guns.
It was one of humankind's most extraordinary achievements but you won't read much about it at school because it didn't involve western Europeans or Americans.
In any case, as they went, these people invented surfing for fun, first among the kids of Samoa and probably New Guinea, then among the Tahitians (where adults took up the sport), then eventually among the Hawaiians, where surfing really blossomed during the second millennium, crossing the thin line between sport and cultural essential. When they first saw people surfing in the late 18th century in Tahiti and Hawaii, Europeans were completely stunned and very impressed; Captain James Cook's lieutenant King thought it appeared to be "a most supreme pleasure", and he was dead right (though he didn't actually try it).
But surfing was beaten out of the Hawaiians through the 19th century by missionaries and pissed-off traders who wanted the locals to work, not play, and it took much of the first half of the 20th century to revive it. Surfing spread outward from Hawaii through this period, eventually to almost every nation with rideable waves on its coastline, and its durability is best attested to by the fact that once it's been taken up, no nation has been able to stop.
AnswerAs I understand it started during WW2 when soldiers in the South Pacific saw a wing from a fighter plane wash up on the beach. A soldier tried taking the wing back out and rode it in. AnswerActually it is a old tradition started by the Hawiian people in the late 1800's. AnswerSurfing was developed by Hawaiian islanders before the 15th century, I believe. It spread to the California coast during the 1920s and became very popular with Americans in the 1960s. AnswerPolynesiaactually ladies surf boarding originated in the desert when a Arab rode a wing of a jumbo jet down a sand dune and then got steaming and thought lets try it in the sea.
What is the benefit of a fin on a surfboard?
The point of having a fin on the bottom of a board is to make sure you do not slide out or spin freely. It gives you a basis of control to have sharper turns and cuts.
How do you strip wax off a surfboard?
get the wax and rub it on the board while its dry. the more wax, the better.
What do surfers consider a perfect wave?
i have been surfing for a few years, and depending on where you live, a "perfect" wave can mean many different things. i live in southern california, where the surf is always decent or better, and to us, a perfect wave is one that gets around 6-7 feet, and peels, which is when the wave breaks from left to right or right to left, instead of the whole thing collapsing on itself, so that way you can ride the wave any way and have momentum to do some shredding.
queensland. i know this because my cousin is a professional surfer and was told by her coach to make it big she should move to qld.
How does Bethany Hamilton paddles?
She adjusts her body weight and puts her hand in the center of her board to prevent tipping over.
It can be depending on the risks you are willing to take. There are some minor injuries, but the really bad ones are broken limbs, head trauma, and death. No sport that has you moving that fast is without inherent danger. If you are going to surf, take lessons from someone you trust, and never take risks you don't have the skills for - even then there are dangers, but skill and knowledge never hurt.
How do you remove dried wax from a surfboard?
To remove the old wax from a surfboard, first soften the wax by putting it under direct sunlight, using a wax comb, scrap the board, and roll over the wax ball on the board to collect the remaining bits of wax.
A surfboard, invented in ancient Hawaii, is an elongated platform used to support an individual standing on them while breaking a wave. They are made of polyurethane or polystyrene foam covered with layers of fiberglass cloth, and polyester or epoxy resin, making them light, strong, buoyant and maneuverable.
What risk does it involve in big wave surfing?
Breaking bones, death in rare cases, facing acts of hostility from locals, and slacking off at school or work so you can go surfing because surfing is like a drug. It is highly addictive.
What is better dervish or tan tien?
If your just beginning, neither. Get a cheaper board that you can learn on, and figure out whether or not you really want to get into longboarding. Once you know that, research the aspects of different boards and what kind of riding you'll be doing and use that as a guide to buy a board.
How many bodyboarding tricks are there?
I would say there is 20 usual tricks.
Here is the list of all tricks as a real bodyboarder :
# Take off
# Spin 360° # Reverse spin 360° # Cut-Back # Cut-back 360° # Reverse 360° Cut Back # El Rollo # Air Rollo # Invert Air # Projected Air # Roll spin
# Air Roll Spinner (ARS) # Back flip # Gorf
# Reverse rollo # Reverse Air # Air spin 360° # Reverse 720° # Frontflip
# Barrel / Tube
You could add Combo moves :
# Take-off 360° # Take-Off Reverse # Inverted Air to Reverse Air # Double Rollo # Inverted air to roll spin # Spin 360 to rollo (Kyle maligro was really good at that one)
# Rollo to frontflip # ... I am not listing what I have never seen. All these tricks are available on video
