What do you know about the history of surfing?
438340
''The history of surfing is well documented, and due to commercialization and media in the United States, it has become, world-wide, the most popular water sport and lifestyle.\n\nSurfing is an old sport. Its actual beginning is unknown because it is so old. It is, however, known that it began in Polynesia. Most people are under the impression that surfing originated in Hawaii. The truth is that the Hawaiians were people who, based on the similarities of cultures, are believed to have crossed the ocean in old outrigger canoes to Hawaii from Tahiti and Bora Bora. Since the early Polynesians had no written language it hard to know exactly what their history is. We can only come to our conclusions of their origin by the evidence that we have. (Dixon 20)\n\nSurfing was the Polynesians most popular sport. Long before white men discovered the sport, competitions were held and much gambling was done. In the ancient Hawaiian and Polynesian way of life, nakedness, adultery, sexual freedom and all kinds of sports and games were loved.\n\nCaptain James Cook, a British explorer, discovered Hawaii in 1778. He and his crew were the first westerners to witness surfing. In his log, Captain Cook gave a description of the scene. After describing the scene of men an women riding the face of great waves on planks of wood, and the skill in which they did it, Cook wrote, "The boldness and address with which we saw them perform these difficult and dangerous maneuvers was astonishing and is scarce to be credited." (22)\n\nCook's discovery lead to the arrival of Christian missionaries to Hawaii. They believed that the Hawaiians way of life was evil and surfing was included. The missionaries traveled all over the islands teaching the Hawaiian people about western ideas and beliefs. They succeeded in the conversion of many Hawaiians.\n\nProbably one of the biggest successes of the missionaries was the conversion of Queen Kaahumanu by Hiram Bingham.\n\nIn 1810, Kamehameha I took over all the Hawaiian Islands and declared his kingdom which lasted until 1893 when Queen Liloukalani was dethroned. (Compton's 58-61) King Kamehameha and his wife Kaahumanu were incredible surfers. The king had private beaches. Violation of these beaches was forbidden on pain of death. Kamehameha and his queen ignored the missionaries. After the kings death, Kaahumanu took over as the kingdoms ruler. (Compton's 26)\n\nThe new queen came under the influence of a man named Hiram Bingham, who was a missionary. The Queen and Bingham became close friends. She even had a house built for him next to hers. They were seen together often and eventually Kaahumanu was converted to Christianity.\n\nAs was mentioned earlier, the cultures and traditions which the Hawaiians held so dearly, including surfing, were considered evil and an abomination to the Christians. As a result of Kaahumanu now holding Christian beliefs, all the Hawaiian cultures and traditions were banned. The hula was done away with, surfing banned, nakedness illegal, and adulterers were banished. Hawaiian hearts were literally broken and many deaths resulted. (27)\n\nSurfing was almost destroyed forever. The young king Kamehameha III made a short attempt at reviving the Hawaiian way of life. He was unsuccessful. ( 28) He did, however, grant a constitution for the kingdom of Hawaii in 1840. (Compton's 91)\n\nNearly 50 years after Kamehameha III's attempt to revive the Hawaiian culture, the new king, David Kalakaua, succeeded in restoring the hula and then all of the other traditions and cultures of his Hawaiian forefathers. In a short while Kalakaua succeeded in getting rid of all the bans on their culture. Unfortunately, after Kalakaua's death in 1891, his wife, Liliukalani took over the rule of the kingdom. (Dixon 28-30) She tried to abolish the constitution granted by Kamehameha III. In 1893 Liliukalani was dethroned. A new government took over. (Compton's 58-59) Surfing again
27385
I don't surf but I can't help but ask where at in fl.? I've lived here in Tampa for 20 years, and I've never seen a wave that big.
435424
http://abc.net.au/science/surfingscientist/\n  very cool!
923696
It's called "Surf School". Check the link out.
1061857
If you live in SoCal, Huntington Beach area--this might help. \n\nhttp://www.isurfing.com/links.pl/60/Cams,Weather&Reports\n\nSome of the surf shops (on the web) have links to daily wave and surf reports.
443090
here's the link...\nhttp://www.buzzsurf.com/surfatwork/\n\nHAVE FUN!!!
440779
http://www.nethistory.info/index.html\n\nhttp://www.isoc.org/internet/history/cerf.shtml\n\nhttp://www.davesite.com/webstation/net-history.shtml
241543
check out these sites... they have all the info about all the surf related movies ever... hope they help!!! :o)\n\nhttp://www.magicsurfbus.com/surfmovies.htm\nhttp://tubesteak.org/bks-picts/movies.htm
8852
It depends on what you define as "riding a wave". There are "tow-in" sufers who rely on "jetskis" to tow them into waves. These waves are so large and travel so fast that it is impossible for a human-propelled board to match its speed. The traditionalist of the sport do not consider that truly "surfing the wave". There is a contest that awards, both the surfer and photographer a monetary award if they can produce a picture proving they rode the biggest wave. I do know in the past that a prize was awarded to a team capturing a picture at Todos Santos. \n\nPeahi aka Jaws, off of Maui is arguably the largest waves ridden. Check out the site below to get an idea of what monsters these guys are riding. Traditional surfing or tow-in, these waves are huge!!!!\n\nhttp://www.billabongxxl.com/06/index.asp?regid=NA
561108
SURFING!!!!!!!\nI ENJOY THE BEACH: THE COOLING OCEAN WATER TOUCHING MY FEET AS I ENJOY THE HOT SAND AGAINST MY FEET!\nI LOVE TO CONCENTRATE AND LOOK AHEAD OF ME...THE VIEW, THE SKY, THE SEAGULLS FLYING ABOVE MY HEAD! THE BEAUTIFUL SUN WHEN ITS SETTING AND ALL...SO GORGEOUS. \n\nI always enjoyed the beach. I appreciated the ocean since I was young. I learned to surf with my dad in Long Beach, California (I was 4 years old...)\nNow at age 18, I compete with the super hero chik HAMILTON whose arm was bitten off by a shark in 2001,and the cool girl pro surfer (besides myself...) JEANI DEAN-MYLE! they are coolest in the surfing world!\nI have a puerto rican boyfriend, who is also one of the BIG BOYS in the surfing world. The coolest thing about surfing and being sponsored by your favorite brands like BILLABONG< HURLEY< And  RIP CURL stores is TRAVELING AROUND THE WORLD!\nI have been to Australia, Africa, Germany, Italy (I am from there) France, Ireland, Greece, Brittain, and the most beautiful place I have ever known Puerto Rico! Mexico is the funnest though!\nSUMMER TIME IS MY FAVORITE.\nI am looking forward for the 2006 championship for RIP CURL finalists (i am amongst them!!!!) in GERMANY!!!! wish me luck!!!*wink*wink*
922550
Speak to your local surf shop. Try out some few boards and see how they respond. These shops should be able to offer boards that people can test (i think you have to leave credit card details to prevent boards getting nicked). There's bound to be a shaper there, or they will know one so you know you'll get a good advice.\n\nTry the big foamie ones (yes, the beginner board). Otherwise, an egg-shaped board, around 7'6 will be good fun (example McTavish Egg). Find something with rounder rails. Your aim at this time is to catch more waves as much as you could to get your pop-ups perfect. Then do your bottom turn next, etc. \n\nAnd then you can progress to riding 6's (since you skateboard/snowboard, i gathered you're geared towards shortboard-riding?). But if you are a soul-surfer, then perhaps try a long board. Again, the type of boards you'll be riding is dependent on the type of waves you'll be surfing.\n\nHappy shopping.
647033
Check out th British Surfing Associations website:\n\nhttp://www.britsurf.co.uk\n\nThey'll give you all the info you need.
102782
to learn about the past
796279
Pretty much the same reasons why composites are popular everywhere - They are strong, stiff and light.\n\nA typical old fashioned surfboard would have been made with a styrofoam-like core, and then fiberglass (which is a composite material by the way) sheets would be laid up and bonded with resin to form the hard exterior watertight shell of the surfboard.\n\nToday, cutting edge boards are made pretty much the same except instead of fiber glass they might use carbon-epoxy fiber/resin. Result is a lighter stronger board, and stiffness (how much the board bends) is also improved - which depending on the surfer's preference can be tuned and customized on successive boards.
22599
If you're learning to surf, I suggest you rent boards for a while until you can tell the difference in different boards. Then you can make an educated decision on what kind of board you want without dishing out a lot of money on a board that you won't like or won't work for you. If you have friends that surf, borrow their old boards. At least it's free and a great way to experiment on a variety of styles. Be aware of what you like about different boards and how variations to the shape of the board will effect the performance (length, width, rocker, tail, fins, etc). That way when you get a board of your own you'll have some idea of what will work for you most of the time.
517940
surfing of course...for porn
60128
"Surfing" means explore the Web thro programs alike Internet Explore of Windows. You need a connexion thro a modem and the service of some provider, of course. Searching thro sites alike Yahoo or Google, opening different pages, etc. just is "surfing".