In Australia, designers were making their boards thicker to aid flotation, though this restrained it's speed. ... Australia has taken a considerable role in surfing history, but mainly in the last decade, contributing primarily to designs for both short and long boards. Surfing has been more then a sport in Australia it has developed into a culture and we have produced many of the worlds best competitive surfers. I believe that surfing will remain a large part of Australian recreation but is will not be as strong in percentage of participants as previous years, fashions come and go, an...

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Many surf legends made trips to both countries and brought along their surf culture to infuse the two. ... They impacted surfing like no others ever have by spreading surfing to mainland America and Australia. ... Furthermore, Duke took surfing to Australia in 1914. Australia had struggled with the right to swim in the ocean freely in the late 1800s. ... No time could have been better for Duke to bring the surfboard into Australian culture. ...

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Many surf legends made trips to both countries and brought along their surf culture to infuse the two. ... They impacted surfing like no others ever have by spreading surfing to mainland America and Australia. ... Furthermore, Duke took surfing to Australia in 1914. Australia had struggled with the right to swim in the ocean freely in the late 1800s. ... No time could have been better for Duke to bring the surfboard into Australian culture. ...

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Many surf legends made trips to both countries and brought along their surf culture to infuse the two. ... They impacted surfing like no others ever have by spreading surfing to mainland America and Australia. ... Furthermore, Duke took surfing to Australia in 1914. Australia had struggled with the right to swim in the ocean freely in the late 1800s. ... No time could have been better for Duke to bring the surfboard into Australian culture. ...

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It was the day after Speech Day and an early morning rise dawned upon me. I had mildly forgotten that a 41/2-hour journey lay ahead of me. This was soon rectified as I heard the wearing engine of Michael Garretty's car limp him and his travelling essentials up my driveway. This car was to be the cha...

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Today it is practiced on either coast of the United States, Australia, Brazil, France, Portugal, South Africa, Japan, Peru, Mexico, Ecuador, Hawaii and even in the frigid waters of Alaska. ... In 1821, surfing was almost completely eliminated by European Christian missionaries, who considered it an immoral form of amusement and suppressed it along with much else in the Hawaiian culture. ... Peter Troy from Australia was this type pf surfer he was the original vagabond. ...

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