Just a couple of weeks ago hurricane Isabel skirted the shoreline of Florida by about three hundred miles. During the entire week, Isabel had been producing perfect six to ten foot swells up and down the coast, making surf conditions that seemed to be plucked directly out of a dream. During this week hurricane Isabel graced us with her presence I came to realize just how much I enjoy the sport of surfing.
One reason that surfing is my favorite sport is because, unlike the other sports I do, such as skateboarding and snowboarding, every time you go surfing it's always different. No two beaches break the same, no two storms send the same waves, no two sets of waves are the same, no two waves in the entire ocean are ever the same, and the sport is always changing. No matter how good you get at surfing, and no matter how much or how long you have done it, there's always something new to try, there is always another place to surf that you have never been and there will always be waves that you have yet to surf.
Another aspect of surfing that I particularly like is that it's a noncompetitive sport, for the most part. It's something that I can go out and do with all of my friends, and we can all have fun no matter who is better or worse at it, because everyone can have fun no matter what their skill level is, and there are no winners or losers like in other sports such as baseball, football or basketball.
Surfing also is one of my favorite sports because it allows you to test yourself and to push yourself to be more motivated. If you go out into the water and it's not necessarily the best conditions but you made it out you"re happy with yourself, but it's not enough. So with this in mind you keep pushing yourself until you get an awesome ride to make it all worthwhile. This pushing me to be motivated also helps with other aspects, such as schooling or work, it makes me not want to give up until I have made whatever it was worth my while.
Blake's enthusiasm for surfing was equaled by his innovative nature. ... Surfing was due for a change, and this looked to be it. ... He lived the surfing dream that many surfers today strive for. ... In my mind this will be the fall to surfing as it is. ... Boards are a precious commodity in the surfing world. ...
Surfing is one of the oldest sports today. ... And last, surfing in Hawaii reached its peak with the development of board surfing. ... 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. ... Kahanamoku's dream was to demonstrate surfing to wherever there was good surf. ...
Surfing is one of the oldest sports today. ... And last, surfing in Hawaii reached its peak with the development of board surfing. ... 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. ... Kahanamoku's dream was to demonstrate surfing to wherever there was good surf. ...
Surfing is one of the oldest sports today. ... And last, surfing in Hawaii reached its peak with the development of board surfing. ... 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. ... Kahanamoku's dream was to demonstrate surfing to wherever there was good surf. ...
Surfing has been a sport enjoyed by hundreds of thousands of people around the world. ... When one goes surfing there are three basic stages that are repeated in a surf session: getting out to the line up, waiting for the wave, and catching a wave and riding it in. ... Depending on how crowded the surf break is, the possibilities of getting hit or run-over by other surfers is predominant. ... This is one of the nice things about surfing for many people. ... Once surfing the wave, skill and ability permitting, many tricks and maneuvers can be done. ...
Petroglyphs of surfers carved in to the lava-rock landscape, and chants that tell the stories of great surfing feats. ... Surfing was a part of the Kapu system of laws, which held Hawaiian royalty above the commoners in the kingdom. ... The ancient Hawaiians had four basic types of surf boards. ... Today surfing is a popular water sport with many different boards designs and accessories. There are now surf schools and many different competitions, and with all out new technology who knows what could come next in surfing....
He saw surfing as a competition against the world, but that is how we all see surfing when we are trying to be the best in the water. ... I always try and give someone my wave when I surf and I find watching surfing just as fun as actually surfing. ... Surfing is a selfish sport but we need to appreciate others and their surfing as well. Sharing something you love is better that taking it all for yourself and surfing with someone else is always better then surfing alone. ... Sometimes you don't have to stand up to surf. ...
Another public image of surfing came out in the surf bank robber thriller Point Break in which Patrick Swayze plays a role of a drinking nonchalant surf dude looking to steal enough money to catch that one perfect wave that only comes once every fifty years. How misinformed and wrong our society is to infer such nonsense about what surfing is really about. "Surfing is all about living-and occasionally dying-in the moment." ... Also, the necessity to analyze the different kinds of surfing and the equipment will be displayed. ... What is behind all the dramatized surfing stories and legends...
THE HISTORY OF SURFING "But a diversion the most common is upon the Water, where there is a very great Sea, and surf breaking on the Shore. ... Describe your surfing "stoke"- what is most pleasurable about surfing to you? ... I just really love to surf. ... Why do you like surfing longboards? ... Describe perfect surfing conditions. ...
