Extreme Surfing Persuasive Speech

Imagine yourself laying on your surfboard in the cool ocean water with the hot sun beating down on you. Surfing is a sport as old as time. Created in 1,000 A.D surfing caught on quick and never left. As surfing grew in popularity, more and more people began competing. By 1930 surfing competitions started but wasn’t popular until 1978 when the first place winner got a cash prize.

An author always writes to a specific audience. Nathan’s school decided to begin holding year-round school for all students.

As I looked backed at what seemed to be a decent sized wave, I started paddling with all my might, digging through the water, deeper and deeper. The wave came closer and I felt a push from my cousin as I caught the wave. “Stand up” my cousin yelled behind me as the monstrous wave began to swallow me up. I stood up, rode the wave all the way to the shore, and fell in love with the sport of surfing. Since that day, I have loved everything one could ever love about the sport: The salty water as it touched my body, the push of the wave as it stood me up on my smooth yet sticky board, and the exhilarating rush that I felt after every perfect ride. But not quite everything about the sport came easy to me, it took a long ride to find the love I have for the sport today. When I first started competitively surfing, I

I believe surfing is the best teacher. It teaches you motivation, strength, and balance. Not many things in life teach you all these things while still allowing you to have fun. You have to pick your battles. You have to decide how you will respond to failure. You have to decide to surf. You have to let the waves carry

He tells me exactly when to stand up and releases me onto an incoming wave. There is absolutely nothing going through my head except for “get feet on board get feet on board get feet on board”. I get my feet onto the board and immediately fall over. Not so bad for the first run. I repeat the battle of getting back to the point in the water where the waves are no longer breaking. I get back onto the board. I am released by our instructor. I get my feet onto the board. I fall over. Rinse and repeat, indefinitely. By the end of our hour long session, my entire body is aching and I haven’t completely ridden to shore while standing on the board. Lauren has a bit more luck and rides in on her knees. I can already see bruises and cuts along my legs and we both feel as if we are going to pass out right there on the beach. We both also conclude that that was the most fun thing either of us has ever done.

As I have watched you grow since you were little you have filled your life with good people, strong passions, and a great outlook on life. Next year you take a big step into your future. It’s college time dude, you should be a little nervous but at the end of the day you're going to be fine, just look at your past. Let's put your past in the perspective of surfing a wave, since you like surfing so much. When you're surfing a wave there is a line or in other terms a way through the different sections of the breaking wave. Every time you surf a wave you are looking for this way through this wave so you can ride it as long as possible and get as many turns into it as you can. In your life you have found this way that has allowed you to make the most of your opportunities just like how you make as many turns as you can on the wave. You have also surrounded yourself with family and friends that have pushed you to go with your passions in life as long as you desire to, just like you are able to pick the line that lets you surf the wave as

While lifeguards are not present at this beach, a warning flag program alerts swimmers to dangerous or restricted areas. With a bit of attention, surfers, snorkelers and swimmers enjoy the sun and water safely. The Cove provides protected swimming with no waves, which is perfect for young families. And, the other side of the Inlet boasts ocean waves for splashing over eager swimmers.

Rip currents are powerful ocean currents that rush away from shore. They can take even the strongest swimmer out to the sea. A way to overcome this hazard is to always check the National Service Surf Zone forecast and look for warning flags on the beach. Shark Attacks are scary, but to escape them, swim in a group, stay near shore, and if you are attacked, hit the sharks nose as hard as you can.

Bethany shows a great deal of perseverance through her journey. Even with the tragic loss of her arm, she didn’t give up her dream to become a professional surfer. After being discharged from the hospital, Bethany tried more than four times to catch a wave, but finally she prevailed. Her family was ecstatic when she stood on the board

Her parents were passionate about surfing and they passed along their love of the beach to Bethany and her brothers, Noah and Timmy. When Bethany was eight, she joined the competitive surfing circuit. Her whole family became involved in her training. Her dad taught her techniques and surfing tips while her mom, Cheri, homeschooled her. Cheri was a strict teacher and made sure that Bethany never fell behind on her work while her brothers toughened her up for all her competitions. Bethany’s family taught her that it was okay to lose sometimes because there would always be a next time when she could win. Bethany’s attachment to surfing was in her blood as she said “Surfing is a force that moves your body and soul.” (Hamilton, 122). She practiced for hours everyday and loved everything about her surfing world especially her friends. As she began winning competitions, Bethany’s brother Noah started sending pictures of her surfing to various companies that manufactured clothing. Soon after that, the company Rip Curl sponsored Bethany and gave her free clothes and equipment to use while she surfed. Bethany was a rising star in the field of competitive

Bethany Hamilton was a world class surfer who won many surfing awards. She started surfing at age five, and was already in the most elite competitions by age 13. But, as she ran towards the ocean and shoved off from her board on Halloween 2003, her life would change forever. A tiger shark could ahold of her arm, and tugged with all his might. She had not felt any pain, but pressure. “With a strange calmness, Bethany stared at the stump on her shoulder where her arm used to be.” (Shark Attack Survivor).

Bethany Hamilton is a brave surfer who survived a shark attack and faced her fears to continue doing what she loves. She was born in Kauai in 1990 and started surfing when she was 4 years old. At the age of 8, she got a gold medal in her first competition and since then she would have the first place in every championship she took part of. She was so talented that she could do amazing tricks that surfers her age couldn’t. Therefore, she had Rip Curl as a sponsor. However, in 2003 she was laying on her surfboard with her left arm underwater and a tiger shark bit it. Luckily, she was accompanied by her friends, so they helped her to get to the beach. Although she had a tremendous fear, Bethany didn’t hesitate in returning to the waves

Just think about it a moment. Someone tells you put the phone back on the "hook." When I first was told to do that as a kid, I looked all over the place for a hook and a phone. If telephones really were on a hook, think of all the handless people there would be. "Your home is where you hang your hat.

Bethany Hamilton has fought her way up to the professional surfing staple, and her efforts paid off. Today, Bethany Hamilton is ranked 48th worldwide among female surfers, a great feat for anyone. For the exact same courage that got her going professional, she was honored by many sources, including ESPN, MTV, and the United States Sports Academy. Because her life is a model for those with disabilities and girls in general, she wrote an autobiography about herself, “Soul Surfer”, which became a movie on September 3, 2011 (Biography.com). Surviving the shark attack when she was really young made her realize that she was more than who she thought she was, and she became an inspiration to others because of that, whether it was because of her autobiography, surfing career, or the foundation (“Friends of Bethany”) that she uses to support girls and disabled kids.

If you were to adventure around the world and ask anyone to describe what they see when they hear the word “surfing” they would respond with similar answers. The average surfing adventure is pictured with the sun shining, the wide-open beach, the large waves crashing, and the beautiful women chilling in the sand watching their man ride. Unfortunately, they got that last part wrong, for the women in the surf documentary “It Ain’t Pretty” are definitely not cheerleaders. They live for adventure, its the thrill, the danger, the adrenaline rush, it makes life worth living.