World Surf League Research Paper

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

All my life, I have been fascinated with the aquatic realm. It began with my adolescent admiration for the Little Mermaid, and flourished when I joined and became the captain of my swimming and water polo team at North Miami Beach Senior High School. Therefore, when glancing at vimbly, I automatically went to the tab of explore and active outdoor. Just how I adore sitting and spending time reading a book on a day of leisure, being able to devote a day out under the sun and having an adrenaline rush is what ends up being a memorable moment in my book. To my delight, there was a section solely for water sports. As I scrolled through the pages filled with various pastimes, my eyes focused on scuba diving. I am infatuated with the countless tales

Have you ever jumped off a 100 Ft diving board well I have! As usual I’m back at kings point, and I’m about to jump off the 100 Ft diving board. At first it seems really scary to jump off, because you don’t know if you’re going to belly flop or back flop or something else.

Alright, to all you beach bums in the making, listen up. If you are faint of heart take a hike but, if you want to learn how to be awesome keep reading. By the end of this if you’re lucky you just might end up half as cool as us… maybe. By the time you’re done reading this you’ll have the knowledge to do what most people can only dream about. You will be on your way to building your own wave rider.

Mavericks is a surfing location in Northern California known for its record breaking waves caused by an unusually shaped rock formation. Very few big wave surfers chose to ride these waves because of the hazardous, sometimes deadly, conditions. Jeff Clark, otherwise known as the Mavericks Man, was the first man to ever surf Mavericks and continued to be the only man to ride the waves for several years. Clark was 17 the first time he went out and surfed Mavericks; the first day he surfed at Mavericks the waves topped out at 25 feet. In 1999 the first “Titans of Mavericks” was held, a surfing contest at Mavericks, 24 big wave surfers were asked to compete. The contest is held every year

In the late 70’s The Public Animals (TPA) one of New York’s finest graffiti artists group, became one the first train surfers in the US.

Bethany Hamilton was 13 when she was attacked while surfing. She started surfing at 5 years old. She would win major amateur surfing contest by the age of 10. Before her shark attack she was enjoying a day with her best friend Alana, and her best friend’s dad and brother. When out of nowhere a 15 foot tiger shark attacked her, ever since then her life changed. However Bethany got back into the water a day before thanksgiving, reteaching herself how to surf with one hand. Ever since then she’d been an inspiration to people. A year after her attack she won first place at the national championships. After the terrifying shark attack, Bethany Hamilton demonstrated resilience by overcoming the tragedy to achieve her surfing dream.

There was a cool breeze coming from the Lake, the waves were rolling into shore and nothing else but the midnight silence, also the two bangs that brighten the whole beach. There was a car parked on the right side of the tower house at the very edge of the beach, where the parking lot started. There was a Tower house keeper who said he was suspicious of gunshots he had heard and he called 911, like someone would do if they heard a gunshot at this time of night. There was also another witness at the scene a homeless man who used a payphone to call in the gunshots he had heard. The pay phone was at the far side of the beach about 100 yards from the Tower House.

surfing when the water was flat but it eventually broke off and formed its own unique subculture

On Saturday, September 25th, , an unidentified man was recorded hanging on the windshield wipers on the back of a Joondalup train in Perth, Australia. at around 09/25/2017, 10:26 am. After boarding the train at Leederville while the train was slowing down, the man pressed his body against the windshield at the back of the train, and hung on by the wipers. The police identified man to have been 23 years old when he was dropped of at Stirling Station, where he was arrested by the police. His thrill ride lasted for about 4 minutes and the train was traveling around 70 mph, which would have killed him if he were to have fallen. His entire ride was recorded on video by several motorists who happened to be driving by. The police were so stumped by his act,

The International Sailing Federation (ISAF) is the world governing body for the sport of sailing, officially recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). (Kemp, 1976) In 2007 ISAF celebrated its Centenary year which symbolized its existence of international sailing cooperation and rules starting in europe and expanding to north america than the world. They now consist of 138 Member nations who are responsible for the governance of the sailing world. They govern over one hundred sailing classes from 420mm dinghies to off shore racing classes up to sixty foot monohulls. They started this from club racing before there was international competition.

2:55 friday afternoon, I took a deep breath as my stomach turned inside itself as if doing somersaults over and over. I sat there waiting for the interview call from Connor. Conor McMurdo, A highschool graduate now at Cal Poly, offered to to help me on my project. I had never met him before; however, he was recommended by my english teacher for doing his senior project on making his own surfboard. Interviewing someone you have never met is always a little nerve racking. My stomach felt these first time jitters as I picked up the phone to call Connor.

Big waves surfing is one of the most dangerous discipline ever invented. It’s been around for al-most 300 years and maybe more. Every year more people try surfing and it’s becoming a very popular hobby around the world. I have tried it myself and it’s very addictive. You always want to get better and surf bigger waves.

Surfing is the act of someone paddling out into the ocean, catching a wave on a surfboard, standing up, and riding the length of that giant whitecap. Some people say it is the best feeling anyone can experience and always has been. The recreation of surfing has been around ever since the mid-eighteenth century. Now, it is not only a hobby for some people, but an extreme professional sport.

Working with a fictional company called NEMAS… it’s a multimedia company, which has developers, designers, video, and photography editors, as part of the team.