Surf lifesaving

They include beach safety and learning to read waves. If you cannot swim, you should not surf -- you may think you're safe attached to a large flotation device, but what if your leash breaks? When you learn to read waves, you'll be observing how frequently the sets come in, where the wave is breaking, and how well-formed (and surfable) the

Bethany Hamilton is an American professional surfer who survived a 2003 shark attack in which her left arm was bitten off. On the morning of October 31, 2003, Bethany went out to surf at Tunnels Beach in Ha'ena with her best friend, Alana Blanchard, and Blanchard's father and brother. While lying on her board,she suddenly felt intense pressure on her left arm and was pulled back and forth for a few seconds. Originally feeling no pain, she noticed the water around her had turned red, and her friends

that is shown through three female surfers at Rockaway Beach. The film was directed and produced by Elisa Bates. It was shown in many surf film festivals including; New York Surf Film Festival, Newport Beach Film Festival, and Pop-up Surf Film Festival. There is something so spiritual about surfing. I have never surfed a day in my life but every time I watch others surf I feel this yearning to pick up a board and join them. It looks like one of the most dangerous but most fulfilling activities at the

Response: Believe it or not, one arm wasn't my biggest setback. I'd say my conscious was my biggest setback. During recover I would always think that my surfing days were over or that it wasn't possible for me to ever surf or be as good as I was again. “Courage doesn't mean you don't get afraid. Courage means you don't let fear stop you” (Hamilton 208). Question 8: How does having one arm limit your daily activity? Response: Regular things that seem to be easy are

(“Surfer” 2). After a few hundred years of riding the waves of Hawaii, the well-known Hawaiian form of the sport emerged. It wasn’t as nonchalant as it is today. Back then in the water, the Ali’i claimed the highest reputation. Only a select few could surf with them. If the Ali’i wanted the whole beach to himself, then no one would be in the water. However, for the rest of them, it was a chance to show off. The chiefs could demonstrate their skill and comonomers would be given a chance as well. Some

“Today nearly 40% of shark species are threatened with extinction.” (7) Bethany Hamilton was a 13 year old girl, who loved to surf. She lived in Kauai, Hawaii. Bethany was winning major amateur surf contests by her 10th birthday. One day she was on her surf board, a 15-foot tiger shark was stalking her. The shark then attacked her. Bethany was calm when it happened. The shark took off her whole arm in one bite. Despite the devastating shark attack, Bethany Hamilton showed great resilience in achieving

to never give up on anything that happens. If someone is having a hard time or something really bad has happened never give up. Bethany loves surfing and has surfed ever since she was a little kid and one day it just so happened that she went out to surf with her best friend and her dad and brother. They went out pretty far. And she was just sitting on her stomach on a surfboard. Then this shark came up and bit more than half of her arm off. So her best friends brother went to the truck and broke the

Bethany Hamilton was a 13 year old surfer that survived a shark attack in 2003. In the event of the attack she lost her arm. To everyone’s amazement she is still a pro surfer today. Bethany showed great resistance in overcoming the attack in order to achieve her surfing dream. While surfing with friends a 15 foot tiger shark came at Bethany from her left side. She had her arm off the board in the water wading at the time of the attack. The shark must have felt threatened at some point or just hungry

Surfing is a cool sport in which you ride a wave on a board. People mostly surf in the beach, where there are many waves, but you can surf on lakes or rivers with waves shaped as a standing wave or tidal bore. Another type of surfing is paddle boarding. This is where you stand up on a board, and use a paddle to steer and move. The sibling to surfing, is body boarding. This is when you ride a wave on a body board on your stomach, drop knee, or even standing! There is a lot of history behind the

My Sweet Lord by George Harrison, sets the scene. Hannah Horvath, who flashed her vagina to the principle of the school she worked just one season ago, seemed to be acting like an adult women. “God, I was so ready to hate this,” said Hannah to the surf instructor. Dunham does an amazing job playing Hannah as calm and collected, perhaps the most collected we’ve seen her in the past 5 seasons. A season premier should give a preview of whats to come, it should be exciting, it should be intriguing