what is SurfingSurfing is a popular sport among people of all ages and
abilities. Surfing is the sport ridden on a long piece of fibreglass. The
first surfboards were wooden, slowly emerging to what many people use today –
fibreglass.
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How surfing started
Surfing first appeared in the late 1700s, when captain cook described an early Hawaiian on a board moving so fast and smoothly by the power on the ocean. The ancient Hawaiian surfing culture came to a halt in the Early 1800s, when the sport was banned by the Calvinistic missionaries. They were shocked and outraged by the state of undressed surfers and the easy mixing of the sexes that surfing bought. Surfing was then re-introduced in the early 1900s by a young Hawaiian beach boy, Duke Kahanamoku.
Hawaiian Nose riding
Surfboards these days are usually between 6 and 8 feet long and are built for carving and turning sharp on waves. The early Hawaiians surfboards got up to 16 feet long so they weren't able to carve and turn sharply on waves. In the early 1950s a man named Joe Quigg (who invented the Malibu Chip) met a Waikiki beach boy named Rabbit Kekai and was blown away by his skill. Quigg drew Kekai 10 feet back in the wave riding on the nose of the board. This sketch went on to start the Hawaiian tradition of nose riding. This was a big break through for Hawaiians and their surfboards, as they were now able to do a trick on their boards.