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This page aims to list articles related to surfing and surf culture. This is so that those interested in the subject can monitor changes to the pages by clicking on related changes. Jump to: navigation, search Surfing outside Kaneohe Bay, Hawai‘i. ... Surf culture is the culture surrounding the sport of surfing, particularly from the period of the 1950s and 1960s but which continues to develop to this day. ...


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Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Jump to: navigation, search This page describes terms, jargon and slang related to surfing and surf culture. ... This page aims to list articles on Wikipedia about regions (mostly beaches) associated with surfing. ... Jump to: navigation, search This page aims to list articles on Wikipedia about people associated with surfing or surf culture. ...


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Acanthamoeba Acanthamoeba is a genus of amoebae, one of the most common protozoa in soil, and also frequently found in freshwater and other habitats. ...


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Beach Boys - Beverly Hills 90210 - Billabong - Boardsport - Bodyboard - Bodyboarding - Body Glove - Bodysurfing - Boogie board The Beach Boys 1976 album 15 big ones The Beach Boys are a pop music group formed in Hawthorne, California in 1961, whose popularity has lasted into the twenty-first century. ... Beverly Hills 90210 was a popular primetime television soap opera that aired from 1990 to 2000 on the Fox Network. ... Billabong - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... The first boardsport was surfing, followed by skateboarding. ... Bodyboarder getting major air at The Wedge A bodyboard, known in surfing slang as a sponge, is a form of surfboard consisting of a small roughly rectangular piece of foam, shaped to a hydrodynamic form. ... Jump to: navigation, search Mitch Rawlings in Teahupoo the deadliest wave in the world A bodyboard is an instrument of wave riding consisting of a small roughly rectangular piece of foam, shaped to a hydrodynamic form. ... Body Glove is an apparel and watersports-gear manufacturing company. ... Bodysurfing is the art and sport of riding a wave without the assistance of any buoyant device such as a surfboard or bodyboard. ... Bodyboarder getting major air at The Wedge A bodyboard, known in surfing slang as a sponge, is a form of surfboard consisting of a small roughly rectangular piece of foam, shaped to a hydrodynamic form. ...


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Dude Traditionally a dude is a dandy; a man who dresses flashily. ...


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Endless Summer - Extreme sports Endless Summer is one of the first and most influential surfing movies, creating and defining the genre for many years after its release in 1966. ... Extreme sports (now also known as action sports) is a general, somewhat hazily-defined term for a collection of newer sports involving adrenaline-inducing action. ...


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Funboard A funboard is a type of surfboard which, while it may be within the typical length range common to shortboards, has more in common design-wise with a longboard. ...


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GRP Glass-reinforced plastic (GRP), is a composite material or fibre reinforced plastic made of a plastic reinforced by fine fibers made of glass. ...


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History of swimming Jump to: navigation, search Leander swimming across the Hellespont. ...


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Jetski Jet ski is the brand name of Kawasaki Heavy Industries personal water craft. ...


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Kahuna - Kite surfing - Kneeboarding Jump to: navigation, search Originally, Kahuna was the Hawaiian title for a priest, expert, teacher, and/or adviser, and the term is still used in that context by native Hawaiians. ... Kiteboarders use inflatable kites tethered to harnesses to glide through water and air. ... This article is about the surfsport. ...


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Lifeguard - List of water sports - Longboard Jump to: navigation, search A lifeguard in the most general sense of the word is an emergency service worker, who is a qualified strong swimmer, trained and certified in water rescue, first aid, and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR); who is responsible for overseeing the safety of users of a recreational water... There are a large number of sports that involve water. ... A longboard is a type of surfboard. ...


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Midnight Oil Midnight Oil were an Australian rock band known for their driving hard rock sound, superb live performances and their overt left-wing political activism. ...


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Ngaru - NOFX In Maori mythology, Ngaru (Wave) was a hero who dared the shark-king, Tumuitearetoka, to attack him. ... Jump to: navigation, search NOFX NOFX is a punk band from California, sometimes referred to in the underground music press as the funniest band in rock and roll. ...


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Ocean - Ocean_current - O'Neill Jump to: navigation, search The worlds oceans as seen from the South Pole Ocean (from Okeanos, a Greek god of sea and water; Greek ωκεανός) covers almost three quarters (71%) of the surface of the Earth, and nearly half of the worlds marine waters are over 3000 m deep. ... An ocean current is any more or less permanent or continuous, directed movement of ocean water that flows in one of the Earths oceans. ... There is some controversy over who invented the wetsuit. ...


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Polishing


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Quiksilver Quiksilver logo The name of this clothing company is purposefully misspelled. ...


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Reef - Rip current - Rocket Power A reef surrounding an islet. ... A rip current is a strong flow of water returning seaward from the shore. ... This article is about the animated cartoon series Rocket Power. ...


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Sexwax - Skateboard - Skateboarding - Shark - Shortboard - Skeg - Skimboard - Skysurfing - Snowboarding - Sport kite - Surf - Surfer - Surfboard - Surfest - Surfing - Surf music - Surfwax - Swimfin - Swimming Surfwax or more commonly surfboard wax is a formulation of natural and synthetic wax for application to the deck of a surfboard, bodyboard, or skimboard, to keep you from slipping off your board when paddling out or riding a wave. ... Jump to: navigation, search A modern skateboard. ... Jump to: navigation, search This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Jump to: navigation, search Orders Hexanchiformes Squaliformes Pristiophoriformes Squatiniformes Heterodontiformes Orectolobiformes Carcharhiniformes Lamniformes Sharks are a group (superorder Selachimorpha) of fish, with a full cartilaginous skeleton, a streamlined body plan with between 5 and 7 gill slits along the sides (most often) or side of the head (the first modified... Since the late 1960s (when Gordon Clark found the optimum formulation of polypropylene foam), most of the surfboards in common use have been of the shortboard variety between 6 and 8 feet in length, with a pointed nose and a rounded or squarish tail, typically with three skegs but sometimes... In surfing, a skeg is a stabilizing fin located at the rear of the surfboard. ... Skimboarding (or skimming) has been described in turns alternately as a miscellaneous beach recreation activity and as a discipline of surfing. ... Bold textSkysurfing is a kind of skydiving in which the skydiver wears a board attached to their feet and performs surfing-style aerobatics during freefall. ... Jump to: navigation, search Snowboarder in the halfpipe Snowboarder trail entry Snowboarding is a boardsport on snow similar to skiing, but is also inspired by surfing and skateboarding. ... Sport kites are also commonly known as stunt kites. ... Jump to: navigation, search Look up surf on Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... See World Wide Web for surfing the web; see also Wind surfing Surfing at Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. ... The term Surfboard can refer to: Used for riding waves, a popular recreational water sport and activity, there are many variations of surfboards with the predominant types being short-boards and long-boards. ... Surfest is an annual surfing competition held in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. ... Jump to: navigation, search Surfing outside Kaneohe Bay, Hawai‘i. ... In the early 1960s, one of the most popular forms of rock and roll was surf rock. ... Surfwax or more commonly surfboard wax is a formulation of natural and synthetic wax for application to the deck of a surfboard, bodyboard, or skimboard, to keep you from slipping off your board when paddling out or riding a wave. ... Categories: Stub | Footwear | Diving ... Swimming is the method by which living creatures move themselves through water in a method not involving simply walking on the bottom. ...


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The Surfaris - The Surf Punks - The Ventures The Surfaris were a surf rock band formed in California in 1962, and are best known for two songs that hit the charts in the Los Angeles area, and nationally by May, 1963 : Surfer Joe (the A side), andWipe Out on the B side of a 45 RPM single. ... The Ventures are a surf / instrumental rock band formed in 1958, by Don Wilson and Bob Bogle, two construction workers, who learned of a mutual interest in playing guitar, and started jamming together. ...


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Wakeboarding - Water park - Waterman - Wave - Wax - Wetsuit - Wilbur Kookmeyer - Windsurfing Jump to: navigation, search Larger lakes attract water skiiers, wakeboarders (shown), boaters, and other people seeking outdoor recreation on the water. ... Jump to: navigation, search This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Waterman is the name of a popular online flash-animated cartoon, created by Bryan Waterman. ... Waves Ocean surface waves are surface waves which occur at the surface of an ocean. ... Wax has traditionally referred to a substance that is secreted by bees (beeswax) and used by them in constructing their honeycombs. ... Two divers, one wearing a 1 atmosphere diving suit and the other standard diving dress, preparing to explore the wreck of the RMS Lusitania, 1935. ... Jump to: navigation, search Wilbur Kookmeyer is the title character of a cartoon strip by Bob Penuelas which first appeared in Surfer magazine in 1986. ... Jump to: navigation, search Windsurfing in Essex, England Windsurfing (also called boardsailing) is a sport involving travel over water on a small 2-4. ...


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The History of Surfing (1060 words)
Surfing is a popular recreational activity and sport in which individuals are propelled across the water by the force of waves, whilst standing on, predominantly, GRP ("fiberglass") boards.
Other surfing equipment includes board leashes, used to keep a surfer's board from washing to shore after a 'wipeout', wax and/or traction pads, used to keep a surfers feet from slipping of the deck of the board, interchangeable "skegs" and of course in warmer climates the surf trunk or board short.
Surfing has a unique and often powerful appeal, which probably derives from an unusual confluence of elements; adrenalin, skill, and high paced maneuvering are set against a naturally unpredictable backdropandmdash;an organic environment that is, by turns, graceful and serene, violent and formidable.
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