SURFING

SURFING

Surfing is a surface water sport in wichi the participant is carried along the face of a breaking wave, most commonly using a surfboard.

HISTORY
The costum to surf has been refer to remote epoches, and it was originally from South Pacific Islands and in the North of Perù.

This sport was born with a religious purpose because they play this like taking a duel with an opponent to delighted to water's god who manipulates water doing a big and rough waves.

So later the polineses carried it to another coasts like: Hawai where his sport was practiced by all people, since the kings until the village people.

The first surf club was Hui Nalu - still works- , it was base by Duke Kahanamoku, knowed universally like the modern surf's father.

This sport can be taked like a summer romance by the tourists, but surf is the life to surfers.

ArTiClE aBoUt TeNnis

TENNIS

It sport is very interesting for the most people.

It is practicing for men, women and children around the world.

Tennis as the modern sport can be dated to two separate roots.

Tennis originated in the United Kingdom in the late 19th century as "lawn tennis" and had heavy connections to the ancient game of real tennis. After its creation, tennis spread throughout the upper-class English-speaking population before spreading around the world. Tennis is an Olimpic sport and is played at all levels of society at all ages.

A beautiful guys sport….

All the good-looking men play RUGBY

This sport born in England and descended of football. This game practice in countries like England, France, New Zeeland, Australia, South Africa and it’s the national sport of Papua New Guinea.

The beauty of this game is in the player’s faces. In these pictures we can find someone of the most beautiful rugby players.

This is a high physical contact game. The games objective is score goals in the adversary keep. A goal results from kicking the ball over the crossbar between the upright goal posts. The rules are similar to the football’s rules but with a simple difference, the rugby players don’t have security equipment.

Warning: This sport is exclusive for men………….

ARTISTIC SKATING

This sport is practice in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform spins, jumps, footwork and other choreography on ice.

The artistic skaters compete at various levels.

History: Figure skating appeared to help the transportation necessity. Then the Figure skating is improving with the contribution of the great skaters. American skater Jakson Haines, considered the "father of modern figure skating", introduced a new style of skating in the mid-1860s. This style, which incorporated free and expressive techniques, became known as the "international style."

Figures: The number of rotations performed in the air determines whether the jump is a single, double, triple, or quad. The skaters perform triples and quads as their main jumps, while most elite female skaters perform all the triples.

This sport is famous for the figures are performed with combination or sequence and movements are so cordinated to create interisting pictures and enterly masterpieces.

Present day

Figure skating is a very popular part of the Winter Olympic Games, in which the elegance of both the competitors and their movements attract many spectators.

The History of Argentine Football

Football was introduced to Argentina in the latter half of the 19th century, as in many other parts of the world, by the British immigrants in Buenos Aires, numbering round 40,000 people, along with rugby union and other sports.

In the 1930 Fifa World Cup, the world turned to South America for the first Fotball World Cup, held inUruguay, and Argentina had an important role, losing to the host country in the final match. A year later, football was professionalized, and was already the most popular sport. Since then, football kept gaining popularity, and Argentina became a synonym with football around the world.

Many great players abandoned Argentina to go to better paying leagues such as the Spanish, Italian and the English. Raimundo Orsi, Alfredo Di Stéfano, Omar Sivori, Mario Kempes, Diego Maradona, Gabriel Batistuta, and Juan Román Riquelme are just a few examples of the many Argentine footballers who have left the country to become famous in Europe.

Late in the 20th century women started practicing the sport in the amateur level, leading to the creation of the Argentina women's national football team, which participates in the Sudamericano Femenino since its creation in 1991.

They also qualified for and participated in the FIFA Women's World Cup 2003.

Superclásico is a title most commonly used to describe the football game between Buenos Aires rivals River Plate and Boca Juniors. It derives from the Spanish usage of "clásico" to mean derby and the prefix super is used because Boca and River are the two most popular and successful teams in Argentine Football. And, according to some statistics, comendering more than 70 percent of all Argentine football fans between them. It's the most important local derby in Argentina.

______________V O L L E Y B A L L


In 1895, William G. Morgan, an instructor at the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) in Holyoke, Mass., decided to blend elements of basketball, baseball, tennis, and handball to create a game for his classes of businessmen which would demand less physical contact than basketball. He created the game of Volleyball (at that time called mintonette). Morgan borrowed the net from tennis, and raised it 6 feet 6 inches above the floor, just above the average man's head.
During a demonstration game, someone remarked to Morgan that the players seemed to be volleying the ball back and forth over the net, and perhaps "volleyball" would be a more descriptive name for the sport. On July 7, 1896 at Springfield College the first game of "volleyball" was played.

Volleyball is an olympic team sport in which two teams of six active players, separated by a high net, each try to score points against one another by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules

______________________T H E R U L E S

The rules of the volleyball are extensive, but in general, play proceeds as follows:

Each team consists of six players

Points are scored by grounding the ball on the opponents' court, or when the opponent commits a fault.

The first team to reach 25 points wins the set and the first team to win three sets wins the match.

Teams can contact the ball no more than three times before the ball crosses the net, and consecutive contacts must be made by different players.

The ball is usually played with the hands or arms, but players can legally strike or push (short contact) the ball with any part of the body.

________________THE COURT

The game is played on a volleyball court 18 meters long and 9 meters wide, divided into two 9×9 m² halves by a one-meter wide net placed so that the top of the net is 2.43 meters above the center of the court for men's competition, and 2.24 meters for women's competition (these heights are varied for veterans and junior competitions). IN the second picture are shown the volleyball rotation

Snowboarding to the limit

Snowboarding to the limit

Snowboarding is a sport that involves descending a snow-covered slope on a snowboard attached to a participant's feet using a special boot set into a mounted binding. It is similar to skiing, but inspired by surfing and skateboarding.

The most common snowboarding's styles are: freeride, freestyle, and freecarve/race.

FrEeRiDe

It involves riding down any terrain available. Freeriding may include aerial tricks and jib tricks borrowed from freestyle, or deep carve turns more common in alpine snowboarding - utilizing whatever natural terrain the rider may encounter.

FrEsTyLe

This style incorporates the rider with man-made terrain features such as rails, boxes, handrails, jumps, half pipes, quarter pipes and a myriad of other features. The intent of freestyle is to use these terrain features to perform a number of aerial or jib tricks.

The majority of snowboard competitions concern this style of snowboarding.

This also includes halfpipe. Halfpipe or "pipe" is a trench-like half a tube made of snow. Boarders can do a countless number of tricks in the "pipe". Some may be rotations such as a 360, or an off axis spin like a "mctwist".

FrReEcArVe/RaCe

This often overlooked style of snowboarding focuses on carving and racing. Little or no jumping takes place in this discipline.

nO Boarding

No-boarding is a young sport that replaces traditional snowboard bindings with a knobbed polymer traction pad and a heavy-duty bungee rope, which transform a snowboard into a no-board. Without highbacks to lean on or straps to hold feet in place, the pad prevents slipping, and a firm grip on the rope keeps the board in place. Staying upright is like surfing: riders adapt to pitch and snow conditions by moving their feet and center of gravity.

Competition

* Slope style

* Big air

* Half-pipe

* Boarder-cross

* Rail jam

* Racing

Snowboarding Injuries - Snowboarder's Ankle

Snowboarder's Ankle ranks second in the top 5 Injuries in Snowboarding and Skiing. Snowboarder's Ankle refers to a fracture of the lateral process of the Talus bone, which is located on the outer side of the ankle, above the heel bone. This injury is fifteen times more common in snowboarders than in the general population, hence, this injury is often termed as Snowboarder's Ankle.

With this injury, a history of an ankle sprain from Snowboarding is common. Typically, there is pain at the back on the bony prominence on the outerside of the ankle, which can be extremely tender to touch. It is usually accompanied by swelling and bruising.

Snowboarding Injuries - Wrist Fractures

Falls are more common in Snowboarding. The natural response to a fall is to stretch out a hand to break the fall, and falls tend to occur more often in beginners. For this reason, Scaphoid fractures and Colles fractures of the wrist are a relatively common feature, with around 100,000 wrist fractures worldwide among snowboarders each year.

ScApHoId FrAcTuRe

The scaphoid is one of the eight small carpal bones that make up the wrist complex. The fracture of the scaphoid usually occurs following a fall onto an outstretched hand.

In the case of an acute fracture of the scaphoid, the wrist is immobilized in a plaster of paris for 6 weeks. Once the cast has been removed, the patient begins physiotherapy.

CoLlEs FrAcTuRe

The Colles fracture describes a fracture of the radius bone of the forearm, just above the wrist. The most common method of sustaining a Colles fracture is to fall on an outstretched hand.

Symptoms include a great deal of pain, a "dinner fork" deformity, swelling and an inability to use the wrist and hand.

The most common treatment is simply to put the forearm and wrist into a plaster of paris for a period of 6 weeks.

On Piste - Piste Etiquette, Guidelines, & Rules

1. Ski or snowboard under control and make sure you have enough control to be able to stop or avoid objects at will when needed. You can push your boundaries, but know your limit.

2. If you are overtaking another skier or snowboarder, it is your responsibility to avoid hitting the slower skier or rider. Take any abrupt movement of slower going people into account and make sure you have a clear picture of your surroundings at all times.

3. Do not stop, sit down or rest in the middle of the piste. If you plan to do any of them, make sure you are out of the general traffic and that other people can clearly see you.





4. When you are starting your run, give way to other skiers and snowboarders. Check your back and blind spot before entering your descent.


5. Always use supporting gear that will prevent your gear from sliding down the slope and potentially hitting other people.




6. Stick to the Rules and Piste Etiquette set out by the caretakers of the Snow Resort. Follow all Snow Resort Signs and do not enter closed trails.






7. Make sure to have a clear picture of the weather, Snowboarding Snow Conditions and the routes in the snow resort. Let those aspects dictate your Snowboarding.


8. Do not make Snowboard Jumps if you cannot see the landing site. Never ride hard into an unknown area.

9. If you are in any way involved in an accident, stay on the accident scene and offer any assistance. Report the accident to the patrol of the resort.

10. Never go Snowboarding Off Piste alone and stay in close contact with the people you are going off slope with.

11. If you want to take Snowboarding Pictures, be sure that you are not getting in the way of other riders.

SPORT

MoUnTaIn cLiMbInG


cLiMbInG

Iis the activity of using one's hands and feet to ascend a steep object. It is done both for recreation and professionally, as part of activities such as maintenance of a structure, or military operations.

TyPeS oF cLiMbInG

Are a lot of types of climbing, for example:

• Mountain climbing
  Rock climbing
  Bouldering
  Buildering
• Tree climbing
• Rope climbing
• Pole climbing
  

MoUnTaIn cLiMbInG oR mOuNtAiNeErInG

It is the sport, hobby or profession of walking, hiking, trekking and climbing up mountains. It is also sometimes known as alpinism.

Different aspects of mountains may now be said to consist of three aspects: rock-craft, snow-craft and skiing, depending on whether the route chosen is over rock, snow or ice.

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All require great athletic and technical ability, and experience is also very important.

Ascending mountains for sport or recreation.

It often involves rock and/or ice climbing

TAEKWONDO

This is the national sport of South Korea.This is a martial art and combat sport, and is an official Olympic sporting event.

The word Taekwondo means:

"Tae" (Hanja (태; 跆) means feet or kicking

"Kwon" (권; 拳) means hands or striking

"Do" (도; 道) means art, path, way, or method.

For this, taekwondo means "the art to strike with the feet and the hands."All this without completely arms.

Taekwondo training generally includes a system of blocks, punches, and open-handed strikes and may also include various take-downs or sweeps, throws, and joint locks.

Tae Kwon Do is famed for its use of kicking techniques,The rationale is that the leg is the longest and strongest weapon a martial artist has, and kicks thus have the greatest potential to execute powerful strikes without successful retaliation.

Physically, Tae Kwon Do develops strength, speed, balance, flexibility, and stamina.

A Tae Kwon Do student typically wears a uniform (dobok 도복), often white but sometimes black or other colors, with a belt (tti 띠) tied around the waist.

The belt indicates the student's rank. The school or place where instruction is given is called the dojang 도장.

Taekwondo ranks are separated into "junior" and "senior" or "student" and "instructor" sections.

The junior section typically consists of ten ranks indicated by the Korean word geup. The junior ranks are usually identified by belts of various colors, depending on the school, so these ranks are sometimes called "color belts".

The senior section is made up of nine full ranks of black belt along with an honorary tenth degree These ranks are called dan 단.

To advance from one rank to the next, students typically complete promotion tests in which they demonstrate their proficiency in the various aspects of the art before a panel of judges.

FEATURES

Kicks (chagui)
Taekwondo is a martial art and use techniques of kick, for attack to trunk or head.

Each technique of kick has variations for example: with turn (mondollyo or tidola), in jump (tuio), towards a side, backwards, etc.

Techniques of hand (chirigui, chigui and chumok)

Taekwondo includes a great amount of techniques of attack with the fist or hand opened.

The diverse techniques differ in the form of struck (knuckles, back of the hand…) and in the direction of attack (towards outside, frontal…).

Blockades and defenses (maki)

Taekwondo have a variety of defense techniques, in function of the direction and the height of the attack.

Self-defense

Positions (sogui)
The positions have special importance in the execution, and it's very important to maintain the body in a correct position so that our techniques are most effective possible.

TENETS

Courtesy (Ye Ui)

Integrity (Yom Chi)

Perserverance (In Nae)

Self-control (Guk-Gi)

Indomitable Spirit (Baekjul Boolgool)

Argentina's Country

This country is localized in South American, it constituted as a federation of 23 provinces. This place has about 40 millions de peoples, and it bordered by Bolivia (north), Brazil in the east, and Chile in the west.

HISTORY:

The first human presences in Argentina are located in the Patagonia (Piedra Museo, Santa Cruz). European explorers arrived in 1516. The Spain established a permanent colony on the site of Buenos Aires in 1580. From 1880 to 1916, Argentina enjoyed increasing prosperity.

CULTURE:

Argentine culture has been primarily informed and influenced by its European roots. Buenos Aires, considered by many its cultural capital, is often said to be the most European city in South America, as a result both of the prevalence of people of European descent and of conscious imitation of European styles in architecture. The other big influence is the gauchos and their traditional country lifestyle of self-reliance. Finally, indigenous American traditions (like mate tea drinking) have been absorbed into the greater cultural realm.

FOOD AND DRINK:

Argentine food is influenced by cuisine from Spain, Italy, Germany, France and other European countries, and many foods from those countries such as pasta, sausages, and desserts are common in the nation's diet. Argentina has a wide variety of staple foods, which include empanadas, a stuffed pastry; locro, a mixture of corn, beans, meat, bacon, onion, and gourd; and chorizo, a spicy sausage. Other popular items include Dulce de Leche and mate, Argentina's national beverage.

The Argentine barbecue, asado, is one of the most famous in the world and includes various types of meats, among them chorizo, sweetbread, chitterlings, and morcilla (blood sausage). Thin sandwiches, sandwiches de miga, are also popular. Argentines have the highest consumption of red meat in the world.

Since 1992 Argentina has invested over 650 million dollars to modernize the winery industry. The country is an important wine producer, rated fifth in the world, with the yearly per capita consumption of wine amongst the highest worldwide. (Malbec has become a representative variety from Argentina). Malbec grape, a discardable varietal in France (country of origin), has found in Province of Mendoza an ideal environment to successfully develop and turn itself into world's best Malbec. The city of Mendoza is one of the eight wine capitals of the world, and Mendoza accounts for 70% of the country total production (all varietals considered). "Wine tourism" is significant in the Province of Mendoza, with the impressive landscape of Cordillera de Los Andes and the highest peak in America, Mount Aconcagua, 6952 meters high, providing a very desirable destination for international tourism.

DUBAI

DUBAI

The Dubai way of life did not always base on oil and its profits. Dubai was originally a fishing settlement. Inhabitants lived by fishing, pearling, herding sheep and goats, and by the turn of the century was an important trading port. Trade expanded even as Dubai was under the British protectorate, and Dubai began to grow in merchant appeal. By the early 1900s, almost a quarter of the population was foreign. The population in the 1930s was 20,000, and of that, 2,000 were Persians, 1,000 Baluchis, many Indians and substantial communities from Bahrain, Kuwait and the Hasa province in eastern South Arabia. In 1954, the British established a political agency there as well. In 1971, the British withdrew and Dubai joined with Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Aiman, Umm Al Quwain, Fajairah and later Ras Al Khaimah to create the federation of the United Arab Emirates. Oil was discovered in 1966 and by 1969 Dubai exported its first shipment of oil. The success of this venture fuelled the rapid development.


Dubai worked to build up its infrastructure of transport facilities, schools, hospitals, tourism developments and other amenities of an advanced society.

Now, Dubai is a country with a good economy and all its inhabitants live well. Dubai is also well known for its great touristic places. Here you can find everything: good food, drink, jewels, 6 stars hotels, skyscraper, etc. As follows, see some pictures of this wonderful country.

Portugal

Portugal is a country in southwestern Europe, on the Iberian Peninsula, Portugal is a member of European Union, your capital is Lisboa, The climate can be classified as Mediterranean type, Portugal's economy is based on industries such as textiles, Portugal has many turistic places such us Fatima, Madeira, Porto, and Lisboa.

Football is the most known, loved and practiced sport. The legendary Eusébio is still a major symbol of Portuguese football history and Luís Figo and Cristiano Ronaldo are among the numerous examples of other world class footballers born in Portugal and note worldwide.

The most successful Portuguese rink hockey clubs in the history of European championships are F.C. Porto, S.L. Benfica, Sporting CP, and Óquei de Barcelos.

Portugal has developed a specific culture while being influenced by various civilizations that have crossed the Mediterranean and the European continent, or were introduced when it played an active role during the Age of Discovery.

Greece known as the Hellenic Republic

Greece

Greece is a country in southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkan Peninsula. It has borders with Albania, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to the east. The Aegean Sea lies to the east and south of mainland Greece, while the Ionian Sea lies to the west. Both parts of the Eastern Mediterranean basin feature a vast number of islands. Greece lies at the juncture of Europe, Asia and Africa. It is heir to the heritages of ancient Greece, the Roman and Byzantine Empires, and nearly four centuries of Ottoman rule.Grecia is regarded as the birthplace of democracy, Western philosophy, the Olympic Games, Western literature and historiography, political science, major scientific and mathematic principles, and Western drama including both tragedy and comedy. Greece is a developed country, a member of the European Union since 1981,a member of the Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union since 2001.







A bit of her climate

The climate of Greece can be categorised into three types :the Mediterranean, the Alpine and the Temperate that influence well-defined regions of its territory.The Pindus mountain range strongly affects the climate of the country. The Mediterranean type of climate features mild, wet winters and hot, dry summers

Cocine
The cuisine is often cited as an example of the healthy Mediterranean diet. The cuisine of Greece has influences from Italian, Balkan and Middle Eastern cuisine. Greek cuisine incorporates fresh ingredients into a variety of local dishes such as moussaka, stifado and spanakopita. Throughout Greece people often enjoy eating from small dishes such as meze with various dips such as tzatziki, grilled octopus and small fish, feta cheese, dolmades (rice, currants and pine kernels wrapped in vine leaves), various pulses, olives and cheese. Olive oil is added to almost every dish. Sweet desserts such as galaktoboureko, and drinks such as ouzo, metaxa and a variety of wines including retsina.

WHY DON'T HATE TO U.S.?

It is a big country. Their populations is around 300 million of persons in this country. The United States is a federal union of fifty states.

In this country is very important the free expression, for example the comics

USA is a world economic power, because in this country live the most rich people in the world.

Moreover, in this country there are a lot of interesting places to visit, for example: Las Vegas, San Francisco, New York, Miami, and other cities, Hawai and Antartida, They don't in the same country but appertain to US.

The United States has been a leader in scientific research and technological innovation

Characteristic dishes such as apple pie, fried chicken, pizza, hamburgers and hot dogs, french fries. Americans generally prefer coffee to tea, and for breakfast is usually the orange juice and milk.