Wednesday, March 26, 2008

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.

1 comment:

Andrea Ximena said...

I liked this documentary about surf, because for me this sport is very interesting and nice. However, I think you had to use more other information about people who practices this sport, some famous people who practice that, and who are the best sport people.