Surfing
Surfing is a water sport done in the ocean or sea. The surfer uses their surfboard to catch a wave and ride in towards the shore.
Surfing was invented by the Polynesians at least 4000 years ago. Surfing made its Olympic debut at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. It has become a popular sport among both men and women of all ages. With lifestyles and regimens freer than those of most sports, surfers comprise a unique culture. Though surfing is practiced in many other Pacific nations, its center remains Hawaii, where many rounds of the international surfing championships (the ASP) are held annually. Surfing is popular in Australia, the US, and Northern Europe.
A surfer in Oahu.
A surfer carrying his surfboard.
A man surfing.
Surfers catching a wave.
Surfing Media
Caballitos de totora, reed watercraft used by fishermen for the past 3000 years at Huanchaco, Peru, known for its surf breaks
Magazine illustration of native Hawaiians surf-riding (surfing) from an article entitled "Our Neighbors of the Sandwich Islands" in Hutchings' California Magazine, November 1858.
Pipeline barrel at Pūpūkea, Hawaii
Surfer getting tubed at Sunset on the North Shore of Oahu
A large wave breaking at Mavericks
The geometry of tube shape can be represented as a ratio between length and width.
Surfing a stationary, artificial wave in Southern California
A surfer going for the tube
Catching waves at a surfing contest on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii
Aerial views of a surfing competition at Salt Creek Beach, Dana Point, California.
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