About surfing?

Question

I am doing a report over surfing. I need some websites that have alot of information about it. And also, what do you think the most important things about surfing are? Or the highlights of it, or whatever.

just anything about it. thanks

Answer 1

Well I do surf and the one thing that i would say is the most rewarding is catching the wave, most likely because it its one of the harder things to do. Now the guys who do the big wave surfing.... those waves are pretty easy to catch but staying on and not going over the falls is the hard part.( where you go to slowly and the wave basicaly passes you and you fall off the highest part and normaly hurts) I would check out some vids on surfers if you want info.

Answer 2

The most extensive archive of information on surfing can be found at:

http://www.surfline.com/surfology/surfol...

Here's the website created and run by the professional surfers on the ASP World Tour:

http://worldprosurfers.com/

ASP World Tour Main Site:

http://www.aspworldtour.com/2007/

For culture you might want to check out this worldwide gathering spot:

http://www.surfersvillage.com/

For a good voice on the philosophy of surfing in general, I'm gonna have to kick it to Laird Hamilton, who is extremely insightful and completely wired in:

http://surfermag.com/features/onlineexcl...

The websites and surfers can speak for me any day. We all love it for essentially the same reasons. For me, it's a very spiritual experience, but that might be because Hawaii brought surfing into my life.

Answer 3

One of the highlights of surfing is no matter where you are in the water, you feel like no one can hold you back. You feel as though you are free and no one can touch you. If you are a new surfer and you just want to surf to relax, I would recommend trying a long board. A short board is more of a spur of the moment decision on where you want to go, it's also faster than a long board.