Informative Speech About Surfing

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Surfing What is the best way to have fun at the beach? It's to go surfing. This is a famous Polynesian sport that has gnarly terminology. They also have various ways to surf. You may think you know almost everything about surfing, but you're wrong. I'm here to show a whole way to rip the waves. As you may know, surfing is mostly done in Hawaii because it's part of the Polynesian culture, but instead of originating in Hawaii it was first observed in Europe by Samuel Wallis and his crew, the Dolphin. Today the person known as the father of modern surfing is George Freeth. Unfortunately, Freeth died at the age of 35 in 1919 because of the global flu pandemic. There are different ways to surf with different types of boards that doesn't just

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