Surfing Champion Research Paper

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It is the surfing championships! Five friends are competing for the same title.It is all their dreams to win this title. But who will come out on top? Tom was always the best surfer of the group. He could always seem to pull pull of a crazy trick or escape the mouth of a giant wave while making it look easy. The rest of the group thought that if any of them would have a shot at being a surfing champion it was Tom. Although later on that week they all would get that chance and nobody was planning on losing. Tom and Mike were out walking to the beach from school when they seen a sign that said “Surfing Tournament Top five have a chance for world title.” Tom and Mike raced to the beach where Jake,Bob, and Tom’s little brother Billy were waiting. The boys told them about tournament and how this was their chance to go to the world championship. …show more content…
Next thing they knew they were surfing their way to the world championship. Although it did make Tom’s little brother Billy a little worried. He only made it by a couple points. Also Billy had not alway been the best surfer. But he just put that behind him to focus on the world championship. He practiced every day for the next week and so did Jake,Bob,Mike, and Tom. Although Billy couldn't seem to catch up with the rest of them.Then the day came.World Championships. People from every where were coming there. And they were bring some talent with them.Billy could see his world title slipping away then he gets an idea.He decides to combine all kinds of moves to make the ultimate performance. He watched everyone doing their tricks and was taking notes of their moves till he made the ultimate sequence of tricks. When it was his turn he had a extreme amount of focus and intensity. After he was the one least likely to win he was the one with a trophy in his hand and a world title in his

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