Big wave surfing

The thing I identify the most with is surfing. It makes me feel good inside and out, when I catch a good wave the feeling is unexplainable to where you would have to experience it for yourself. I always loved to be by the beach in Florida watching the waves crashing feeling that warm breeze rush through my hair, digging my toes in the sand its very soothing to me. It seems like everyone has a different feeling when they catch a wave for their first time. My first time was in Florida with my…

feet just coasting through the river in hopes that a boat may make a wave or two for me to practice on. At the beach is was a much different story. Day after day, my brother and I would hit the beach at sunrise and not come in until it was pitch black outside. At first I hated it, I was not patient and I could not hone my skills enough to stand up on the board. After practicing for what felt like months I finally caught my first wave and rode it all the way into the shore line. Now I know this…

The evolution of skateboarding has changed in so many ways over the past seventy or some odd years. The scene began as a very chill surfer style where it was mainly just cruising down hills or the street or also known as “sidewalk surfing”. Then the locals in all the California surfer towns began to organize teams have local competitions, then teams such as Zephyr and the Z-boys of Dogtown brought the hardcore and punk style and attitude to the table which changed the game forever. Skateboarding…

Hawaii is a wonderful place full of amazing scenery, crystal clear water, and amazing surf. My father and I have been surfing for a long time and really wanted to try to surf in Hawaii. We were on the Big Island of Hawaii and had to take a beautiful, but long, car trip to our surf destination. After, we rented surfboard because we had not brought our own and started on our surf session. When we finally paddled a quarter of a mile on our surfboard we hit the breakers. I had a near-drowning…

the great big blue ocean. A little guy like me could drown I thought, but I might as well try it. The weather was warm, but the water was warmer. "It is a great day to go surfing" said Koda. I could feel the soft squishy sand as I got down on my stomach and rolled onto my board. The water picked my board up and I started paddling out to sea with Koda. The waves were got higher as we got deeper to sea. I could barely see Koda though the waves. Every time I tried to get over a wave it would…

sectional shape has not drastically changed throughout the years is based on the origins of skateboarding. We have to remember that skateboarding was based on surfing. Skateboarding first appeared in the 1950s when Californian surfers thought of a way to “surf” on concrete surfaces [1]. Essentially, skateboarding was supposed to be “sidewalk surfing.” If we examine the cross sectional shape of a surfboard, we see that it has a very small thickness and a width that’s much smaller than its length.…

clear the air before I start, I am a big man and by no means have I ever surfed or ever dreamed of surfing but it has always fascinated me in different ways. You may be asking yourself as to why I am writing about a surf apparel company that is centered around surf and beach life if I have no real interest in surfing besides the fact that only fit people can do it, and I can't. The reason why I chose this topic is not only the fact that a surfer bum hit it “big” but also the fact that Ron…

What would you do if you lost a limb? Would you dare to surf on the open ocean on the wild waves with the chance to lose your surfboard and be stranded all alone in the ocean without a limb? Bethany Hamilton had immense courage as a thirteen year old girl who lost her arm to a shark while surfing and not long after losing her arm heroically returned to surfing. Bethany Hamilton was born in Hanalei, Kauai, Hawaii on February 8, 1990. She is the daughter of Tom and Cheri Hamilton. She also…

yourself, speak freely, and tell your own story. My author, Bethany Hamilton, used the advice that Zinsser suggested in her book entitled “Soul Surfer”. Her life is mostly about surfing, Bethany said that she started surfing at the age of 3 or 4. In “Soul Surfer, Hamilton mainly discusses her love for surfing. She also talks about her mom and dad being surfers as well and how she didn’t care about other people’s opinion of her being a surfer. Zinsser says that if your sister…

Managing to break free from the first set of waves, I pushed forth into the next set of unceasing five foot waves. With legs bent upwards and arms plunging one after the other in a Michael Phelps mentality to finish the race with swift strokes, I kept my body centered in the middle of my seven foot board just like my grandpa positioned me to do so. With a split second to pause and raise my head to look over an oncoming wave, I made out the face of my grandpa, looking back at me from his own…