Surf culture

The Paskowitz family is a family like no other consisting of Dorian “Doc” Paskowitz. Juliette Paskowitz, and their eight boys and one girl. They’re known as the first family of surfing because all they would do was surf all the time. Surfing was more than a hobby for this family it was a lifestyle. Most kids would go to school and their parents would go to work, but in the Paskowitz family the children didn’t go to school and their parents didn’t go to work. They also didn’t live in a…

For instance, Bethany grew up near the North Shore of Kauai, Hawaii, and started surfing at the age of four and competing at the age of eight. Also, Bethany has won the Hawaii Ezekiel Surf Into Summer Event, with her friend Alana placed third. As depicted in the film, the Rip Curl then offered a sponsorship for both girls, which they joyfully accepted. Alana and Bethany also snuck off the night before Halloween with some friends to go…

a huge part of her life before the attack. Then she goes surfing at a beach in Hawaii and while she is there, her watch reflects some sunlight. This lead to a shark biting off her arm. Bethany then tells us how she want to get back on the water to surf and how hard work was put into her goal. The…

headed out. The surfboard was a lot bigger than I expected. The board was twice the size, and weight of me, I underestimated the skill of surfers at first until I grabbed ahold of the board. We had to walk to the beach, which was 3 blocks away from the surf shop. I was struggling to carry the board since it was awfully heavy. There were dozens of surfers out in the ocean, the water was the bluest water I have laid eyes…

5:00 A.M. October 21, 2004 when Bethany’s mom came bouncing into wake her up to head out and catch some waves (heat). Bethany was eager to go since the last three days it had been raining and she was unable to surf. They hopped in the car and started to head out to a few of their favorite surf spots. It was still dark out but the smell of the beautiful flowers filled the air Bethany was wishing this were going to be a warm sunny day with lots of waves to catch. Bethany’s mom (Cheri) and…

to be a key point to his life-long love for surfing. His father was offered a better job in Oahu when Eddie was around thirteen years old so his family moved there (Jon). Waikiki, in Oahu, was a haven for surfing and Eddie quickly became a “Waikiki surf bum”, surfing every day after school, before school, and even during school if the wave was right (Jon). At the time when his father decided to move the family to Oahu, the North Shore was just being discovered (Jon). Eddie Aikau is famous for…

Surfing and Bodyboarding are both watersports that millions of people participate in (3). Surfers and body boarders can be found all around the world at beaches and reefs. Both these sports are very popular. Both offer different sets of manoeuvres that are commonly seen and used within the sport. Surfers and bodyboarders have often fought over the superiority of the respective sports, however the reasoning behind this is often vague at best (4). Bodyboarding is a water sport in which the rider…

Bethany Hamilton, a champion Hawaiian surfer, was bitten by a shark in 2003 that took her arm off, jeopardizing anything she had planned for the future. Hamilton had never been someone who gave up, so she pushed through and and two years later, she won first place in the Explorer Women’s Division of the NSSA National Championship. Hamilton reacted to her struggles in an outstanding way, much like the characters in the novels The Scarlet Letter and The Other Wes Moore. Reaction to Mistake is…

At the age of thirteen Bethany Hamilton's passion was being on her board. She grew up in Hawaii with her parents that also loved surfing as much as she did. At such a young age she was on her way to becoming a surfing star. Unknowingly Bethany had a couple of roadblocks ahead of her. October 31,2003 she was on the water practicing, while resting on her board with her left arm dangling in the water a 14 foot Tiger Shark bit off her arm from the armpit down. She lost 60% of her blood and went into…

one of the unluckier ones to be apart of those attacks. Bethany was encouraged by her family and God yet she struggled through many difficulties in life. After this tragic attack she uses her accomplishments to inspire faith and hope to be able to surf again. Bethany was born in Hawaii and raised in a surfing family. She began competitive surfing at a young age. At the age of nine she had earned her first sponsorship. In 2003 Bethany had won both her age groups surfing competitions. She had…