SURFING

NAME ： PHUNG LI HANG

CLASS ： 4DEDIKASI
 EQUIPMENT
• Surfboard
• Longboard
• Knee boards
• Skimboards
• Leash(To stop the board from drifting away)
• Surf Wax(To keep surfer’s feet from slipping off the deck of the board)
• Wetsuits,boots,hoods,glove(Protect cold water surfers from lower water temperature)

There are many different surfboard sizes, shapes, and designs in use today. Modern longboards, generally 270 to
300 cm (9 to 10 ft) in length, are reminiscent of the earliest surfboards, but now benefit from modern innovations in
surfboard shaping and fin design.
 THE RISK OF SURFING
DROWNING
• Surfing, like all water sports, carries the inherent risk of drowning.[38] Anyone at any age can learn to surf, but should have
at least intermediate swimming skills. Although the board assists a surfer in staying buoyant, it can become separated from
the user.

COLLISION
• Under the wrong set of conditions, anything that a surfer's body can come in contact with is a potential hazard, including
sand bars, rocks, small ice, reefs, surfboards, and other surfers.It can cause death.

MARINE LIFE
• Sea life can sometimes cause injuries and even fatalities. Animals such as sharks,[46] stingrays, Weever fish, seals and jellyfish can
sometimes present a danger.

EAR DAMAGE
• Surfers should use ear protection such as ear plugs to avoid surfer's ear, inflammation of the ear or other damage.
ORIGIN AND HISTORY
In Polynesian culture, surfing was an important activity. Surfing may have been observed by
British explorers at Tahiti in 1767. Samuel Wallis and the crew members of HMS Dolphin were
the first Britons to visit the island in June of that year.

Surfers represent a diverse culture based on riding the waves. Some people practice surfing as a 
recreational activity while others make it the central focus of their lives. Surfing culture is most
dominant in Hawaii and California because these two states offer the best surfing conditions.

During the 1960s, as surfing caught on in California, its popularity spread through American pop
culture. Several teen movies, starting with the Gidget series in 1959.For example,Beach
Party(1963) and Ride the Wild Surf(1965)
A 335cm Skimboard
Longboard surfing
Kneeboard Normal
Surfing Surfboard