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The riding of waves has likely existed since humans began swimming in the ocean. In this sense, bodysurfing is the oldest type of wave-catching. Standing up on what is now called asurfboard is a relatively recent innovation developed by the Polynesians. The influences for modern surfing can be directly traced to the surfers of pre-contact Hawaii

Catch a wave! If you can do this,then surfing may be in your future! Surfing is the pastime and sport of riding waves toward the shore with the help of a surfboard. Surfboards are often long and skinny, made of covered foam, andbuoyant, which means they can float.

Australian Surfing History

Surfing is a very popular watersport, and Australia has some of the best surfing spots in the world, possessing some of the surfingchampion of the world. Surfies travel the globe looking for 'the' waves, and many of those occur around the Australian coastline, in particular the infamous Bell's Beach. Always take local advice on thewaves, which must be treated with respect. Check out some of the popular surfing beaches.
Surfing and our surfing culture is not just a fad of the 20th century, but is actually a culture that isthousands of years old! It has only been in the last 100-to-200 years that records the history of surfing and surf culture.
It is thought that Captain James Cook first observed this pastime in the early1770s. It was around the same time that missionaries suppressed the sport, outlawing it as being an 'unchristian' activity. It is believed that it was gambling that actually caused its demise when theyremoved sport from the activities of the noblemen who used to bet on the size of waves and length of ride. Surfing is said to have disappeared to most of the world for a couple of hundred of years.Previous to that Polynesians used to stand proud on wooden surfboards crafted from the timber of sacred trees. Fifteenth century 'Meles' (Hawaiian chants sung by elders and passed down generation to...