Surfing
By:Taylor Smith


How to Surf
Biggest Waves and Famous Surfers
Places to Surf

How to Surf

There are a couple things you need to know when it comes to learning how to surf. The first thing you need to know is the equipment you need. The things that you need to have are; a wet suit, a surf board, a leash, and a booties if you want them. The next thing you need to know is how to paddle out. You need to paddle with alternating arms and even strokes. You need to keep yourself balanced You need to keep the nose of the board out of the water two to three inches. If the nose is to high out of the water you will get tired easily because of all of the water you will be dragging with you. If it is to low you will go under the water. When you try to stand up all you need to do is push up with your hands and get in a crouching positing on your board. When you balance yourself stand up and ride the wave in.

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Here is a picture of a surfboard.

How to Surf
Biggest Waves and Famous Surfers
Places to Surf

Biggest Wave and Famous Surfers

Even of you are new to the surfing world you probably know the name Kelly Slater. He is an all time surf champ. He can ride some huge waves and do some awesome tricks. People say that he is ³the best surfer in the world² . He is twenty four and ³the only thing he needs to do in life is sit down and relax². But it wasn¹t Kelly Slater who rode the biggest wave ever ridden. The wave was seventy feet tall, surfed at mavericks. The wave was recorded on camera. ³I thought that I was going to die² said Greg Long after surfing there. He said that his hole body went numb and he thought that he was dead already. Some other famous surfers are Danilo Couto, Ian Walsh, Archie Kalepa, and Pete Cabrinha. They all surfed some of the biggest waves. Those are some of the surfers that were recorded in history.


Here is a picture of one of the biggest waves ever surfed!

How to Surf
Biggest Waves and Famous Surfers
Places to Surf

Places to Surf

Some good places to surf in the Santa Cruz area for begginers are; Manressa Beach, Sunset Beach and in some cases Hawaii. There sometimes the waves a huge, and sometimes it looks like a large lake. The places for experienced surfers is Pleasure Point. And for Pro Surfers a good place to go is Maveriks.


Here is an example of calm water in Maui