Surfing

12/11/2021
Surfing is a water sport in which athletes stand on surfboards, or use webs, kneeling boards, inflatable rubber MATS, rowing boats, kayaks and so on to ride the waves.
In 1962, the first World Surfing Championships were held in Manly, Australia. In 2010, the first China Wanning International Surfing Festival was held in Hainan. On December 7, 2020, The International Olympic Committee has agreed to include surfing as an official sport at the 2024 Paris Games.
Hardware requirements：
Today's surfboards are 1.5 to 2.7 meters long, 60 centimeters wide, and 7 to 10 centimeters thick. The boards are light and flat, with narrow front and rear ends and a stabilizer tail fin underneath. To increase friction, a waxy outer film is coated on the board. All the surfboards weigh between 11 and 26 kilograms. There are several kinds
(1) Long board. Length of 2.7 meters or more, suitable for beginners.
(2) Weak links. Less than 2.1 meters in length, belonging to technical wave board.
(3) Gun plate. Narrow and long to cope with big waves like those in Hawaii.
(4) soft board. Dynamic mobility is strong, not limited by the size of the wave, suitable for beginners.
(5) Floating raft board. Board wide, slow speed change, suitable for beginners to lie on the wave board practice.
(6) Body surfing. Without any tools, the human body is floated on the surface of the water in a swimming manner at the edge of the shallow sea and propelled by the waves.

 
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