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How come the surfboard?

Surfing is a sport that uses the waves as the driving force and uses its superb skills and balance ability to fight the waves. It is sought after by young people because of its integration into nature and challenging self-unity of nature and man. In Europe and America, etc. The country is very popular, and in recent years it has been heating up and popularizing in the country. Surfers like to be one with the ocean, but since ancient times, every surfer inevitably has a key third party-surfboard between the sea and the waves.

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Although surfing is relatively unfamiliar to many Chinese people, the sport has a long history, dating back at least 500 years. Surfing originated from the ancient Polynesians. Although no one knows when the ancient Polynesians began to engage in such surfing activities, there are records of surfing in Hawaiian poetry in the 15th century.

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In 1778 AD, the British Royal "Resolution" and "Discovery" commanded by the British explorer Captain James Cook discovered Hawaii and were on the island of Kauai. Waimea beach landing. Captain Cook and his deputy, James King, were surprised to see the Hawaiian ride on a board of various lengths on the waves. Kim En, the deputy commander of the "Resolve" warship, described the Hawaiians when they were surfing: "The brave and skillful skills they perform when performing difficult and dangerous moves are truly breathtaking."

At the beginning of the 19th century, surfing culture fell into a dark period under the influence of religious thoughts. It was not until 1898 that the U.S. government devotes itself to the development of tourism in Hawaii that the Hawaiian surfing culture flourished again.

 

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In the middle of the seventeenth century, during the Kalanimoku chief (Kalanimoku), printmaker Perion's work appeared in the earliest known surfboard information. For a long time, surfboards were made of wood, the length was 2-3 times the height of the average person, and it was quite bulky. But even so, it does not prevent surfers from carefully crafting their own surfboards with blessings and prayer words or patterns.

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It was not until the beginning of the 20th century that surfing was promoted to the South American continent, and with the development of modern industry, finally in the middle of the 20th century, surfboards had a qualitative change, and polyurethane materials began to replace wood.

Surfboards produced by polyurethane foam boards are lighter, more stable and faster than traditional wooden surfboards, and have strong bending characteristics. Many surfboard artists love it because it is easy to paint or paint on this foam material before pressing the board. Surfboard art.
But one of the disadvantages of polyurethane is its poor resilience, which means that the strong bending characteristics of your surfboard will gradually disappear over time, and eventually the surfboard loses its responsiveness.
On the other hand, this kind of board absorbs water, which will cause the foam material to fade and yellow over time. Later, better materials such as polystyrene foam appeared on the market and were widely used.

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After hundreds of years of evolution, although surfboards have undergone tremendous changes, some people are not only satisfied with this. In 2004, successfully developed a unique surfboard-power surfboard.
The length of the powered surfboard is only 180 cm, and it can be carried by business airliners, boats, and cars as you like. The outer shell is made of carbon fiber material, which makes the surfboard net weight only 15 kg, even if it is hand-held, users can take their favorite surfboard to different seas anytime, anywhere, whether at home or abroad. Beginners can quickly learn to glide on calm waters. After gaining confidence, they can increase their speed to feel the pleasure of galloping. The constant replacement and upgrade of surfboard materials have created benefits for surfers, allowing more people to enjoy the fun of surfing.


Post time: Dec-23-2021