There is another saying about the origin of surfing: surfing originated in the Hawaiian Islands, a world surfing resort in the late 1960s. 1in June, 970, Hugh Vance, an American surfer computer technician, designed and manufactured the world's first windsurfing board with a universal joint and obtained a patent right. Since then, windsurfing fever has risen rapidly in the local area, and soon spread to Europe, Australia and Southeast Asia, where it flourished.
As early as 1778, Captain J Cook, a British explorer, saw this activity among the local residents of the Hawaiian Islands. After 1908, surfing spread to some countries in Europe and America. 1960 and then spread to Asia. Surfing has developed greatly in the past two decades, and large-scale surfing competitions have been held in North America, Peru, Hawaii, South Africa and the east coast of Australia.
After World War II, the birth of plastic industry produced portable plastic surfboards, which promoted the development of surfing. Therefore, surfing has been developed in many countries in the world. With the gradual popularization and improvement of surfing, its sport has developed to be competitive. Surfing competitions are often held in Australia. The first World Surfing Championship was held in Manley, Australia on 1962, and the competition has been held every two years since then. The competition is mainly based on the quantity and quality of surfing completed by surfers within the specified time, with a score of 20 points, such as three waves in 30 minutes or six waves in 45 minutes, and then based on the surfers' starting, turning, taxiing distance and wave selection difficulty.
Surfing has created many incredible miracles and often surprises people. 1986 In early 1986, two French athletes, Peron and Pi Xia Fan, set out from Senegal in West Africa and crossed the Atlantic Ocean with surfboards. In late February, they arrived at the French island of Droop in Central America, which lasted 24 days 12 hours.
Surfing is a very exciting sport. Riding a surfboard and wandering in the stormy waves, even people who are familiar with water and skilled will inevitably encounter danger. Therefore, with the development of surfing, surfing life-saving activities are also developing.