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The Duke introduced surfing to the East Coast and Australia. Duke Kahanamoku was the first person to be inducted into the Swimming Hall of Fame and the Surfing Hall of Fame.
The Duke won 5 medals in 4 Olympic events between 1912 and 1924.
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There is only ONE ocean: all the seas and oceans are connected so that what we throw. empty or dump in one place may inevitably affect a shore or seabed elsewhere.
There are three types of breaks;
Beach break is where the waves break on a sandy seabed, best for surfing,
Point break is a wave that breaks on a rocky point,Reef break is a wave that breaks over a rocky reef.
For more information visit: Surfing-Waves.com
Pollution can be described as the introduction by humans of substances or materials that decrease the quality of the environment.
Waikiki is the birthplace of modern surfing.
Surfing was the sport of Hawaiian royalty.
Everything that enters a stormdrain goes directly to the ocean. That includes litter, used oil, antifreeze, sewage, toxic chemicals, pesticides, etc.
A 360° move is where the surfer and their board spin 360° on the face of a wave.
Learn how to do at 360 at: WikiHow.com
Fourteen billion pounds of garbage are dumped into the world’s oceans every year, most of it in the Northern hemisphere.
“Shooting the Pier” is when a surfer rides a wave underneath a pier.
The practice was banned in the late 1960’s because it is extremely dangerous.
Dumping one quart of motor oil down a storm drain contaminates 250,000 gallons of water.
The Blowhole at Calafia is the nearest blowhole, located in Ensenada.
Blow holes are created when water pressure in underwater caverns causes a large geyser to spray high out of the water.
For more information about Hawaiian blowholes visit:Three and a quarter million tons of oil enter the oceans of the world each year.
Long baggy surf trunks were actually made to keep the surfboard wax from giving your legs a nasty rash.
Hawaiians have surfed for hundreds of years on crude boards cut and shaped from trees.
Visit urbandictionary.com for more information about Hodads 71% of the earth's surface is covered by the ocean.
Hanging Ten is one of the most impressive surfing maneuvers and is happens when a surfer hangs all ten toes over the front of the board while riding a wave.
For more surfing manuevers visit: surfxtc.com
The oceans continue to get saltier due to gradual processes such as the erosion of the land, wearing down of mountains and the dissolving action of rain and streams. These processes carry minerals to the sea.
The break at Point Loma is one of the first and most famous breaks in Southern California.
The Cabrillo Lighthouse at Point Loma was one of the first lighthouses on the West Coast.
The original lens in the lighthouse had a range of up to 25 miles during clear weather.For more information visit: LighthouseFriends.com
Over half the population of the United States lives within 100 miles of the coast.
Trestles is one of the most pristine, clean and ecologically clean surfing breaks in the world.
One of the most famous breaks in Southern California
Click here to learn more about the fight to save TrestlesOver half the population of the United States lives within 100 miles of the coast.
Mavericks is one of the coldest and scariest breaks in Southern California.
Biggest wave, up to 30 feet, in California, located near Santa Cruz.
For more information visit: MavericksSurf.comThe size of a wave depends on three factors: the distance along the open water over which the wind blows, the strength of the wind, and the length of time the wind blows. If all three of these factors are large, the waves will be large.
Surfrider Beach was the premier 1960’s surf spot and led the surfing revolution.
Surfrider Beach is in Malibu California and has a long standing as a premier surfing beach.
Surfrider Beach has one of the highest frequency of visitors in the world, over 1.4 million per year.For more information visit: www.Surfrider.org
Recycling 1 ton of paper saves 17 trees, 2 barrels of oil (enough to run the average car for 1,260 miles), 4,100 kilowatts of energy (enough power for the average home for 6 months), 3.2 cubic yards of landfill space, and 60 pounds of air pollution.
Swamis is one of North County’s most famous winter breaks.
Most famous reef break in San Diego.
Swamis break is named after the Self-Realization Fellowship near the beach.Americans throw away enough aluminum to rebuild our entire commercial fleet of airplanes every 3 months.
The Banzai Pipeline breaks over a reef in very shallow water off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii.
The Banzai Pipeline is often called the world’s deadliest wave since more people have died there or been injured than any other surf spot.
The top surfing competitions are held at the Banzai Pipeline, including the Pipeline Masters.About 80% of what Americans throw away is recyclable, yet our recycling rate is just 28%.
Riding goofy is when a rider leads with the right foot.
The name “goofy foot” comes from a Disney cartoon in the early 1950’s where Goofy was riding a wave with his left foot back.
Australians call “goofy foot” screw foot. Over ½ million trees are saved each year by recycling paper in Boulder County.
Local break in La Jolla named after a hotel that burned down in the 1940’s.
Classic reef break and famous among skilled surfers for its reliable waves and consistently good form.
Windandsea is home to the world famous Windandsea surf clubs.For more information visit: www.WindanSeaSurfClub
There are more roads in our National Forests than the entire U.S. Interstate Highway system.
Storm water drains into pipes which lead to the ocean.
Anything poured into a gutter or storm drain, such as motor oil or antifreeze, flows directly into the ocean.
Vehicle fluids such as oil, gas and antifreeze are the #1 products that can negatively impact surface water quality..Recycling glass instead of making it from silica sand reduces mining waste by 70%, water use by 50%, and air pollution by 20%.
80% of pollution in water to the marine environment comes from land-based sources, such as runoff pollution.
Some water pollution starts as air pollution, which settles into waterways and oceans.
More than one-third of the shellfish growing waters in the United States are adversely affected by coastal pollution.More oil is deposited into the ocean from runoff than from oil spills.
If we recycled all of the newspapers printed in the U.S. on a typical Sunday, we would save 550,000 trees--or about 26 million trees per year.
