The Surfboard

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The Surfboard
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Surfboards

• The surfboards we ride today have come along way
  to become as good as they are. Many men have
  dedicated their lives to the pursuit of
  shaping/developing a better board. Advances in
  surfboard design over the years range from size,
  weight and shape, to fins, to the materials used,
  to different boards designed for different waves.

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The Discovery of Surfing

• Invention unknown
• Discovered in Hawaii 1778
• Captain Cook in Kealakekua Bay
• Captain Cook killed by natives

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Fins

• First fin 1935
• Double fin 1957
• Thruster 1980

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• 1778 captain cook lands in Hawaii
• 1779 captain cook killed
• 1810 surfing to America
• 1870 fiberglass invented
• 1935 the first fin
• 1957 the double fin
• 1980 the triple fin (thruster)

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Bibliography

• www.arizonaoutback.com/nuggetfinder/fiberglass.htm
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• www.clubofthewaves.com/culture_surfboard.php -
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• www.surfingforlife.com/history.html