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Surfing is increasingly a popular sport, with practitioners of all ages with the most varied lifestyles.

Surfing breaks language and cultural barriers. If, for many, it may just be a passing fad, for the founders and pillars of the sport, it was the passion for surfing that created the biggest wave of surfers in the world.

Here are some fun facts about surfing:

  1. Surfing is one of the oldest sports in the world. There are prehistoric stone carvings in Peru that are over 5,000 years old;
  2. The first major surfing competition was held in 1928 in California;
  3. In Hawaii, it is common, in large buildings, to have a space to store the surfboard in the garage. That is, he rents an apartment, and is entitled to a parking space for the car and two places for the surfboards;
  4. He'enalu'oe! = let's go surfing!, in Hawaiian;
  5. At the beginning of the modality, the boards were produced with solid wood and weighed more than 40 kilos;
  6. Surfing is known as “the sport of the gods”;
  7. In 1970, surfing exploded in Brazil and then became a national fever;
  8. There is a degree in Surf Science and Technology at the University of Plymouth, UK, since 1999;
  9. A person who stays on the beach and pretends to be a surfer is called a “hodad”;
  10. Dogs also participate in competitions.

If you want to know more… pay us a visit and try it out!