Surf culture

From Australia to the USA, surfing is the most popular watersport. Surfers are courageous and agile. Discover this incredible surf culture!

Strong surfers:

Surfing is cool but tit can be dangerous too! Surfers must be strong to paddle on their surfboard in the water. Then they push their bodies up on the surfboard and ride the wave.

Surfboard wax:

Surfboard wax is like a bar of soap! Surfers put it on their boards so that they don't slip. 

Fins for mobility:

Fins give the surfboard stability and let surfers do turns and tricks. Most boards have 1 to 4 fins.

Swimming talent:

Surfers have to be good swimmers. They also have tot be flexible - that's why many surfers do yoga.

Surfboards: 

Surfboards are made of foam and fibreglass. Large surf boards are ideal for beginners and small ones are best for professionals.

Breathing:

Surfers often fall of their boards! So they do breathing exercises to help them hold their breath underwater.

Balance: 

For surfers, good balance is essential. But it's hard not to fall off when you're surfing at nearly 30km per hour!

Wetsuit:

In cold water, surfers wear wetsuits. They insulate and keep the surfer warm. In warm water, surfers wear board shorts or bikins.

Vocabulary:

ride the wave- deixarse portar per l'onada

wax- cera

tricks- trucs

fins- aletes

foam- espuma

breathing- respiració

hold their breath- aguantar la respiració