When you think of surfing what comes to mind? Is it “yo dude,” or the beauty of a majestic wave breaking on the shore with the sun setting on the horizon? Surfers today receive very little respect for the sport, sometimes referred to as an art, that they participate in. Despite what most people think, the surfers are a rare breed let alone the soul surfer. However if you believe that surfers are just a bunch of beer drinking, marijuana smoking, partygoers then you have something coming your way. Surfing first came about in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s at the time of the ancient Polynesian rule over the East Indies. To the Polynesians it was only a royal sport in which only the royal family can participate in. The boards they used were 10ft long planks made out of redwood trees. The peasants were told to make different shapes and styles of the boar....

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