Surfing is an extreme water sport
Extreme Sports : Surfing Surfing is an extreme water sport Surfing is a surface water sport . It’s arguably the most common extreme sport and one you’re most familiar with, being seen in movies like Blue Crush and Point Break. Like snowboarding, surfing is a board sport, in which the surfer stands up and rides a surfboard propelled by the forward motion of a wave. In laymen’s terms, surfing is when you ride waves on a surfboard. Surfing is a popular extreme sport. The sport was integral to ancient Polynesian culture and was likely first seen by western eyes when British explorers visited Tahiti in 1767. Surfing was also common in Hawaii when Captain James Cook visited the island (and was killed there) in the late 18th century. The sport gradually spread to the west coast of North America over the next hundred years, first in California and later to the rest of North America. Fast forward to now and surfing is widely enjoyed and practiced throughout the United States and Australia,...