“Blue Crush” was a movie that made me wanted to learn surfing. Before I watched this film, I didn’t know about that there were various professional surf leagues in the world. Surfing is the sport of riding on the top of a wave while standing or lying on a special board. Therefore, surfing derived from skateboarding so there are many similar words between both. For example, long board and short board.
In this movie, Anne Marie is a heroine who wants to become a champion of surfing league. She has two best friends. Their names are Eden and Lena. Eden helped Anne’s training of surf. Lena and Eden worked with Anne in the hotel of Hawaii to earn money together. They really love surfing. Finally, Anne overcame fear and she became a champion of the competition of surfing. -----Minju Yoon----
teacher's note: Thanks for this author and the previous author for being first to post their comments for "Blue Crush." I need to make one historical correction as I understand it. Surfing (he'enalu in Hawaiian ) did not derive from skateboarding, although it might seem that way. Surfing was probably invented by the Polynesians of Hawai'i and Tahiti. The sport was first observed by James Banks when he traveled through Tahiti and Hawai'i with Captain James Cook in the 1700s.
Westerners picked up the sport, and by the 1950s, it was very popular in California and Hawai'i. It was about this time that "sidewalk surfing" or skateboarding was invented. No one knows who made the first skateboard, but by the early 1960s, several companies were developing and making skateboards. The sport first became popular here in Southern California in the cities of Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach, and Redondo Beach. Both surfing and skateboarding will be added to the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
--mike
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