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4. Surf and Turf:
A type of cuisine that combines both
grass fed meat and seafood.
There are numerous combinations
of this. The classic variation is Steak
with Prawns but other popular
dishes use Lobster, Crab or
Langoustines.
The term ‘Surf n Turf’ became
widespread during the 1960’s. It is
also sometimes referred to as ‘Beef
and Reef’.
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6. Kelly Slater
Considered the greatest surfer of all time, Slater has
continued to blow minds and shatter records with his
surfing style, technical ability and focus. He won his first
world title in 1992, then enjoyed five consecutive wins
from 1994 to 1998 before coming back from retirement in
2002 to claim the 2005 and 2006 world crowns. Kelly
Slater altogether has surfed 608 heats in his WCT
career. He has won 453 of them, which is 75% of all
heats.
Kelly Slater won in 36 of his 46 finals which gives him 36
World Cup Tour of Surfing Victories. With these victories,
by the end of 2007, Kelly has won EIGHT World titles.
Last year Kelly Slater smashed the last remaining record
he did not hold - the most number of competition
victories that was held by Tom Curren (USA). After the
Trestles event Kelly was first with 34 victories. After two
wins in 2008, he now has 36 victories.
Surfing career stats
Career Earnings: US $1,462,005
Years on the Foster's ASP World Tour: 2008 is Kelly’s
14th year with the Foster’s ASP World Tour
Highest Foster’s ASP World Tour Rating: ASP World
Champion in 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2005
and 2006
Years on ASP WQS: 14 years
Highest ASP WQS Ratings: 1st in 1994
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7. A history of Surfing:
On Captain James Cook's third expedition
to the Pacific, his ships,
HMS Discovery and Resolution, made the
first recorded European visit to Hawai'i in
1778, when they stopped at the western
end of the island chain on their way from
Tahiti to the northwest coast of North
America. After a frustrating year
fruitlessly looking for a passage from the
North Pacific into the Atlantic, Cook
brought his ships back to the Hawaiian
chain, this time stopping at the Big Island
of Hawai'i. There, at Kealakekua Bay, Cook
was killed by Hawaiians when he made a
misguided attempt to kidnap their high
chief to force the return of a stolen boat.
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8. Lieutenant James King was made First Lieutenant of the Discovery and was given the task of completing the narrative portion of
Cook's journals. After Cook's death in 1779 but before the Discovery and Resolution returned to England, Lt. King devoted two full
pages to a description of surfboard riding, as practiced by the locals at Kealakekua Bay on the Kona coast of the Big Island. His
following entry is the earliest written account of surfing.
But a diversion the most common is upon the Water, where there is a very great Sea, and surf breaking on
the Shore. The Men sometimes 20 or 30 go without the Swell of the Surf, & lay themselves flat upon an
oval piece of plan about their Size and breadth, they keep their legs close on top of it, & their Arms are
us'd to guide the plank, thye wait the time of the greatest Swell that sets on Shore, & altogether push
forward with their Arms to keep on its top, it sends them in with a most astonishing Velocity, & the great
art is to guide the plan so as always to keep it in a proper direction on the top of the Swell, & as it alters its
direct. If the Swell drives him close to the rocks before he is overtaken by its break, he is much prais'd. On
first seeing this very dangerous diversion I did not conceive it possible but that some of them must be dashed
to mummy against the sharp rocks, but jus before they reach the shore, if they are very near, they quit their
plank, & dive under till the Surf is broke, when the piece of plank is sent many yards by the force of the
Surf from the beach. The greatest number are generally overtaken by the break of the swell, the force of
which they avoid, diving and swimming under the water out of its impulse. By such like excercises, these
men may be said to be almost amphibious. The Women could swim off to the Ship, & continue half a day
in the Water, & afterwards return. The above diversion is only intended as an amusement, not a tryal of
skill, & in a gentle swell that sets on must I conceive be very pleasant, at least they seem to feel a great
pleasure in the motion which this Exercise gives.
Thus, Lieutenant James King, commander of the Discovery, 1779, recorded in the ship's log the first written description of
Hawaiian surfing by a European.
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9. In 1779, riding waves lying down or
standing on long, hardwood surfboards
was an integral part of Hawaiian culture.
Surfboard riding was as layered into the
society, religion and myth of the islands as
baseball is to the modern United States.
Chiefs demonstrated their mastery by their
skill in the surf, and commoners made
themselves famous (and infamous) by the
way they handled themselves in the ocean.
Anthropologists can only guess at the
origin and evolution of wave-riding and
surfboard construction in Polynesian
culture, since there's no certainty about
the timeline and movements of the
Polynesians.
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10. When Captain Cook arrived in Hawai'i,
surfing was deeply rooted in many
centuries of Hawaiian legend and culture.
Place names had been bestowed because
of legendary surfing incidents. The
kahuna (experts) intoned special chants to
christen new surfboards, to bring the surf
up and to give courage to the men and
women who challenged the big waves.
Hawaiians had no written language until
the haole (white-skinned people) arrived,
so their genealogy and history were
remembered in songs and chants. There
were legendary stories of love matches
made and broken in the surf, lives risked
and heroic ocean deeds by chiefs and
commoners.
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11. The sport of kings: not horse-racing, but
surfing. Rare photos have emerged
showing King Edward VIII, then the Prince
of Wales, riding a wave in Hawaii in 1920
in what is believed to be the earliest ever
picture of a British surfer – royal or
otherwise.
Agatha Christie (right) and her first
husband Archie may have been among
the first Britons to learn how to surf
standing up. Christie noted her
observations of the sport – and reactions
to the odd wipe-out – at the time, writing:
"The surf boards in South Africa were
made of light, thin wood, easy to carry,
and one soon got the knack of coming in
on the waves.
"It was occasionally painful as you took a
nosedive down into the sand, but on the
whole it was an easy sport and great fun."
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12. Ok, that was a history of ‘Surf’, now for a history of ‘Turf’……………………
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