Surfing

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What do you know
about surfing?

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Where did the art
of surfing start?

Name the three major oceans

1. Pacific, Quiet, Atlantic
2. Pacific, Atlantic, Indian
3. Atlantic, Indian and Quiet
4. Indian, Pacific, Eastern

In what way was
wave sliding more
than just a sport to the
people of Hawai?

What is a taboo?

Could women in Hawaii take part in surfing?

1. Yes
2. No

How did men ride a PAPO board?

1. laying flat on your stomach
2. hunched down on the board
3. standing straight up
4. sitting side ways on the board

Who rode OLO boards?

1. children
2. women only
3. poor villagers
4. chieftans

How did surfers turn their old boards?

1. using their heads
2. using a rudder
3. using their hands and feet
4. they never turned

Why did Alexander Hume Ford embrace surfing?

1. he had political aspirations
2. he wanted to become a champion
3. he was in favour of a healthy life style

Did Hume's plan work?

write down all the words
you know that have
something to do with
the ocean

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Write your own poem about the ocean. If you want to you could give it the form of a wave!