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Thomas Edward Blake (March 8, 1902 – May 5, 1994) was an American athlete, inventor, and writer, widely considered to be one of the most influential surfers in history, and a key figure in transforming surfing from a regional Hawaiian specialty to a nationally popular sport. [1]
Tom Blake grew up in Washburn and lived an extraordinary, unorthodox life. His innovations almost a century ago changed surfing forever. Wisconsin native influenced the modern-day sport of surfing
Laird Hamilton (March 2, 1964– ), (USA) (Hawaii and California), Big wave rider and tow-in surfing inventor. [16] Damian Hardman (1966– ) (Aus) 1987 and 1991 World Champion [17] Rhonda Harper (USA) Surfer and surf coach, founder of Black Girls Surf; Paige Hareb (NZ) Peter Harris (1958– ) (Aus) Won the 1980 Stubbies as a rookie
The American surfer Tom Blake was the first to experiment with adding a fin to a surfboard, fastening the keel from an old speedboat to a surfboard in 1935. [8] About one or two years later, Woody "Spider" Brown independently developed a similar design, but Brown himself gave Blake precedence: "(I made my first surfboard keel) about '36 or '37 ...
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The Surf Channel is a sports, travel and lifestyle video on demand channel. Programs are also available on YouTube. The channel is expected to be available in 20 million homes via the video on demand services of cable and satellite companies like DirecTV, Dish Network, Comcast, Cox Communications, [7] Filmon.com and YouTube. [8]
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Surfabout was a surfing competition held annually in Sydney, Australia between 1974 and 1991 [citation needed]. It was sponsored by Coca-Cola and radio station 2SM and hence called the Coke Surfabout or the Coke/2SM Surfabout. The contest was run in late Autumn, after the Bells Beach Classic at Easter.