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Spirit of Surfing is a low-key initiative started in 1995 by longtime surfer, Peter Cuming, surf elders Rob Conneelly, and Nat Young, and surf artist Roscoe Kermode. Spirit of Surfing was established to promote the traditions of free surfing; respect for the ocean, the land, and indigenous and local cultures wherever surfers are and travel; fostering community spirit; and an harmonious ...
Filipinos adapt to different sets of standardized rules or procedures. They are known [tone] to follow a "natural clock" or organic sense of time—doing things in the time they feel is right. They are present- and future-oriented: one attends to a task or requirement at the time, and, often, in preparation for future engagements.
The United Philippine Surfing Association (UPSA) was established in 2007 and was shortly given probationary status by the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) so that it can accredit surfers for the 2008 Asian Beach Games in Bali, Indonesia. Luke Landrigan was one of the founders of the association.
It was called dātu in Old Malay language to describe regional leader or elder, [27] a kind of chieftain that rules of a collection of kampungs (villages). The Srivijaya empire was described as a network of mandala that consists of settlements, villages, and ports each ruled by a datu that vowed their loyalty ( persumpahan ) to the central ...
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"To drop in on someone": To take off on a wave that is already being ridden. Not a legitimate technique or maneuver. It is a serious breach of surfing etiquette. [5] Drop-knee: A type of turn where both knees are bent where the trail or back leg is bent closer to the board than the lead or front leg knee [2]
Vahine, who was the first Tahitian wild card to claim a victory during the World Surf League at Teahupo’o, said the shift in surfing culture for French Polynesian women has been especially ...
An Act recognizing the Municipality of Baler in Aurora Province as the "Birthplace of Philippine Surfing" August 6, 2023 [23] 11958 An Act rationalizing the disability pension of Veterans, amending for the purpose Republic Act No. 6948, entitled, "An Act standardizing and upgrading the benefits for Military Veterans and their Dependents", as ...