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This is the "Never Ending Surf Story", it begins in the 1600's or the "olden days". A merchant ship on it's way to the New Colonies from Asia encountered a storm at sea. The ship suffered a great amount of damage, but managed to make it's way to the island of Hawaii. Anchored in a safe harbor, the women and children passengers were taken to shore and shelter was set up. The men made the best repairs they could, but the ship was not able to carry it's cargo and the passengers on to the colonies. The Captain decided all the passengers and some of the crew would stay and wait for someone to come back for them. During the year that passed the native Hawaiians taught the new people to the island how to live "island style". One thing they learned was how to ride waves on balsa wood planks. They called this surfing. This is how the sport of surfing was introduced to the world.......
| CHAPTER 2 | |||
| TITLE | |||
| The next chapter | |||
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| Dan C | 1/20/2001 | ||
| When a ship returned for the passangers, some of them took their balsa planks with them to the states and began to surf the coastal waters in the new land. | |||
| CHAPTER 3 | |||
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| California | |||
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| West | 1/21/2001 4:13:44 PM | ||
| Once the passangers arrived on the West Coast, they began to ride the waves on the local beaches. Not as good as Hawaii surf but some really good stuff! | |||
| CHAPTER 4 | |||
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| The Sport takes off! | |||
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| Waveripper | 1/21/2001 10:03:02 PM | ||
| Everyone was very pleased with their new surroundings and spent most of their free time on the shores. As the older adults looked on, the young men and women rode the waves and taught the children the thrill of "the ride". Each afternoon, as soon as chores and schoolwork were complete, they were on the beach riding the waves or in the shop fine tuning their boards. After every storm they were out there trying to be the first to catch a wave. The citizens that were there before them became very curious of this new sport from Hawaii. They began to come out and watch as these people went out into the surf and rode back high atop a wave. One day, one of the better surfers came up with the idea that all the surfers should try their talents in a contest. This became a monthly tradition. Every month the contest would be at a different beach so that everyone could have a chance to compete. These contests were not very competative. Instead they were meant to teach each other how they could surf better. |
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| CHAPTER 5 | |||
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| Evolution | |||
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| KimoKing | 9/30/2001 12:31:56 PM | ||
| When the surfing had become a local sport due to these monthly contests, the men found that it kept getting harder and harder to one up those in the lineup. One very wise surfer was thinking how he could make the board more fun. he just didn't know how until he messed up a board that he was making for himself. In those days the boards were 10 to 15 feet long, but this guy accidentaly cut off four feet. not wanting to waste the board he tried everything to create a new, ridable board style. When he finished the board he took it out during the next compitition. Many of te men began to laugh at a board only six feet long, but when he took to a wave he started ripping it. soon all the men began using the shorter board style and would forget that long boards had style. |
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| CHAPTER 6 | |||
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| The Lost Sailor | |||
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| Surfer Joe | 1/14/2003 7:00:38 AM | ||
| Meanwhile, a sailor taken captive by Pirates found his chance to escape during a storm. He didn't know where he was but took his chances. Grabbing a plank of wood he jumped overboard and started to paddle away from the ship. The storm pushed and beat at him all night and into the morning. At first light he saw land. It was the Coast of Florida, he still had no idea of where he was. Land is land he thought and it is better than a Pirate Ship! Remembering stories he heard of people in distant islands riding on top of waves on pieces of wood he paddled harder towards land. The closer he got the bigger the surf got and the harder it was to stay afloat on a plank of wood. Then a big swell caught him, he rose up and then as the wave closed out he hung on for dear life. He was beaten and pummeled by the surf until he could feel the sand and shells scraping at his body. Finally he washed up on shore. Beaten and tired he crawled his way onto the beach still holding onto his plank of wood that saved his life. He sat in the sun resting and getting dry when he saw….Indians! | |||
| CHAPTER 7 | |||
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| The Indians | |||
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| Cowabunga | 1/15/2003 7:01:39 AM | ||
| As the indians watched from behind the palm trees they wondered is this a God or an enemy come to harm us. When they saw the young man beaten by the surf and tired from his ordeal drag himself from the water and sit on the beach they knew he was neither. So they approached him and gave him food and water. He was grateful they didn't kill him for lunch. After he regained his strength they took him back to their village and taught him how to speak their language. He told them of his ordeal and the stories he had heard of distant islanders riding on waves with planks of wood for fun. They began to experiment with different types and shapes of wood and finally one day came up with something that could be ridden in the shore breaks. Then when the surf was up one day they got their boards and paddled out to the break. After awhile they figured out how to stay on the boards and ride in. They were only getting knee rides at first but later learned how to stand up an ride the wave. They became the first surfers to surf Sebastian Inlet. | |||
| CHAPTER 8 | |||
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| Monster Hole | |||
| ADDED BY | DATE | ||
| CBchGuy | 9/14/2003 4:04:21 AM | ||
| One day while surfing at the inlet, a local noticed the break south of the jetty. As he paddled over to check it out the bait fish began to boil around him from being chased by sharks and giant tarpon. He called it Monster Hole and it has stuck ever since then. | |||
| CHAPTER 9 | |||
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| FINGER LICKING GOOD | |||
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| Ozziebeachfront | 5/24/2004 3:38:39 AM | ||
| The native people of Florida soon realized that riding a surfboard is something more than mere placid sliding down a hill. In truth, one is caught up and hurled shoreward as by some Titan's hand. Where but the moment before was only the wide desolation and invincible roar, is now a native Floridian, erect, full-statured, not-struggling frantically in that wild movement, not buried and crushed and buffetted by those mighty monsters, but standing above them all. Competitions soon were held on the beach to determined which among the natives were the best at interacting in the natural medium known a wave. The competitions were followed by great feast on the beach to the light of the tiki torch. Huge bond fires would roast the losers. The winner would eat the losers to digest there soul, or mana, therefore getting some of the style and grace from the loser. The greatest of the surfers was the great grandson of the Pirate who brought the ancient art of surf riding to Florida. Nui Nui Cook. Nui Nui did not like the taste of man since he did not like the taste of chicken and as many great historians have said, man tastes of chicken. This allowed the sport to flourish since many good surfers were being eaten under the old way. |
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| CHAPTER 10 | |||
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| so long astoria | |||
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| djayripping | 7/24/2004 7:37:58 PM | ||
| nui nui became rich and many wives and was now very fat because of all the men he ate and he populated the island to make up for thelost men he beat and ate. | |||
| CHAPTER 11 | |||
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| YOUR ONLY FRIEND | |||
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| EL GUAPO | 4/10/2005 9:23:29 AM | ||
| One day nui nui collected his Karma for being such a greedy pig and his break became eternally flat. His wife and children abandoned him, paddling out on their boards to another island to find peace and a fine line of perfect waves. Nui Nui awakened to find his family gone and his board sacrificed to the surf gods to ensure their safe travel. He was left with his only friend being himself and he did not like his new friend…Karma! | |||
| CHAPTER 12 | |||
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| mariposo | |||
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| el guapo | 4/10/2005 9:59:14 AM | ||
| astoria in the lingo of djayripping means el es de doble traction es mairposo es roscon es voltiado es marica what a creepy adddition to a nice story any coments for el guapo please submit as i check this site every week i will ask web master of this site to delete djayrippings one line cry for help (mental} so he can go to ronjons site and see himself perhaps he will submit his response to seeing his own image or get mentally double jointed and submit something that takes some brains to produce but i doubt it lets see please i am begging you to answer this any one please I HAVE NO FRIENDS OR LIFE this is a moment of truth for me if no one answers me than i will be banished to DORKVILLE for .....? | |||
| CHAPTER 13 | |||
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| THE NEW BEGINING | |||
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| EL GUAPO | 4/11/2005 8:41:32 AM | ||
| as with all things including this fine and thought provoking story things got off track and things were taken for granted some surfers became aggresive and greedy careless and self centered others were being driven off by negitive vibes the beach became foul with all types of waste and trash rodents became common place even the sand was gross sticky and smelly by and by only creeps and dorks the wave thives and skanks could stand the fumes and than the surf went......flat no one had ever seen this horid vista there was no history stories or even rumors of such a sad day greasy film and trash floating on the water everyone came to see tears were shead moneing was heard a pall fell on in and among them was all lost? ...than a small ripple of foam gently rolled in and than another gradualey larger whiter thicker more and more.... whiter larger thicker whiter until the tribe was forced to flee deep and high into the bush gathered together they called it las GENEVIEVE the pure cleansing spirit and then she was gone and with her all the scum that had become thair life when they saw the bueatiful surf the pristine sand the aqua glass waves the tribe vowed and took an oath to never let the bad ways in their lives... never ...and so it was and so it is...... | |||
| CHAPTER 14 | |||
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| The Culture Grows | |||
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| Tsunami | 2/16/2006 10:01:56 AM | ||
| One day while waiting for a set to roll in nui nui's wife and children saw a rise on the horizon, they paddleded into position and then realized the great wave was upon them. With nothing to lose and everything to gain they caught the great wave and rode it for their lives. It carrried them far inland and they came to rest on a peak on the highest part of the island, a place they had never been before. Much to their surprise they realized there was a great land a few miles from them. They walked to the other side of the island and paddled toward it. When they arrived the sands were pristine and the break perfect. However much to their dismay they found the negative spirit of nui nui lived in some of the locals who were territorial and viscous when it came to newcomers, it would take time for them to be accepted by all. | |||
| CHAPTER 15 | |||
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| The savior of surfing | |||
| ADDED BY | DATE | ||
| mmsurfin | 3/2/2006 6:28:38 AM | ||
| The oldest of the children decided to go on a safari. He strapped his board on top of an old beater and headed north. His travel ended on a small island on the coast of North Carolina, in a small village named Buxton he found a kickin break at the lighthouse. The locals were ok with a visitor getting in their lineup. After awhile he decided to stay and shape boards. | |||
| CHAPTER 16 | |||
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| Meets a woman.... | |||
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| The Man | 3/29/2006 12:23:33 PM | ||
| Unfortunately he didn't stay long as he realized they really don't like "visitors" anyone not born and bred on the OBX...he went north to Southern Shores and he realized that this was too touristy...what to do? go North to colder waters or South to warmer waters and potential for more surf year round..one last trip north to Carova where on the 4x4 area he met this woman who said to him..... | |||
| CHAPTER 17 | |||
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| The Woman | |||
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| Space | 4/7/2006 7:20:46 PM | ||
| Who taught school in KDH, when she wasn’t surfing. She said hey your cute, why don’t you come down to South Nags Head and hang with my crew, we have this secret break we’ll show your. The brews are on you. | |||
| CHAPTER 18 | |||
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| cheachea | |||
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| hollaaaaa | 5/12/2006 1:47:33 AM | ||
| And so he did and the break was as good as it gets on the Outer Banks. They surfed, partied, and fell in love. They were married, went to Mexico and surfed the Mexican pipeline. | |||
| CHAPTER 19 | |||
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| The Bone | |||
| ADDED BY | DATE | ||
| Anything within reez | 6/22/2006 3:34:54 AM | ||
| Then he took his new wife home to meet his family and surf Sebastian. Then they packed the surfmobile and surfed their way back up the coast hitting any and every break they came upon. On their travels they met and made many new friends, such is the way with surfers, mellow and at peace with life for they truly understand and appreciate the powers of nature. | |||
| CHAPTER 20 | |||
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| Developments | |||
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| Space | 6/27/2006 12:56:05 AM | ||
| Now his new wife is pregnant with twins. They will of course be on boards as soon as they are big enough. Keeping with family tradition the elders are already shaping twin boards from balsa for them. | |||
| CHAPTER 21 | |||
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| Time Goes On | |||
| ADDED BY | DATE | ||
| Tsunami | 2/5/2007 5:43:21 PM | ||
| As time goes on they take the twins out with them for belly rides in the shore break to get them used to the environment. When they are able to stand it will be time for them to start knee riding and standing with mom and dad holding them safely on the boards. | |||
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