surfing
Let an agent explain surfing, relay history, equipment, forms, competition and safety from surfing and water safety sources, route water emergencies to lifeguards or emergency services, describe the named forms and flag the organisation alias, and distinguish surfing from bodyboarding, windsurfing, kitesurfing, stand-up paddleboarding and wakeboarding.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain surfing, relay history, equipment, forms, competition and safety from surfing and water safety sources, route water emergencies to lifeguards or emergency services, describe the named forms and flag the organisation alias, and distinguish surfing from bodyboarding, windsurfing, kitesurfing, stand-up paddleboarding and wakeboarding.
A water sport in which a rider stands on a board and rides breaking waves toward shore, rooted in Polynesian and Native Hawaiian he e nalu traditions and popularised worldwide in the 20th century by figures such as Duke Kahanamoku, contested in men s and women s professional tours and at the Olympic Games from Tokyo 2020, with variants the registry aliases name, including tow-in surfing on giant waves with jet skis, river surfing on standing waves and rapid surfing; Reef Dive and Surf Club appears to name a specific organisation. Rip currents, drowning, reef injuries and shark encounters are hazards, and surfers in trouble need lifeguards or emergency services.
What it is for: Riding waves for sport and recreation.
It can be explain history and forms; relay competition and equipment; describe named variants; relay ocean safety.
Distinguishing features
Standing on waves
Polynesian origins
Olympic sport
Ocean hazards
What it looks like
Riders standing on boards on breaking waves.
Physical character
Olympic debut: Tokyo 2020 note - held 2021
Duke Kahanamoku: 1890-1968 note
World Surf League: professional tour note - founded as ASP 1983, renamed 2015
How it is recognised
Wave riding on a board
Men s surfing, women s surfing, Reef Dive and Surf Club, rapid surfing, tow-in surfing, river surfing
Bodyboarders ride prone; windsurfers use sails; kitesurfers use kites; paddleboarders use paddles; wakeboarders are towed on flat water
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
originated in -
is governed by -
is contrasted with -
In practice
Families and kinds
shortboard and longboard surfing
big wave and tow-in surfing
river and standing wave surfing
artificial wave pool surfing
Standards and regulation
ISA and WSL competition rules
Beach safety and lifeguard regulations
Failure modes and hazards
Rip currents and drowning
Reef and board injuries
Treating an organisation as a kind
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What surfing is.
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- Is someone struggling in the water or caught in a rip, in which case alert lifeguards or call emergency services? boundary
- What is surfing, and how does it differ from bodyboarding, windsurfing, kitesurfing, paddleboarding and wakeboarding? definition
Forms
Named forms.
Forms
Forms.
- What are tow-in, river and rapid surfing and men s and women s competition, and why is Reef Dive and Surf Club an organisation? definition
- Which entry fits the specific form? action
History History.
Attribution.
Hawaii
Hawaiian origins.
Hawaii
Hawaii.
- What was he e nalu in Native Hawaiian culture? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Duke
Duke Kahanamoku.
Duke
Duke.
- How did Duke Kahanamoku spread surfing? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Sport Competition and equipment.
Regulation.
Competition
Competition.
Competition
Competition.
- How are surfing competitions judged? provenance
- Which entry fits World Surf League? action
Boards
Boards.
Boards
Boards.
- How do shortboards, longboards and big wave guns differ? provenance
- Which entry fits surfboard? action
Context Safety and environment.
Context.
Rips
Rip currents.
Rips
Rips.
- How can swimmers and surfers recognise and escape rip currents? provenance
- Which entry fits rip current? action
Environment
Coastal protection.
Environment
Environment.
- How do surf communities campaign for clean water and wave protection? provenance
- Which entry fits Surfrider Foundation? action
What the second pass must settle
- The registry alias Reef Dive and Surf Club should be split off as an organisation instance
- Should tow-in and river surfing be separate entries?
- How should surfing history sources be linked?