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	Bodysurfing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Bodysurfing is the art and sport of riding a wave without the assistance of any buoyant device such as a surfboard or bodyboard.
		Bodysurfers typically equip themselves only with a pair of specialized swimfins for optimized propulsion, though some practitioners also carry or wear a small planing surface on the hand to aid with positioning on the wave face.
		Bodysurfers tend to have a minimalist attitude toward wave riding and consider their sport to be more pure than other forms of riding waves.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bodysurfing (397 words)

	SI.com - SI Exclusive - SI Adventure: Bodysurfing's best wave - Thursday February 19, 2004 1:45PM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Bodysurfing may be the only sport that can trace its history to the time before life's migration from sea to dry land.
		Two bodysurfing videos, Primal Surf and Pure Blue (about the 2000 and 2001 Classics, respectively), feature skits with a gorilla (actually Nickelson in an ape suit) throwing rocks at surfers who, thanks to creative editing, appear to be wiping out under the barrage.
		Schefler is the rare bodysurfer with a sponsor, albeit a frugal one; his backer, Brazilian surf gear maker South to South, purchased a discount plane ticket that took Schefler from São Paolo to Oahu by way of Toronto.
	www.pipebodysurf.com /si_article/si_2-23-04.html (1011 words)

	Surfline \| BODY ART
		The result was a bodysurfing boom which pre-dated the renowned arrival of Duke Kahanamoku and his surfboard lessons in 1914.
		Bodysurfers spawned the volunteer surf lifesaving clubs which now dot every urban and many rural beaches around Australia; at the time the clubs started, around 1910, they were basically an excuse for keen bodyriders to hang out near the surf as much as possible.
		While bodysurfers seem highly stoked with their lot in the surfing life, there are occasional streaks of resentment toward boardriders.
	www.surfline.com /mag/pulse/2001/june/06_14_bodysurfers.cfm (1522 words)

	Bodysurfing Newspaper Clippings... 1997-08-14
		To hear a bodysurfer tell it, their sport is not an activity, it is an experience.
		Bodysurfers will tell you these things are beyond the comprehension of a non-surfer, and why many of those who give it a chance don't ever give it up.
		There is more to it than that, bodysurfers will tell you, but the secrets will forever lie with the bodysurfing gods, who seem to only speak through the barrel of a wave.
	www.worldbodysurfing.org /html/1997-08-14.html (720 words)

	Pipeline Bodysurfing Classic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Pipeline Bodysurfing Classic competition has evolved and perpetuated to foster the art and sport of bodysurfing.
		It is held annually during the Winter season at the Banzai Pipeline on the North Shore of the island of Oahu in Hawaii.
		Currently, the Pipeline Bodysurfing Classic is an event open to all bodysurfers to compete in a world class, judged competition specific to Bodysurfing.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pipeline_Bodysurfing_Classic (158 words)

	World Bodysurfing Championships - Press Release 2002
		Approximately 350-400 bodysurfers from around the world compete in their respective age divisions for trophies and prizes, beginning each morning at 6:30 AM.
		Bodysurfing is an exciting sport where the surfer rides a wave without the assistance of a board, using only fins.
		The World Bodysurfing Championships are a family oriented competition with age brackets that range from 12 years of age up to 65 years and over.
	www.worldbodysurfing.org /html/press_release_2002.html (202 words)

	Patagonia gets behind the Pipeline Bodysurfing Classic
		Bodysurfing, called he'e umauma or kaha nalu in Hawaiian, was first enjoyed by ancient Hawaiians at the break called "Pipeline" today.
		It is believed that bodysurfing at Pipeline was first inspired by the dolphins seen there, long before the invention of the surfboard.
		The Preliminary round consists of heats of 6 bodysurfers each preliminary heat lasts between 20-30 minutes, and bodysurfers will be scored on their best three to four waves.
	www.surfersvillage.com /news.asp?Id_news=15433 (421 words)

	SurfWax: News, Reviews and Articles On Bodysurfing
		Ms Walsh, 64 and nicknamed "Supergran" by her bodysurfing buddies, has been swimming most of her life but came to the sport only a couple...
		The day is not lost however, the afternoon hours are spent bodysurfing in epic conditions at Praia do Rezende, where a protected cove prevents the arrival of the jellyfish...
		In the present case, it was probably open to the jury to find that, on this day, swimming or bodysurfing between the flags at Bondi Beach exposed the swimmer to a risk of injury that was reasonably foreseeable...
	news.surfwax.com /surfing/files/Bodysurfing.html (1863 words)

	BodysurfHowToStart
		The result of this is that virtually any surfer over age 40 is at least familar with bodysurfing, and to those younger than that bodysurfing ranges from being somewhat mysterious to absolutely arcane.
		This is sad for many reasons, the first and foremost being that bodysurfing is a lot of fun.
		Bodysurfing allows the most efficiently transported equipment form of surfing, and it is the easiest form to maintain proficiency at (just keep swimming and you maintain required fitness).
	www.vagabondsurf.com /BodysurfHowToStart.html (306 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Wedge is a surfing, and bodysurfing spot located at the extreme south end of the Balboa Peninsula in Newport Beach, California.
		Those who dare to go bodysurfing, bodyboarding, or kneeboarding are guaranteed to get a short, but very fast and exciting, ride.
		The Pipeline Bodysurfing Classic competition has evolved and perpetuated to foster the art and sport of bodysurfing in Hawaii and the contest venue occurs annually on the North Shore of the island of Oahu in Hawaii.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/B/Bodysurfing.htm (381 words)

	The Bodysurfing Page
		When you bodysurf, your body is mostly below the surface and you must move quickly, simulating a surfboard in a way, to get into the curl of the wave.
		Shore pounding waves are not the optimum type of waves that a bodysurfer seeks.
		Some bodysurfers feel that the fins definitely give them the ability to power into a wave, while others like the freedom of not being connected to fins and the sense of quickness that comes with the harmonious action of using arm and leg power to get into and surf the waves.
	www.rampaul.com /bodysurf.htm (978 words)

	Bodysurfing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Traditionally, bodysurfing is using your body to act like a board to ride the waves.
		To bodysurf, you swim as fast as you can in the direction the wave is coming in and once it feels like the wave is pushing you, then you make your body as stiff as possible and you lift your chest up.
		Bodysurfing is fun when it is above four feet because then the wave is usually powerful enough that you can ride it.
	www.svms.santacruz.k12.ca.us /MMWSTRI3-05/SkimboardKSWS/Bodysurfing.html (225 words)

	EducationGuardian.co.uk \| Higher \| How to catch the tube
		The result of his detailed analysis, which investigated the bodysurfing dynamics of sand-filled Barbie dolls, himself and his friends, is a paper that looks closely at breaking waves and the aspects that have an effect on bodysurfers.
		To bodysurf, you need to "climb" onto a wave when it is just about to break.
		According to de Mestre, bodysurfers, who adopt a position with their arms by their side and their heads up, tend not to go as far as bodysurfers who hold their arms out in front, with their hands together, in a more streamlined position.
	education.guardian.co.uk /higher/sciences/story/0,12243,1261298,00.html (940 words)

	Bodysurfer Girl Story
		His whole motivation for taking on the event in 1987 was to make sure his bodysurfing brothers could continue to have it all to themselves for a day.
		So the contest was a treat, no boards to worry about.”Being that she lives in San Fransico where she has been out in waves heights “4 times overhead”, the intimidating factor was not the size or power of the Hawaiian waves, but the water temperature.
		“bodysurfing is all about wave knowledge, waves are very selective about picking you up and carrying you along with them” says Judith who speaks of waves in the same terms as that of most big wave riders.
	www.usgirlshawaii.com /Lane/journalist/bodysurfingstory.html (815 words)

	Bodysurfing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Bodysurfing is the art and sport of a wave without the assistance of any device such as a surfboard or bodyboard.
		Bodysurfers typically equip themselves only with bathing costume or wetsuit depending on the local water temperature a pair of swimfins for optimized propulsion.
		Some practitioners carry or wear a small surface on the hand to aid with on the wave face: This helps to a recommended safety practice that anyone engaging bodysurfing should be careful to hold a out in front of where their head whenever they are on a wave in they wipe out.
	www.freeglossary.com /Body_surfing (121 words)

	World Bodysurfing Championships - Bodysurfing Photos and Video
		There are those in the bodysurfing community who unselfishly devote their time and energy to the preservation and documentation of the sport of bodysurfing.
		The Santa Cruz Bodysurfing Association (SCBSA) was formed as a nonprofit organization by a group of local swimmers in 1984.
		The International Bodysurfing Championships is put on by the Gillis Beach Bodysurfing Association in conjunction with the annual International Surf Festival.
	www.worldbodysurfing.org /html/photos.html (397 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Bodysurfing -- riding the waves without a board, becoming one with the rolling water -- is a way of life in Hawaii.
		Some bodysurfers just rely on their hands to ride the waves; others use hand boards (flat, paddlelike gloves).
		Both bodysurfing and body boarding require a pair of open-heeled swim fins to help propel you through the water.
	www.deltavacations.com /Frommers.aspx?RecordId=0015020787&IATA=OGG (258 words)

	Bodysurfing Sources Presented at Surfschoolcamp.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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	www.surfschoolcamp.com /bodysurfing_t.html (386 words)

	News 14 Carolina \| 24 Hour Local News \| HEADLINES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In another case this month, rescuers in Surf City revived a 57-year-old bodysurfer found floating face down in the water with a broken neck.
		Bodysurfers should angle on the waves and roll like a log rather than go head-over-heels, he said.
		Neil Brooks, who was recently bodysurfing near Johnnie Mercers Fishing Pier, said inexperienced surfers often swim straight toward the shore, which can hurl them from the top to the bottom of the wave.
	www.news14charlotte.com /content/headlines?ArID=99010&SecID=41 (425 words)

	RenegadeBSing
		It used to be that most water people learned to bodysurf as kids, as part of their education of the ocean.
		Hence you see most good/serious bodysurfers are over the age of 30 (the boogie board was invented in 1971 - I rest my case).
		What bodysurfing offers is the opportunity to learn wave judgement, timing, and a more intimate understanding of currents and pulses moving through the ocean.
	www.vagabondsurf.com /RenegadeBSing.html (414 words)

	Oceanic - Around Town Hawaii - Leisure - Reviews - Hawaii Surf Scene by Neal Miyake - Alternative Waveriding Methods
		Bodysurfers typically can't take off early on a wave and many times have a hard time competing in lineups with other waveriders.
		Despite it all, bodysurfing should continue to be a small, but significant portion of the waveriding community.
		The one thing that bodysurfers, kneeboarders and paipo boarders alike agree on is that the advent of the bodyboard has contributed somewhat to the decline of their respective sports.
	www.hawaii.rr.com /leisure/reviews/neal_miyake/2004-02_awmethods.htm (3046 words)

	The Bodysurfing Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		When I first was introduced to competitive bodysurfing, I thought that it might be something I could get involved in and enjoy.
		In all my years of bodysurfing in Manhattan Beach, Hawaii and various other spots, I have never seen any bodysurfer "spin" in the waves.
		The waves were unbelievable and it was one of the most enjoyable bodysurfing days of my life.
	www.rampaul.com /philosrf.htm (640 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- The flip side: Chairman of the no-board (PDF)
		The 29th annual World Bodysurfing Championships return to Oceanside Pier this weekend and the defending champion happens to be one James Fenney.
		That bodysurfers tread water between sets serves as a metaphor for their sport's popularity.
		Of bodysurfing's potential material gains, he says, "There's nothing in it for you." (He took home fins, a trophy and a couple gift certificates for last year's title.
	www.signonsandiego.com /sports/20050825-9999-1s25flipsid1.html (630 words)

	Sells has barrel of fun at Pipeline - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper
		The contest is regarded as one of the best events in the world for bodysurfers because it offers them a rare chance to ride the famous barreling waves.
		Sells, 37, said he practices bodysurfing at Pipeline when ever the waves are big.
		When not bodysurfing, Sells is a professional model and stuntman, so part of his job is to maintain his physical fitness.
	the.honoluluadvertiser.com /article/2005/Jan/31/sp/sp11p.html (574 words)

	Winston-Salem Journal \| Surgeon warns about perils of bodysurfing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In the past month, he has treated three bodysurfers who were paralyzed after waves drove them into area beaches, breaking their necks.
		Casinelli said that bodysurfers should surf in the waves at an angle, rather than straight at the shore, and roll like a log instead of going head-over-heels.
		Neil Brooks, who was recently bodysurfing near Johnnie Mercer's Pier, said that inexperienced surfers often swim straight toward the shore, which can hurl them from the top to the bottom of the wave.
	www.journalnow.com /servlet/Satellite?pagename=WSJ/MGArticle/WSJ_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031784160848&path=!localnews!environment&s=1037645509115 (433 words)

	The Body: Bodysurfing
		The waves were perfect for bodysurfing -- big four-footers that started rolling far enough out to give them one good ride after another.
		They had to swim through a few weak waves that washed over them and they ran into some rough ones that tried to twist them under, but most of the breakers carried them all the way to the shore.
		He was bodysurfing, out there on a day like this.
	www.thebody.com /bp/jul04/phelps.html (3014 words)

	Governor signs battered-women, bodysurfing bills \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		Assemblyman Paul Koretz, D-West Hollywood, said his bodysurfing bill will protect boaters and their passengers from a "hidden killer" – carbon monoxide in the boats' exhaust.
		His legislation, which takes effect May 1, 2005, makes it an infraction punishable by a $100 fine to have a boat engine running while someone is hanging on to the rear of the vessel, bodysurfing in the wake or on the swim deck or swim ladder.
		Two of the victims were youths bodysurfing behind motorboats.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20040918/news_1n18bills.html (513 words)

	David C. Lane (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		He has won the International Bodysurfing Contest held in Manhattan Beach, California three times: 1997, 1998, and 2000.
		Lane came in fourth at the Point Panic World Bodysurfing Contest held in 1998 in Oahu, Hawaii and came in second twice at the Carlsbad International Bodysurfing Contest held in California in 1997 and 1998.
		Most recently Lane came in fourth at the World Bodysurfing contest in Oceanside in 2003, fifth at the United States Cold Water Bodysurfing championships, and third at the International Bodysurfing Contest in Manhattan Beach in 2003.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-David_C._Lane.html (1762 words)

	BBC - Cornwall Extreme Sports- Bodysurfing
		The sport of Bodysurfing is making a promising comeback in the UK, and at Sandymouth near Bude in north Cornwall you can even learn to bodysurf thanks to a new course on offer.
		Bodysurfing had become the forgotten art of waveriding.
		Bodysurfing instructor Andy Bodenham says: "There are many thrills to be gained from just taking a large breath of air, catching a wave as it breaks, and then letting it carry you all the way to the shore (all of this done without the aid of a board of any kind)!
	www.bbc.co.uk /cornwall/extremesports/stories/nov_2004/bodysurfing.shtml (245 words)

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