Analysis Of The Popular Surfing Culture

Since I live in Hawaii I am very aware of the popular ‘surfing’ culture prevalent here and in warm coastal areas of the U.S., Australia and many other countries. The sport may have been brought to Hawaii by the first Polynesian settlers. It was popularized and associated with Hawaii by Duke Kahanamoku, an Olympic athlete and champion surfer (Bourne, 2013). The media spread and popularized the surfing culture to southern California and Australia through Hollywood films e.g. Gidget [1959] and The Endless Summer [1964]. New linguistic expressions developed e.g. hang-ten [hanging ten toes over the front of the surfboard while riding a wave] and wipe-out [falling off a surf board while the wave crashes on you] (Booth, D., 2015). I remember the Beach