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__ GROUP 7 PAGE 2!!! **WHY DO SURFERS SURF?** In order to understand WHY surfers surf, you will have to read the link below and we will have to conduct the interviews below.

// Why we surf....( //__ [|//http://thebeachsideresident.com/2009/04/why-we-surf///] )...

In order to understand surfing we will have to interview a few of them.

** Luke’s ** Questions Answered By **Rob O'Neill**  // I feel privledged to have discovered surfing when I was so young. It has brought me simple low cost pleasure that other people sometimes never find. // // I liked the look of surfing before I'd even tried it and my love for it has never faded. // // Surfers form Sumner have a are quite mello and don't tend to be too protective of their own break.[localisim] // // We were often more tanned, often fitter and less likely to be involved in organised team sports. // // The surf scene is very driven by changing fashions and surfing has become a huge international sport and very commercialised. Surfing is divided up into lots of different groups e.g. competitive, soul, part time, family, wannabes and the humble hardcore everyday surfer. // //Somebody that surfs all year round, healthy, fit and strong. Has travelled over seas and locally. Dresses casually, prefers this kind of dressing to more formal types.//
 * Q1. How do you see yourself different from other people who don’t surf?**
 * Q2. Why did you begin to surf and why do you still do it now?**
 * Q3. What do you think separates the surfers in Sumner from other surfers around the world?**
 * Q4. How were you different from other non-surfers at school?**
 * Q5. How do you see the surfer scene at the moment?**
 * Q6. Define what you would call a classic surfer?**

//The saying goes[only a surfer knows the feeling]is so true. The buzz i get off quality waves even watching them. Most sports you have to pay, the ocean is free. I do anything to be there then it's good, up early, travel all night, it is very addictive and I'm in it for life.// //My brother bought me my first surfboard and since// //then I've been hooked and wil surf till I drop. I just love the sheer power of a big wave picking you up and flowing with that wave.// **Q3. What do you think separates the surfers in Sumner from other surfers around the world?** //We don't get great waves in Sumner but we do appreciate it when they come. We have done well in comps considering our waves because we go out in any conditions.// **Q4. How were you different from other non-surfers at school?** //I found it hard to concentrate in class when i knew the surf was pumping. I travelled alot as well tp isolated beaches all over N.Z. (I have) alot of respect for the ocean.// //Surfing has come along since I started, there's more respect for what surfers are doing and surfing as a sporty. It's very healthy at the moment. You can make a living out of surfing if you're at the top.// // When the waves are pumping they drop any // //thing to be there[work, girlfriend, comitments ect.] Constantly watching weather updates, predictions and virtual buoys to set up his week around the time the swell hits. The love of the ocean, leaving the beaches as they were when they arrived. Picking up rubbish and just enjoying natures beauty, the ocean.//
 * Luke's** Questions answered by **Manu Schafer**
 * Q1. How do you see yourself different from other people who don’t surf?**
 * Q2. Why did you begin to surf and why do you still do it now?**
 * Q5. How do you see the surfer scene at the moment?**
 * Q6. Define what you would call a classic surfer?**

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