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Surfing History

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  • solider bellyboards

    WWI soldiers surf on wooden bellyboards

  • Surfing becomes popular

    Surfing becomes popular, the media helps promote surfing.

  • surfboards made of balsa wood

    The first English surfboards were made of balsa wood

  • The movie Gigit

    The movie Giget helps make surfing popular.

  • surfing magazine

    First surfing magazine, Surfer, is published.

  • less expensive

    Boards become less expensive so more people could afford them. This helped surfing become really popular as more people could afford to surf.

  • Surfing starts appearing in famous movies.

  • wetsuits

    First commercial wetsuits

  • Women's Surfing

    Women's ProfessionalSurfing organizations are formed.

  • Surf schools

    Surf schools come into existence/

  • anything after everything else

    Surfers Against Sewage is created to help stop pollution.Surfing is a multi-million dollar industry and pro surfers are always working to promote surfing.