{"id":309,"date":"2016-04-01T20:33:29","date_gmt":"2016-04-01T20:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/noemi.px-lab.com\/?p=309"},"modified":"2017-03-09T10:59:07","modified_gmt":"2017-03-09T10:59:07","slug":"surf-surf-surf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noemi.px-lab.com\/architect\/2016\/04\/01\/surf-surf-surf\/","title":{"rendered":"Breakfast for Architects and Designers"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0From the innovative surf gear to maritime science, surfing has been collecting stories, records and achievements. Did you know that…<\/h3>\n
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  1. The Hawaiian Islands are the most isolated archipelago on planet earth.<\/li>\n
  2. The windiest surf city in the world is Wellington, capital of New Zealand.<\/li>\n
  3. The tallest tsunami so far recorded was the 1958 Lituya Bay mega tsunami, which had a record height of 524 meters (1740 feet).<\/li>\n
  4. Polyurethane foam was created during the World War II as insulation for refrigerators and airplanes.<\/li>\n
  5. The first competition won by a thruster surfboard was the Bells Beach Classic, in 1981.<\/li>\n
  6. Mike Stewart was the first to surf Teahupoo in 1987.<\/li>\n
  7. Kelly Slater generally starts his day with hot water and lemon.<\/li>\n
  8. Swells were used by Polynesian navigators to maintain course when no other clues were available, like in foggy nights.<\/li>\n
  9. Tsunami waves can’t be surfed because they’re too fast and only made of whitewater.<\/li>\n
  10. Archimedes discovered the law of buoyancy that applies to the surfboard size charts.<\/li>\n
  11. Teahupoo, the world’s heaviest wave, has claimed the lives of five surfers since 2000.<\/li>\n
  12. Surfing has been considered the 20th most dangerous sport in the world.<\/li>\n
  13. A trained surfer can hold his breath for about four minutes, while the static apnea record holder does it for more than 11 minutes.<\/li>\n
  14. The highest tides in the world can be found in Canada, at the Bay of Fundy. Sometimes the difference between high and low tide is 16.3 meters (53.5 feet).<\/li>\n
  15. “Hawaiian Holiday” is the first animated short surf movie, released in 1937 by Walt Disney.<\/li>\n
  16. Mark Foo, the big wave surfer who lost his life at Mavericks, had a passion for martial arts.<\/li>\n
  17. Surf wax was first applied to a surfboard by Alfred Gallant Jr., a surfer from Los Angeles, in 1935, after observing the effect of liquid wax on the floors of his home.<\/li>\n
  18. There’s a formula to calculate the number of waves you have surfed in your life.<\/li>\n
  19. Pat O’Neill, son of wetsuit inventor Jack O’Neill, is responsible for spreading the surf leash, in the early 1970s.<\/li>\n
  20. Tom Morey, inventor of modern bodyboarding, created the rolling skeg for surfboards.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Source:\u00a0http:\/\/www.surfertoday.com\/surfing\/8836-things-you-didnt-know-about-surfing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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