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Showing 1 to 20 of 64 for “"surfing"”.
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Proprioception and performance in surfing
Surfing is a competitive sport that is subjectively judged on the ability to combine a variety of progressive manoeuvres while maximising the speed, power and flow, with the emphasis of certain elements contingent on the conditions. Competitive surfing requires high levels of upper- and lower-body …
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Surfing injuries in recreational surfers
… participants were randomly recruited from surfing locations throughout Australia including beaches in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria. Participants were asked to recall injury details over a retrospective period of two years. Conclusions: Laceration is the most common surfing …
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Surfing the Bar to the Solar Circle
… stellar members maintain their stable orbits by surfing the stable Lagrange points of a growing and slowing bar. NGC 6791 is a massive metal-rich open cluster in the Milky Way located within the solar circle. Its current mass is measured to be of order magnitude 1,000 solar masses. The age of the …
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Surfing Haïti, and a new wave of travel writing
… through four research trips, where potential surfing locations are mapped, bringing together my practices as writer, traveller and surfer, theorised through ANT. Engagement with Haïti operates at two levels: the macro level is the rhythm and cycle of anabasis (moving from coast to interior) …
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Aspects of a Localized Ocean: A Cultural Ethnography of Surfing
… as (g)localism) performatively converge in surfing communities. Localism, in accordance with the sport of surfing, include various communicative forms of aggressive behaviors by surfers, meant to deter other surfers from a specific surfing area. This, in turn, creates a greater supply of …
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Oceanographic considerations for the management and protection of surfing breaks
Although the physical characteristics of surfing breaks are well described in the literature, there is little specific research on surfing and coastal management. Such research is required because coastal engineering has had significant impacts to surfing breaks, both positive and negative. …
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The development of tools and guidelines for surfing resource management
Surfing is a mainstream pastime and competitive sport in many countries and provides a full range of economic, social, physical, and mental health benefits. Maintaining the integrity of surf breaks has proven to be a challenge, with a litany of degraded or destroyed surfing locations worldwide. …
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Surf’s Us: constructing surfing identities through clothing culture in Cornwall
Critical literature on surfing is concerned primarily with its development as a competitive sport, focusing on ‘stand-up’ surfing in the USA and to some extent in Australia, resulting in a body of work populated almost exclusively by young white males. However, in Cornwall, forms of surfing …
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Sofa-Surfing: The Cartographies of Young People Utilising Host-Dependent Shelter.
… highlights that spaces where people sofa-surfing stay are often tenuous, short-lived and worsen over time, reducing mental health, educational attainment, and the ability to find work (McLoughlin, 2013; Albanese et al., 2018). However, a study has not elucidated how young people’s …
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Cape crusaders : an ethnography investigating the surfing subculture of Cape Naturaliste, Western Australia
Surfing is a byzantine phenomenon. With a global army surpassing 30 million participants, the wave riding culture has escalated from an underground lifestyle into a mainstream colossus. This thesis investigates a unique population of the surfing culture, the Cape Naturaliste surfing subculture. …
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Training adaptations in lower-body muscle structure and physical performance capacities of competitive surfing athletes
… related to increased performance in competitive surfing, (2) relationships between lower-body muscle structures and factors associated with enhanced physical performance, and (3) comparison of the training-specific adaptations evoked from various training methods. Whilst this research …
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Action Sport for development in the Philippines: Exploring the Surfing, Well-Being and Environment Nexus
… efforts. The findings highlight that the role of surfing is nebulous, and the activity is rooted to the economic development history of the island. Moreover, the findings demonstrate how the environment, colonial and imperial histories, politics, local knowledge, and cultural forces (i.e., race, …
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Integrating sustainability thinking and practices into surfing events: case studies in Hawaii and Jeffreys Bay
Sustainable surfing events are a recent phenomenon and there is little to no academic literature reflecting this development. Sustainable event management (SEM) is the integration of sustainability principles and practices into event production to produce an event that goes beyond economic …
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Vývoj a trend popularity surfování v České republice
Title: Development and popularity of surfing in the Czech Republic Student: Bc. Adam Löffelmann Supervisor: PhDr. Matouš Jindra, Ph.D. Objectives The aim of the thesis is to analyze Czech surfing population, to find out development of surfing and actual trends of surfing in Czech Republic. Methods …
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Assessment of competitive requirements, repeated sprint paddle ability and trainability of paddling performance in surfers
Studies examining the physical demands of surfing, the physiological characteristics of surfers, training techniques and various indices important to surfing performance are limited and characterised by methodological discrepancies. This thesis consists of five studies to assess the competitive …
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Pre-purchase search vs. web surfing: effects of internet motives and ad relevance on psychological processing of online ads
… Internet motives - prepurchase search vs. Web-surfing on responses to banner ads. Pre-purchase searchers paid more attention to and had greater memory for online ads than Web-surfers. An interaction was found between user motive and ad-motive relevance. For ads that matched the purchase goal, …
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The increased feminization of the surfing economy: An exploration of the lived experiences of female surfers in Muizenberg, South Africa
… of female surfers' lived experiences in the surfing culture and economy of Muizenberg, South Africa. The research design includes a review of literature, participant observation and semi structured in-depth interviews. The approach was qualitative so as to gain deep insights into women's …
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An ethnographic study of Resurface - A wellbeing intervention for university students
… immersion within two lifestyle activities, surfing, and yoga, which together share a historic cultural relationship, and are witnessing a growing demand in modern society as shared practises in wellbeing experiences, retreats, and interventions. The aim of this research was to develop a …
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Little Buoys, Big Ocean: Observations of Wave-Driven Transport of Buoyant Objects in the Nearshore and Marginal Ice Zone
… wave buoys called microSWIFTS, observations of surfing transport from the microSWIFTs, and observations of transport driven by wind and waves in the Arctic marginal ice zone. The microSWIFT is a small buoy equipped with a GPS module to measure the buoy'sposition and horizontal velocities and an …
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