THE BIG SURF

[Music] he [Music] this is Hawaii the birthplace of Surfing a day dangerous but fast growing sport the word is out the world's greatest surfer is here to start a surf School H wonder who it could be beginners and experts have come from all over the world to participate the girls are called wenis the boys hot Doggers then there are the beach bunnies these are the girls who wear bikinis and do all their surfing on a beach towel when the syrup is up Hawaii is considered to have the best surfing in the world always cooperate a surfer without the big wave to ride is about as busy as a bartender a Temperance meeting they need wind and waves at least 4 ft high and there is nothing to do but wait and watch and check the beaches Surfers spend 90% of their time waiting for the surf the beach bunnies spend 90% of their time waiting for the Surfers good boards are expensive but when there is no surf you can't give them away who is this [Music] guy American Indians do a dance to Make It Rain the Hawaiian Surfers try to whistle up waves with music while life on the islands goes on as usual [Music] when [Music] W [Music] [Music] away [Applause] the Dan with me as you that I the SE [Music] the I know you love to the your heart to fly away [Music] [Laughter] [Music] [Applause] the Hawaiian Surfers have done it their music has whistled up an offshore wind and with the wind the big waves come rolling in with the all of the Wild Waves the Surfers roll in [Music] [Applause] too the Surfers wax their boards for maximum speed and head out for the big one there are three basic rules of surfing one keep up your blue cross two don't lose your head on your surfboard three don't lose your surfboard because if you lose your board in those waves you can lose your head [Music] in surfing circles when a surfer goes into the drink it's called Wipeout from the looks of those waves the entire surfing population might disappear [Music] what him again let's take a look at surfing with the action slowed [Music] down even that didn't [Music] help the idea is to catch the wave at just the right moment stand up then cut across the face of the wave and get into the tunnel tunnel this tunnel is called the Bonsai pipeline from the Japanese word Bonsai which means I think I'll kill myself in a wave a surfer gets a great sense of exhilaration using his skill to avoid tons of water that might cause a wipe out there are some who can ride on a wave for a mile unfortunately he's not one of [Music] them on the other hand this fellow isn't one of them either actually they can do incredible Maneuvers on a wave this Surfer is about to do the alyo maneuver Ali [Music] whoops now let's meet the man who trained all those Surfers my name Jose man the king of the surf how did you get the title King of the surf I had cards printed tell me is surfing dangerous well you you're very very seldom find a surfer that gets hurt oh very few Surfers get hurts no a lot of them get hurt you just very seldom find [Music] them and as our Surfers slowly sink into the sea we say in the language of the islands Alo [Music]