The Short Board

Part I of Essay
Surfboards were invented for the pure pleasure of riding with mother nature’s waves. The long board was the first creation of surfing known to mankind. It was and still is very easy to ride, but it was almost to boring for some. So somebody decided to come up with a shorter ....

Part II of Essay
.... had found a brilliant idea. He teamed up with a guy by the name of Steve Lis, and made the first short board design in the US. They called it the “Fish.” When the short board first started to become big, there was a big rejection from many surfers. Most of the older surfers refused to convert from the long board. This is because of all the extra paddling and movement required for the short board. The newer younger surfers were stoked on the idea of the short board, but because the older surfers wouldn’t convert, it caused a serious generatio ....