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• Surfing

What traditional Peruvian reed watercraft is known as the caballito de totora?

Answer

A reed boat

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• Surfing

What does the abbreviation ISA stand for in international surfing competition?

Answer

International Surfing Association

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• Surfing

What substance is commonly rubbed on a surfboard deck to improve a surfer’s grip?

Answer

Surf wax

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• Surfing

How many women’s world titles did surfer Stephanie Gilmore win?

Answer

Seven

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• Surfing

Which surfer won four consecutive men’s world titles from 1979 through 1982?

Answer

Mark Richards

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• Surfing

Which surfer became the first Brazilian man to win a World Surf League championship in 2014?

Answer

Gabriel Medina

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• Surfing

Which explorer’s expedition produced an early European written account of surfing in Tahiti in 1769?

Answer

James Cook

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• Surfing

Which country is home to Nazaré, the surfing location famous for giant waves?

Answer

Portugal

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• Surfing

Which California beach hosts the annual U.S. Open of Surfing?

Answer

Huntington Beach

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• Surfing

Who founded O’Neill, the company associated with the first commercially successful wetsuit?

Answer

Jack O’Neill

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• Surfing

What minimum length traditionally distinguishes a longboard from a shortboard in surfing?

Answer

Nine feet

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• Surfing

Who is widely credited with inventing the modern surfboard leash in the early 1970s?

Answer

Pat O’Neill

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