Set in the Volkswagen bus, the surfboards strapped to the roof and down to the Atlantic Ocean, about to France or Spain. Many German living in their dream of a holiday chill surfer life with surfing, campfires on the beach and Jack Johnson music. Some 50,000 German surf, of which 92 percent operate only in the sports holiday, eight percent regularly surf the daily life in their spare time.
Surfing in Hawaii came in the years around the turn of the century. The author Jack London saw the surfers during a vacation in Hawaii and was thrilled. Along with the adventurer and businessman Alexander Hume Ford founded the first official surfing organization in the world. By 1911 the organization to 1,200 members and have had a long waiting list. The first tourist boom to put together a surf crew, who should teach beginners how to surf. "About the U.S. surfing in the '50s came to Germany.
"Above all Sylt popular with the athletes," says Frederik Höderath the German Surfing Association. Surf films and photos made the sport more popular. 1959 was about the movie "Gidget" in the cinema: audiences were enthusiastic and surfing became a mass experience. The surfing boom appealed above all freedom-seeking youths. With the many surf films are also thrilled the people far away in the city lived by the sea. There were always new magazines on the market, which the surfers in Hawaii or Malibu, innovative surfboards reported and coined the image of surfing.
"The sport was commercialized, the advertising recognized the potential of chilled surfer image, which was launched in conjunction with the products," said Höderath. In the '70s came surfer brands such as Billabong and Quicksilver. The first athletes could earn their living from surfing. Phil Edward was the first professional surfer. The magazine "Surfer" has named him to the surfer of the year. A tradition that exists today. In the 90 years increased the series "Against the Wind" with the good-looking wind-surfer boys Ralf Bauer and Hardy Kruger Jr., the image of the chilled-surfing life. About five million viewers looked at the series episodes.
"The sport is surfing has become a booming industry. In southern France, has established itself as the surfing industry's third most important factor behind the aviation industry and the food industry," says Sebastian Steudtner. He is a big wave surfer and the only German who runs this extreme sport professionally. For him, surfing has little to do with chilling out, but with life. "Most pro surfers are not as champagne, as they are marketed. For me, surfing is a competitive sport. I could just live without surfing difficult."
"Above all Sylt popular with the athletes," says Frederik Höderath the German Surfing Association. Surf films and photos made the sport more popular. 1959 was about the movie "Gidget" in the cinema: audiences were enthusiastic and surfing became a mass experience. The surfing boom appealed above all freedom-seeking youths. With the many surf films are also thrilled the people far away in the city lived by the sea. There were always new magazines on the market, which the surfers in Hawaii or Malibu, innovative surfboards reported and coined the image of surfing.
"The sport was commercialized, the advertising recognized the potential of chilled surfer image, which was launched in conjunction with the products," said Höderath. In the '70s came surfer brands such as Billabong and Quicksilver. The first athletes could earn their living from surfing. Phil Edward was the first professional surfer. The magazine "Surfer" has named him to the surfer of the year. A tradition that exists today. In the 90 years increased the series "Against the Wind" with the good-looking wind-surfer boys Ralf Bauer and Hardy Kruger Jr., the image of the chilled-surfing life. About five million viewers looked at the series episodes.
"The sport is surfing has become a booming industry. In southern France, has established itself as the surfing industry's third most important factor behind the aviation industry and the food industry," says Sebastian Steudtner. He is a big wave surfer and the only German who runs this extreme sport professionally. For him, surfing has little to do with chilling out, but with life. "Most pro surfers are not as champagne, as they are marketed. For me, surfing is a competitive sport. I could just live without surfing difficult."
Source : welt.de
Surfing in Hawaii came in the years around the turn of the century. The author Jack London saw the surfers during a vacation in Hawaii and was thrilled. Along with the adventurer and businessman Alexander Hume Ford founded the first official surfing organization in the world. By 1911 the organization to 1,200 members and have had a long waiting list. The first tourist boom to put together a surf crew, who should teach beginners how to surf. "About the U.S. surfing in the '50s came to Germany.
"Above all Sylt popular with the athletes," says Frederik Höderath the German Surfing Association. Surf films and photos made the sport more popular. 1959 was about the movie "Gidget" in the cinema: audiences were enthusiastic and surfing became a mass experience. The surfing boom appealed above all freedom-seeking youths. With the many surf films are also thrilled the people far away in the city lived by the sea. There were always new magazines on the market, which the surfers in Hawaii or Malibu, innovative surfboards reported and coined the image of surfing.
"The sport was commercialized, the advertising recognized the potential of chilled surfer image, which was launched in conjunction with the products," said Höderath. In the '70s came surfer brands such as Billabong and Quicksilver. The first athletes could earn their living from surfing. Phil Edward was the first professional surfer. The magazine "Surfer" has named him to the surfer of the year. A tradition that exists today. In the 90 years increased the series "Against the Wind" with the good-looking wind-surfer boys Ralf Bauer and Hardy Kruger Jr., the image of the chilled-surfing life. About five million viewers looked at the series episodes. "The sport is surfing has become a booming industry. In southern France, has established itself as the surfing industry's third most important factor behind the aviation industry and the food industry," says Sebastian Steudtner. He is a big wave surfer and the only German who runs this extreme sport professionally. For him, surfing has little to do with chilling out, but with life. "Most pro surfers are not as champagne, as they are marketed. For me, surfing is a competitive sport. I could just live without surfing difficult."
"Above all Sylt popular with the athletes," says Frederik Höderath the German Surfing Association. Surf films and photos made the sport more popular. 1959 was about the movie "Gidget" in the cinema: audiences were enthusiastic and surfing became a mass experience. The surfing boom appealed above all freedom-seeking youths. With the many surf films are also thrilled the people far away in the city lived by the sea. There were always new magazines on the market, which the surfers in Hawaii or Malibu, innovative surfboards reported and coined the image of surfing.
"The sport was commercialized, the advertising recognized the potential of chilled surfer image, which was launched in conjunction with the products," said Höderath. In the '70s came surfer brands such as Billabong and Quicksilver. The first athletes could earn their living from surfing. Phil Edward was the first professional surfer. The magazine "Surfer" has named him to the surfer of the year. A tradition that exists today. In the 90 years increased the series "Against the Wind" with the good-looking wind-surfer boys Ralf Bauer and Hardy Kruger Jr., the image of the chilled-surfing life. About five million viewers looked at the series episodes.
"The sport is surfing has become a booming industry. In southern France, has established itself as the surfing industry's third most important factor behind the aviation industry and the food industry," says Sebastian Steudtner. He is a big wave surfer and the only German who runs this extreme sport professionally. For him, surfing has little to do with chilling out, but with life. "Most pro surfers are not as champagne, as they are marketed. For me, surfing is a competitive sport. I could just live without surfing difficult."
Source : welt.de
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