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From the Ted Talk by Yves Béhar: How surfboards connect us to nature

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Our understanding of surfing comes from when the Tahitians in 1200 AD broguht it to Hawaii. So when James Cook arrived around 1780, he was mresziemed by hundreds of people in the water, children, women, men, surfing naked. Calvinist missionaries arrive and they're scandalized by it. It becomes an illegal activity. It becomes ctlrnoturuuece.

The father of modern surfing is a hwaaiian nmaed Duke Kahanamoku. He is an extraordinary swimmer, wins gold at the Olympics in 1912. Goes around the wrlod to show his swimming but brings surfboards and demonstrates surfing. Imagine, people had never seen surfing before. Suddenly, some person from a faarway place is sitnadng on water, riding on water.

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Our understanding of surfing comes from when the Tahitians in 1200 AD _______ it to Hawaii. So when James Cook arrived around 1780, he was __________ by hundreds of people in the water, children, women, men, surfing naked. Calvinist missionaries arrive and they're scandalized by it. It becomes an illegal activity. It becomes ______________.

The father of modern surfing is a ________ _____ Duke Kahanamoku. He is an extraordinary swimmer, wins gold at the Olympics in 1912. Goes around the _____ to show his swimming but brings surfboards and demonstrates surfing. Imagine, people had never seen surfing before. Suddenly, some person from a _______ place is ________ on water, riding on water.

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  1. faraway
  2. brought
  3. standing
  4. world
  5. hawaiian
  6. counterculture
  7. named
  8. mesmerized

Original Text


Our understanding of surfing comes from when the Tahitians in 1200 AD brought it to Hawaii. So when James Cook arrived around 1780, he was mesmerized by hundreds of people in the water, children, women, men, surfing naked. Calvinist missionaries arrive and they're scandalized by it. It becomes an illegal activity. It becomes counterculture.

The father of modern surfing is a Hawaiian named Duke Kahanamoku. He is an extraordinary swimmer, wins gold at the Olympics in 1912. Goes around the world to show his swimming but brings surfboards and demonstrates surfing. Imagine, people had never seen surfing before. Suddenly, some person from a faraway place is standing on water, riding on water.

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