PROYECTO DE ARTICULACIÓN CON TALLER

TABLAS de SURF 3 ro 3ra

INGLÉS Prof. Paula Moreira

1- Watch the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zfneete-ZHY

Match
a- Riding a wave is like How do I not slip off?
b- The surfboard requires a lot of fluid environment
c- it really has to work in that walking on water, like flying
d- How do I stand on it? ergonomic thinking

2- Underline the materials used. Circle the parts of the surfboard

A surfboard is made out of a core element which tends to be foam, which makes the board float, and
the skin of the board is some kind of resin, epoxy, sometimes fiberglass. There often is also a
stringer, a wood piece down the middle, which makes it stronger. The rocker is the curvature of the
board in the front. That is important because that determines what kind of wave you will be able to
take, how steep the wave is. The tail affects performance. Different tails will make the board react
differently, so it's a lot about personal preference.

3- Complete the sentences. Use Simple Past

Our understanding of surfing comes from when the Tahitians in 1200 AD …………..( bring) it to
Hawaii. So when James Cook …………..(arrive) around 1780, he was mesmerized by hundreds of
people in the water, children, women, men, surfing naked. Calvinist missionaries………….( arrive) and
they …………….(be) scandalized by it. It ………………( become ) an illegal activity.
The father of modern surfing ………………(be) a Hawaiian named Duke Kahanamoku. He ………….
(be) an extraordinary swimmer, …………..(win) gold at the Olympics in 1912. He ………..(go) around
the world to show his swimming but ………………(bring) surfboards and demonstrated
surfing. Imagine, people had never seen surfing before. Suddenly, some person from a faraway
place …………….(be) standing on water, riding on water.

4- Explain in your own words

Pre-Second World War, you're still looking at big, heavy wood boards. Post-Second World War, new
materials and new technologies become available, and those make the board lighter, more accessible,
cheaper, but it continues to be a custom object, something that is made specifically for a person or for a
certain spot. It's a very symbiotic relationship between surfer and shaper.

5- Compare longboards and shortboards

LONGBOARDS SHORTBOARDS
Used on…. It is ……..
Riding has… Harder to ……….
You can …. They sink …..

A longboard is typically used on smaller waves. The riding has a lot of style. You can walk the
board, put your toes over it, do a hang ten. A shortboard will be faster. They're harder to ride, they
sink under the body. Board design comes at the intersection between those physical factors, and
really, how I want to put myself in the water.