The eternal question: Who did it first? Who invented the shortboard? Who started the revolution? Ah- you put it as two different questions there. Who invented the shortboard? Depends on what you're calling a shortboard, a cut- down 9- something or a smaller board intended to perform better and very differently than what I'd describe as 'point and shoot' surfing at Waikiki. You got (in more- or- less chronological order) the paipos, Simmons, Bill Thrailkill's list, then the guys who are arguing over priority in the movie and a few others who didn't get as much press. All depends on what you're calling a 'shortboard', what your standards are. Now, I think the more important question is, who started the revolution. Who changed the direction of surfing, from takeoff- turn as much as you could- make the wave or don't to a close- to- the- pocket, hard turning style. That drove the board developments and not the other way around. Some candidates: Simmons - very different boards, he was maybe beginning the turning style, but who followed him in close succession and took it further? Isaac Asimov wrote The Last Question in 1956, so if anything. Ah, and would also provide eternal life (with long periods of hibernation). The Eternal Moment, and Other Stories: And Other Stories (A Harvest Book, Hb 180) by E. Forster and a great selection of similar Used, New and Collectible Books. Terence Alexander; Born: Terence Joseph Alexander 11 March 1923 Islington, London, England. The Eternal Question (1956) The One That Got Away (1957). Greenough - good case here, his constant turning, close to the pocket style combined with his travel to Australia and influence there, though ( and as a kneelo it pains me to say this) those who followed him directly on kneeboards didn't do all that much. Or else this would be Swaylocks Kneeboard Forum and standing on a surfboard would be thought of as an oddity practiced by weirdos like me. Mc. Tavish, Farrelly, Young and I'll throw in Lynch: Power surfing in Australia. I have to say that, on surfboards they are the ones who started the 'revolution'. The way they took Greenoughs moves and adapted them to surfboards, though further developments came elsewhere, such as Barry K, Lopez, Sutherland, Hakman, et al - adapting power surfing and working it close to what I'll call 'waves of consequence', not contest- type waves. Though this kinda goes out of the range of 'everyman surfing' and into a more rarified atmosphere. The 'average competent surfer' could and did acquire a board like Nat Young was using and make some moves like he did but he didn't have the opportunity or skills to do what Lopez was doing at Pipeline or what, let's say, Laird Hamilton is doing today. Now, what direction(s) is surfing going in? Extreme stuff, contest stuff and everyman stuff? Waves- that- can- freakin'- kill- ya, air- and- spray but not necessarily functional moves, the average jamoke out there having fun. Where does it go from here? Heh- now that I've done my usual job of confusing the issue. The Eternal Question (1956) Treasure at the Mill (1957) - Mrs. Adams; The Secret Place (1957) - Mrs. Hilda Fenemore at the Internet Movie.TubePlus, Watch THE ETERNAL QUESTION (1956), watch free movies and free online movies, watch movies free online.
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