From Wipe Out To Beach Bum
National Post
'The first surfers were the ancient Hawaiians who rode their carved koa boards in homage to the sea gods. But the sport as we know it took off in the 1960s, on the release of Bruce Brown's groundbreaking documentary The Endless Summer (1966) as well as countless Beach Boys tunes. Forty years later, surfing is as popular as ever, with its own culture, language and a billion-dollar industry engaged in the manufacture of boards, gear and clothing.
Surfing is well established in British Columbia, of course, especially on Vancouver Island (gotofiino.com; surfingvancouverisland. com), with a host of schools and surf shacks. A relative newcomer to the Canadian scene is the South Shore of Nova Scotia, with a small but growing number of surf camps and shops and, best of all, no crowds...'
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