Surfing contest Olga beach surf fest 2017, ISRAEL

Surfing is a popular sport and leisure activity using a surfboard. The surfer stands on a surfboard, carrying it over a wave.In Israel, the most suitable sea for surfing is the Mediterranean after storms, when there is no wind and the waves rise in an orderly manner. This situation is called in a language shared by surfers around the world, "Swell". Since the coast of Israel is on the margins of the Mediterranean Sea and not in one of the oceans, the waves in Israel are small compared to the waves that are common in the world. It is also the wind that creates the waves and gives them their shape. The best wind in Israel to create waves is a southwestern or western wind. This wind is an "on-shore" wind that comes from the sea towards the coast and produces waves. Surfing in Israel was already known as a sport in its early form in the late 1920s, mainly on the shores of Tel Aviv, in two forms: one, through the rescuers of the rescuers who served as clumsy and dangerous surfboards; the second referred to boys who were building themselves from various boards a short surfboard starting at the waist and up to the arms, Rising up with the waves and drifting toward the shore. This action was called "catch a wave". These surfers were called the "wind grabbers". According to one version, Dr. Dorian Peskovitz, a Jewish American of American origin, arrived in Israel in the mid-1950s, with a surfboard in his hands and hopes to establish a surfing team that will represent Israel at the World Championships Dorian found himself rescuers on the shores of Tel Aviv ( Shaul Ziner, his brother Shaltiel Ziner and Shamai Topsy Kanzpolski) and taught them the basics of surfing. He then returned to the United States and maintained contact with them. The industry has developed over the years and more surfers have joined it. Tel Aviv rescuer Shamai Kanzpolsky, also known as Topsy, was also busy building surfboards and renting surfboards on beaches. They were light surfboards made of fiber glass. Benno Amor Kanzpolsky was Israel's surfing champion for many years and even reached second place in the European surfing championship. From this point on, the modern era of surfing began in Israel. At the same time, the number of those interested in surfing the world has grown, and the production of surfboards in Israel has also begun. In the 1980s, the surfing scene in Israel was already at its peak, and other surfing trends were added, including the surfing fashion 'Gazuz-Sun-Shine', and surfing music became popular and some of the accepted. In the 1990s, the surfing industry in Israel began to wane, due to the number of years of "swimmer" in the waves, and after the closure of clothing company "Gazuz-san-shane" due to withdrawal from "fashion surfers" in Israel and abroad.