Essays Tagged: "surfboards"

Surfing

rence is, instead of stiffening the body,the surfer must stand on a surfboard.In the middle 1950's, surfboards were made of heavy wood. Theywere handmade and required alot of sanding and filing to mak ... y wood. Theywere handmade and required alot of sanding and filing to make the boardssmooth. Today's surfboards are manufactured in a factory using light balsawood or fiberglass and polyurethane. An ad ...

(1 pages) 81 2 4.8 Feb/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

This business essay is a report on Rip Curl a surfing company started in Australia and is very large and sponsors competition and the essay is 484 words long.

Warbrick and Brian singer first started Rip Curl during the 60's.The company originally was making surfboards and did quite well in the highly competitive market of the time, but in the 70's, they ma ... board "Rip Curl".Rip Curl through their times have had to make some choices in what they do. After surfboards and wetsuits they thought they should try venturing into other products. They brought out ...

(2 pages) 28 0 3.0 Aug/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Consumer Behaviour - Product Line Extension (Billabong)

urfers, for surfers. In 1973, Billabong offered little more than a small range of surf wear: mainly surfboards and board shorts. But today, Billabong is a brand that encompasses the Australian surf cu ...

(17 pages) 398 1 5.0 Apr/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing

Pacific Sunwear

only swim wear but skateboarding and just recently snowboaring. The company also sells skateboards, surfboards, and footwear. The Company now operates three nationwide mostly mall-based stores. The na ...

(1 pages) 10 0 0.0 Aug/2001

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Summary of "Dogtown and Z-Boys: The Birth of Extreme"

ginal members of the Zephyr team, an insight is giving into the world of living in Dogtown. Jeff Ho Surfboards was a small private shop which emphasized the new radical and extreme attitude towards su ... private shop which emphasized the new radical and extreme attitude towards surfing. He was designed surfboards and tested them, continually creating masterpieces and with the assistance of Craig Stecy ...

(2 pages) 21 0 3.0 Jun/2007

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Ins and outs of surfing

ds. As technology developed the boards became shorter, lighter and became better designed. The next surfboards to follow were made in the 1950's, this time the boards where made of balsa wood and then ...

(4 pages) 1649 0 5.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Science Essays > Physics

Surfing has been around for ma

ds. As technology developed the boards became shorter, lighter and became better designed. The next surfboards to follow were made in the 1950¡¦s, this time the boards where made of balsa ...

(4 pages) 1351 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Science Essays > Physics