As I began this course in Seminar in Arts, I would have never guessed I would be so in depth about what actually does happen in the surfing scene. In my whole life, I always thought that surfing was just a hobby and a sport that people had liked to do. I never would have thought that it had so much more going on behind the scenes and that it held such a strong significance to people. Who would have thought surfing and being on the beach would be a huge part of history. I have learned so much in these quick ten weeks of this quarter.
For the final project, I did a collaboration with one of the classmates, Marisol. We had the idea of making a paper mache surf wave to emphasize the meaning that it holds out in the deep blue ocean of the unknown. We made more than one paper mache wave in different sizes to represent that each wave is always something different. We painted the waves with a dark blue color coat. Then we painted on top with a greenish sea color, light blue, and white to make the swirls on the waves. I felt like as we move on to generation to another, we sometimes tend to be not as appreciative as we should be about the nature surrounding us. We tend to forget about the beauty and peace the ocean holds. The waves held historical events and played a huge important part in shaping surfing as it is today.
Culturally, the waves held the peace and calmness the Hawaiians had first. The Hawaiians showed people of the traditional life. Racism actually occurred among the oceans because the haoles tried to overpower the Hawaiians of their land, presence, and culture. The white population tried to ban Hawaiians out of their own property and traditions. Within those waters, a division started. Swaying back and forth, the struggle of obtaining property began. Eventually, surfing became a product for competitors across the earth. However, Hawaiians did not care much about the production because the waves were their peaceful area and a beautiful place for them to fully appreciate what nature has to offer.
Overall, surfing was more than the transition of music, the rivals, and the production that surfing had created. It was the connection a person had with the ocean. It was just you and the ocean out in the open beauty that is naturally offered to our world. The spiritual connection that you can feel, no one else can feel. It is really amazing to see how much surfing the waves can have so much of an affect. One thing that came to my mind was about the discussion from week nine. The class discussed about the artificial waves. The artificial wave pool idea had really struck me because it was just so strange to think of having in the first place. Imagine just surfing the same repetitive wave constructed by the machines over and over again. I remember in the past articles that I read in class that the majority of the surfers loved surfing in the waves out in the ocean because they loved the rush of adrenaline and excitement of a wave. They never surfed the same wave. It was unexpected and they loved it for that reason.
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