User:Maradja
My contributions
People
Places
Products
Services
Natural phenomena
- The spirit of surfing (challenged and subsequently deleted)
- Surf conditions
- Wave intensity classification
Social phenomena
- Broceanography
- Surfing intro
- Notable surfers
- Surf culture > Quotes
- Surf culture > Film and television
- Surf culture > Fashion
- Surf culture > Organisations
- Surf culture > Spin-offs
- Surf culture > Multimedia
- Surf culture > Print media
- Surf culture > Sculpture
- Surf culture > Graphic art
- Surf culture > Spirituality
Education
- MA in English at Aalborg University, Denmark.
Surfing related credentials
- Started surfing aged 12 at Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia (1977).
- Repaired surfboards during my teens.
- Introduced surfing as a school sport at Cranbrook School, Sydney (1981).
- Surf trip to Lord Howe Island in 1983.
- First trip to G-Land in 1983.
- Established Insight (Surfboards) clothing label (1984).
- Opened a surf shop at Bondi Beach (1985).
- Made low budget surf films of Bali and G-Land.
- Developed extraordinary curved surfboard fin designs (1986-87).
- Lived and surfed on Norfolk Island in 1987.
- Worked as surf forecaster for Coastal Watch.
- Writings:
- Short story about surfing on Norfolk Island.
- Surfboard design theory
- Designed a CAD modelling tool for surfboard design.
- Multimedia applications:
- Interactive tidal information.
- Interactive 360 degree panoramas of G-Land surf camp.
- 3D CAD Model of Speedies, G-Land, East Java, Indonesia, using SketchUp