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Bellyboarding is a surface water sport in which the surfer rides a bodyboard on the crest, face, and curl of a wave which is carrying the surfer towards the shore. == History == Bellyboarding is the oldest form of surfing from ancient Hawaii & the Polynesian islands.〔http://www.bellyboarding.co.uk/〕 The board design was based on the ancient Hawaiin Paipo boards (Paipo meaning short or small board). In Hawaii people learnt the art of riding prone on these short wooden boards before they attempted to stand up on the longer "alaia" boards.〔http://www.originalsurfboards.co.uk/history.php〕 The boards were made of Gaboon wood or of Paulownia wood.〔 It appeared in the United Kingdom in the very early 1900s, especially in Cornwall and Devon on the English Channel. It was introduced by rich British people who travelled to Hawai and learned surf. And by soldiers of WWI having chatted to Commonwealth surfers in the trenches.〔〔 Bellyboarding bloomed again after WWII as British soldiers returned home and in the 1950s and 60s.〔 It decreased with the development of bodyboard on polystyrene boards and of actual surfing.〔〔 The World Bellyboard Championships, held each year at Chapel Porth in Cornwall, try to revive this sport. The first session took place in 2002 with 20 competitors. Some years later, there were more than 150 competitors also from Australia, USA and the British Virgin Islands.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bellyboarding」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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