Beth,
I am doing a project for a high school physiology class. We chose from a list of factors and will tell how each factor effects the pulmonary, cardiovascular, nueromuscular, and endocrine systems. I chose the factor of being underwater. To make my project more interesting, I wanted to relate it to the underwater training that surfers do for big wave training.
Finding this information has proven to be difficult. Do you know of any books, articles, websites, etc. that I could use in my research?
Thanks,
Jennie
ANSWER:
[Beth]Hey, Jennie,
There is some brief information on big wave surfer Garrett McNamara’s web site. Check out the this page, where Garrett states, “The training is a combination of running the beach at Waimea, Biking up Pupukea hill, weight training, swimming and breathing excersices such as the underwater rock-carry, and cave diving.”
I think your question might be better answered by our editor, since he has done some personal research on the subject. Jennie, if our editor doesn’t get to all of your physiology questions, give me a shout.
Thanks,
Beth
[Editor]Jennie,
We have checked several resources, including writers for other established surfing publications, and we have not found any books that focus on big wave training- nor on the physiological aspects of this activity.
There are articles about big wave surfing in some past issues of Surfing Magazine and Surfer Magazine, but I haven’t seen any that go into detail about the related physiological effects. However, there is a book that I recommend, which goes into depth about the body
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