Reading Activity: Red Surfer Riding, Sue Gibbison

Red Surfer Riding, Sue Gibbison

Answer the following questions in red:

Why are the surfers getting ready to go at 7.30? The are getting ready for the high-tide and have been in the water since daybreak.

What is something significant that is happening at that time and ideal for surfers? The competition will be beginning soon and they were making the most of the waves that were coming.

What is a ‘grommets’ heat? A young surfer under the age of 16 competing in a heat.

What is Jessie the champion of? Jessie is the reigning women’s open champion.

What is a ‘convoy’? A group that travels together as one.

Do you think it would take much organisation to organise a surfing competition? Yes Why/why not? I think this because of you’ll have to get all the equipment and get all the surfers together for it to be able to be a competition.

What are some of the things people would need to consider before selecting a beach for a surf competition? That it has no-one else in the water except for competitors, its going to have some waves, it has enough space for people to gather and compete.

Why are there various heats in a surfing competition? They have this so they can figure out who is the best and who is going to move on to the next round.

How does Daniel do in the first round of the competition? He does very well. Use evidence from the text to support your answer. “A perfect roundhouse slice there,” says the commentator, “with nice tight turns.”

Explain how a surf competition works? In each heat, four competitors have twenty minutes to score as many points as they can. Each wave that they surf is rated by the judges out of ten- each surfers two best rides count as their final score. The two competitors that scored the highest proceed to the next round. All surfers a ranked. The person who was top ranked gets to wear a red shirt, as the others have to wear yellow, white, or blue. This helps the judges and the spectators to follow who’s who from the beach.

How was Jessie feeling about getting into the finals? She made it into the quarter-finals, the semi-finals and she felt really good and proud of her self. She was gutted that she got knocked out of the competition. But overall she was hoping to get some very good waves.

Make a list of all of the feelings that Jessie and her brother would have been feeling.

Justify and give examples from the text to support that they would be feeling this way.

Nervous: “You’ll be surfing later this afternoon,” they tell Jessica Santorik

Gutted: She’s been knocked out of the competition. “I’m gutted,” she says, the shrugs.

Supportive: “Go, jess!” yells Leon.

Proud: He paddles hard and catches a long-left hander, twisting, turning and cutting back to ride the whole length of the wave.

Wednesday:

What do you think it would take to become a world class pro surfer? You would need to know how to surf waves and also practise a lot. Drink plenty of water and eat healthy food. Why do you think this? So you can get fit and still be in good shape.

How many hours per day do you think a surfer would need to train? I think that you’ll need to train 8-9 hours a day.

To be a surfer would do you think a person would need to be good at? They’ll need to be good at balancing and know some really good tricks.

We could agree that surfing is a type of sport, is this included in the Commonwealth games? No, but they do have some sports that are water related.

Do they have other sports similar to surfing in the Commonwealth games, if so what types of sports are included that are similar? They have sports that are water related but I don’t think that there is a sport in the Commonwealth Games that is very similar to surfing.

What are the dangers of being a surfer?

1. There could be really unfriendly sea-creatures in the water

2. There is a very big risk of drowning some people who don’t know how to swim this could affect them

3. Waves are sometimes really dangerous and are mostly very powerful when you get hit by them

Sometimes when you’re an athlete and things don’t go as planned it’s easy to give up and become negative. How do you think athletes stay positive to keep doing what a they love and not give up after a bad day? I think that they get encouraged by other people such as family, locals and their coaches. They might also just snap out of it and realize that this is what they’ve been dreaming off and they want to accomplish it. They really want to achieve their goal.

Do you think surfers would need to eat a specific diet? Yes Why/why not? They might end up eating too much of something and maybe even too little of something. They need the right amount of food everyday for them to be in good shape and to be fit.

Create a week timetable/plan for the life of a surfer.

Your plan needs to include the following.

The times that they practise surfing.

Their meal plans and dietary requirements.

You need to justify and think about the tides and why it would be suitable to be surfing at that time e.g. the tide is in so the waves are larger and suitable for surfing at 11.am.

HEALTHY FOOD CHOICES: Sandwiches, Casseroles, Rolls, Salads

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
7:00 - 7:30= Wake up & Breakfast	7:00 - 7:30= Wake up & Breakfast	7:00 - 7:30= Wake up & Breakfast	7:00 - 7:30= Wake up & Breakfast	7:00 - 7:30= Wake up & Breakfast	7:00 - 7:30= Wake up & Breakfast	8:30 - 9:30= Wake up, have breakfast and relax or a little while
7:30 - 8:00= Get ready and be at the beach	7:30 - 8:00= Get ready and be at the beach	7:30 - 8:00= Get ready and be at the beach	7:30 - 8:00= Get ready and be at the beach	7:30 - 8:00= Get ready and be at the beach	7:30 - 8:00= Get ready and be at the beach	9:30 - 10:30= Visit Family members
8:00 - 12:00= Training	8:00 - 12:00= Training	8:00 - 12:00= Training	8:00 - 12:00= Training	8:00 - 12:00= Training	8:00 - 12:00= Training	10:30 - 11:30= Visit other people
12:00 - 12:30= Healthy Food	12:00 - 12:30= Healthy Food	12:00 - 12:30= Healthy Food	12:00 - 12:30= Healthy Food	12:00 - 12:30= Healthy Food	12:00 - 12:30= Healthy Food	11:30- 12:00= Lunch Time, HEALTHY FOOD
12:30 - 4:00= Training	12:30 - 4:00= Training	12:30 - 4:00= Training	12:30 - 4:00= Training	12:30 - 4:00= Training	12:30 - 4:00= Training	12:00 - 3:00= Training

4:00 - 4:30= Eating Healthy Food	4:00 - 4:30= Eating Healthy Food	4:00 - 4:30= Eating Healthy Food	4:00 - 4:30= Eating Healthy Food	4:00 - 4:30= Eating Healthy Food	4:00 - 4:30= Eating Healthy Food	3:00 - 3:30= Healthy Food
4:30 - 6:00= Training	4:30 - 6:00= Training	4:30 - 6:00= Training	4:30 - 6:00= Training	4:30 - 6:00= Training	4:30 - 6:00= Training	3:30 - 5:30= Go home and Tidy up[
6:00 - 6:30= Home and relax	6:00 - 6:30= Home and relax	6:00 - 6:30= Home and relax	6:00 - 6:30= Home and relax	6:00 - 6:30= Home and relax	6:00 - 6:30= Home and relax	5:30 - 7:30= Relax and watch T.v

8:00= Sleep time

8:00= Sleep time

8:00= Sleep time

8:00= Sleep time

8:00= Sleep time

8:00= Sleep time

7:30 - 9:00= Eat some healthy food and Sleep time