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Story of USSR's First Surfer
- Cousin-ITT 2y agoWhen was their first Surf Music?
- nxobject 2y agoIt's one thing to homebrew something on your own after reading Elektor or Dr. Dobb's... it's another thing to homebrew up a sport on your own that involves floating on a homemade board in the sea. A true hacker!
- tcmart14 2y agoThis is what the internet should be about. I love it when I go online and find something interesting and on the surfacing seeming ridiculous like this and being able to use the internet to deep dive.
- proneb1rd 2y agoI’d be very uncomfortable surfing wild spots. The dude is a legend.
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- readthenotes1 2y agoIt's something of a contradiction, isn't it? They have to put armed guards along a border hundreds of miles long to keep people in, while inside they can take month long vacations and go surfing anywhere they want.
- daemonologist 2y agoMore information (including original "Youth Technology" article; all Russian): https://surfholidays.ru/blog/popov-pervyj-serfer-v-sssr https://surfholidays.ru/blog/popov-pervyj-serfer-v-sssr (This article seems to get republished a lot; I don't know whether this is the original source.)