Definition Essay
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When you think of surfing what comes to mind? Is it “yo dude,” or the beauty of a majestic wave breaking on the shore with the sun setting on the horizon? Surfers today receive very little respect for the sport, sometimes referred to as an art, that they participate in. Despite what most peopl ....
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.... until the 1950’s that the surfing craze developed, and that’s when the “spicoli” trait first came about. The “spicoli” trait is the perfect example of stereotyping a surfer, the trait is classically defined as one who is ignorant and is involved with the usage of drugs, or most often referred to as the “beach bum”.
When people look at surfers all that comes to mind is ignorance, drugs, parties, so forth and so on, but little do they know that surfers are always amongst them ....
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