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Surfing: It's Not Just for Boys Anymore
If you asked high school girls to name their favorite sports, most would probably say basketball or volleyball.
I happen to be one of the few girls who would
1 : surfing. But isn't that a boy thing? Some people
2 . Most
certainly not.
I started surfing about five years ago and
3 in love with the sport on the very first day. Riding that first
4 was the best feeling I had ever experienced.
When I try to
5 surfing with other things, I find it very difficult because, in my
6 , there's nothing like it.
It involves body,
7 , and soul. There's sand between my toes and cool, salt water all
8 us. The feeling I get
when I'm surfing across that
9 , becoming one with the
10 , is like I'm weightless.
The one thing I can
11 from surfing and not any other sport is endless challenge. You can never be the "best
surfer" because the ocean
12 an uncountable variety of waves that nobody can ever master. The variations of
surfing styles are wonderful. Some surfers are free and flowing; others are very aggressive (活跃有力的) and
13 . All of these things attract me to surfing and make it
14 from any other sport.
I've
15 to tell every girl I know to do something that people don't think girls can do. It's part of being human
to advance to new
16 , so shouldn't it be expected that girls should step up and start
17 the limits of things boys
and men used to dominate (主宰)?
There're women
18 side by side with the President of our country, so why not side by side with the boys
19 the football team or out in the water surfing? Give girls a chance to
20 , and they will.
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