Surfworld
The Surf World Museum brings the stories of surfers and the sport of surfing to life with it's range of exhibitions and interactive displays. It is the world's largest surf museum and covers the past, present and future of surfing.
Located in Surf City Plaza Torquay, Surf World is surrounded by world famous surf clothing and equipment brands such as Rip Curl and Quiksilver and is also only minutes from the legendary Bells Beach, the site of the world's longest running professional surfing competition, the Rip Curl Pro.
The major exhibition on display to Easter 2009 is "Riding Liquid Mountains". It relates the stories of early pioneers of big wave surfing through to the modern day surfers seeking the ultimate big wave experience with the help of modern technology.
The Boardroom features a boardwalk that traverses the length of a breaking wave tracing the history of surfboards in Australia from early solid redwood boards shaped by Duke Kahanamoku through to experimental future boards by Greg Webber and beyond.
Surf world s theatre shows historic surfing footage non stop, and features images from film classics like Greg Noll s legendary Search for Surf movies to the exploits of the latest batch of big wave hunters.
While sitting in the 80 seat surround sound theatre, you will be encircled by a range of epic surfboards and surf movie posters.
The Australian Surfing Hall Of Fame details the achievements and celebrates the lives of many famous Australian surfers, by having a board typical of the type they rode with a biography of each surfer featured on the board.
There are also interactive videos so you can check out highlights of some of the famous surfer s careers. There is also an interactive video on how surfboards are made and a live shaping bay so you can watch a shaper in action.
The Beach Culture Area deals with the many and varied elements that go into making up Surf Culture art, music, clothing and insights into the surfing life, featuring a walk through Kombi Van featuring all sorts of bits and pieces from a life spent chasing the waves.
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