[HN Gopher] Story of USSR's First Surfer
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       Story of USSR's First Surfer
        
       Author : loandbehold
       Score  : 11 points
       Date   : 2024-06-26 02:52 UTC (5 days ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.theinertia.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.theinertia.com)
        
       | Cousin-ITT wrote:
       | When was their first Surf Music?
        
       | nxobject wrote:
       | It'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 wrote:
       | This 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 wrote:
       | I'd be very uncomfortable surfing wild spots. The dude is a
       | legend.
        
       | daemonologist wrote:
       | More information (including original "Youth Technology" article;
       | all Russian): 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.)
        
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