At this time of year in Australia, it being August and all, it can be said that it is more than a challenge to contemplate on entering the water, let alone sit on a surf board and wait to catch the perfect wave crest, that would carry you into a tube and have you being being chased by ‘roaring thunder’, as you make your way closer to the shores and landing on your feet, walking on the sandy beach rerunning the wave you rode and saying to yourself:”What a Beaut…How awesome!” Now how many of you can relate to that? Well, I would say more that a few people, men and women alike would be able to relate to that sensation.

Never the less, many would agree that Surfing has come a long way. In fact they have courses at University for those that want to study ‘Surfing  coupled with Marine -biology’. WHERE? To be honest, everywhere! I know for a fact ‘Surfing Courses’ exist in Plymouth UK, In Hawaii  and California in the United States and of course in Queen’s land and New south Wales in Australia. Ok, that is not every where. There is a Diploma of Sport Management and surfing studies, as well as a Bachelor of Sports and Exercise Science at the Sothern Cross University in Australia. It consists of a 1 year course of full time study and then 2 years of part time study.

The end of the course students would be able to work in the Surf Indistry of manufacturing, the management of marketing surfing equiptment and also being involved in the Surfing Tourism of Events organisation of Surfing Events world wide. In the UK they have the Surf Science and Technology BSc. It is a study of Surf culture, history, marketing, fitness, and environmental studies all contribute to a diploma that the college hopes will prepare graduates for careers in the surf industry, or in environmentally-conscious non-profit companies. The  links below would help anyone who is interested in making their hobby a full time occupation.