Surfing is a unique sport that is widely practiced in FLorianópolis-SC. The name comes from the English surfing.

It is an adventure sport in nature, using the surface of the sea with characteristics such as sliding on the waves with a board. 

It's an extreme and individual sport, where the challenge is to stay upright on a board for as long as possible, performing radical manoeuvres of varying levels of difficulty.

This requires a lot of skills from the surfer, such as balance, speed, physical fitness, swimming ability, calmness and concentration.

Surf equipment

Board
Leash
Paraffin

History of Surfing

There is no record of when surfing originated.

However, according to some historians, the sport originated in the Polynesian Islands because, when returning from fishing, the natives would glide their boats through the waves in order to return more quickly.

In turn, theories also defend Peru and West Africa as the cradle of surfing, but everything could have happened simultaneously, who knows?.

Later, the kings of the Hawaiian islands began to use planks of wood taken from local trees as boards.

The truth is that it was in Hawaii that surfing really became a culture and a lifestyle.

In 1778, the English navigator James Cook arrived in the Hawaiian archipelago and took the idea of the sport to Europe.

In the 1950s, surfing gained great popularity in the United States, especially in California, becoming part of the local culture.

From the 70s and 80s onwards, professional championships began. A similar movement was taking place on the island.

To prove it, the Catarinense Surfing Association (ACS) was founded in 1980 with the Catarinense Circuit, totaling four stages.

In 1987, it was recognized as FECASURF (Santa Catarina Surfing Federation). 

Various surfing championships

Since the 1970s, the city has emerged as the best surfing destination in southern Brazil.

Surfing International WQS, World Surf League Latin America and WCT (World Championship Tour).

Not to mention the state and national championships.

Recommended beaches for surfing in Floripa

North of the island: Praia Brava, English, Santinho and Mozambique.

East of the island: Barra da Lagoa, Mole, Joaquina.

South of the island: Campeche, Riozinho, Matadeiro and Morro das Pedras