... their plank, & dive under till the Surf is broke, when the piece of plank is sent many yards by the force of the Surf from the beach. The greatest number are generally overtaken by the break of the swell, the force of which they avoid, diving and swimming under the water out of its ... surfing will remain a large part of Australian recreation but is will not be as strong in percentage of participants as previous years, fashions come and go, and the beach scene now has other recreational factors such as body-boarding, wind surfing and kite surfing (and that's only possible if you travel t...

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... and white women outraged and infuriated the people, particularly the people of Watsonville. Most of this fury was targeted on a taxi dance hall just a few miles from Watsonville in Palm Beach. The rumor was that there were young white women being courted in this particular dance hall. Outraged by the reports that Filipino men were dancing with white girls for 10 ... , 1930 almost immediately anti-Filipino resentment displayed in demonstrations which erupted in the Watsonville area. The protest focused on the dance hall, 500 vigilante whites formed to protest the Palm Beach dance hall. In...

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