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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (1997)	8/23/2000 11:01:12 AM
From: Richard Belanger	Read Replies (1) of 12247

More Kiwiana: The Tao of Bodysurfing? From San Diego Union-Tribune article on World Bodysurfing Championships. I especially like the part about how this physicist-engineer doing coronary heart disease research needed bodysurfing to cope with her inadequacies. Rich uniontrib.com Many of the sport's innovators and veterans were on hand, including Virginia Cartwright of New Zealand, who was competing in her 21st world championship. Cartwright, 42, a physicist who does research on coronary artery disease, is a three-time grand champion. She's won her age division nine times. Immersing herself in the large, chilly waves of New Zealand became a form of therapy while she was enrolled in a rigorous aerospace engineering degree program. "Bodysurfing helped me overcome that feeling of inadequacy," she said. In the 1980s, she developed a breakthrough bodysurfing style in which she extended her arms, forming a wedge with her outstretched hands. The posture elevates the torso in the water, reducing drag. Many bodysurfers have since copied her innovation, which helped her in 1983 to win the grand championship, a title that at the time required her to beat both the top men and women challengers. "This sport requires a lot of luck," she said, "and that day was my luckiest."

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