国产热热热精品,亚洲视频久久】日韩,三级婷婷在线久久,99人妻精品视频,精品九热人人肉肉在线,AV东京热一区二区,91po在线视频观看,久久激情宗合,青青草黄色手机视频

Global EditionASIA 中文雙語(yǔ)Fran?ais
Sports
Home / Sports / The 15th National Games

Surf's up, dude!

At Nan'ao Island's Qing'ao Bay, winter waves, rising young athletes and an international cast of coaches converge as the spotlight shines on the fast-growing sport, Xing Wen discovers in Shantou, Guangdong.

By Xing Wen | China Daily | Updated: 2025-11-20 09:12
Share
Share - WeChat
Huang Yonghai (center), a surfing enthusiast based in Hainan province, raises his children to be professional surfers. The son competed in the 15th National Games. CHINA DAILY

"For instance, Yun'ao Bay is a summer spot with relatively gentle waves, perfect for beginners. Qing'ao Bay, on the other hand, offers powerful winter waves ideal for competitions and advanced surfers," he explains.

Once a mechanical engineering graduate student at Shantou University, Luo discovered surfing during his university years and was quickly captivated.

"It embodies free spirit, and I don't have to be constrained by lots of equipment," he says.

"As an introvert, having just a board and heading into the sea allows me to be alone and brings me pure joy," adds the 28-year-old.

Lin Jianfeng, 35, who has been co-running a surf club near Yun'ao Bay with Luo since 2022, shares similar sentiments.

"Surfing has lowered my material desires and made it easier for me to feel happy," Lin reflects.

His interest in surfing was first sparked while swimming at Nansha Bay in Shantou, where he noticed good waves.

He ordered a surfboard online and contacted a surf club in Shenzhen, before embarking on a completely self-taught journey.

"In the beginning, even catching just one or two waves could make my whole day," Lin recalls.

To connect with fellow enthusiasts for shared growth and companionship, Lin founded an online local surf community in Shantou, which has seen steady growth in recent years.

This initiative later led him to meet Luo, and the two became close friends and business partners.

Lin observes that currently, most people learning to surf at the club are tourists who try surfing as an incidental activity during their visit to Nan'ao, unlike dedicated surf travel seen in destinations like Hainan and Huizhou in Guangdong.

Lin notes that selecting Nan'ao as the Games venue helps raise its profile as a surf destination.

"The event has also enhanced local understanding of the sport, gradually changing the stereotype that surfing is dangerous. As a result, we rarely face objections when surfing here," he adds.

Now, as the only island county in Guangdong, Nan'ao has hosted various water sports events over the past three years and has also attracted national teams for sports such as stand-up paddleboarding and motorboating, besides surfing, which have held local training sessions.

Leveraging these events to raise its profile, the county has been boosting local tourism. In 2024, the county received over 10 million visitor entries, generating comprehensive tourism revenue exceeding 4 billion yuan ($563 million). In the first half of this year, the island had a total of 6.48 million visitor entries, with tourism revenue reaching approximately 2.72 billion yuan ($383 million), according to the county's bureau of culture, radio, television, tourism and sports.

|<< Previous 1 2 3 4   

Most Popular

Highlights

What's Hot
Top
BACK TO THE TOP
English
Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

Registration Number: 130349
FOLLOW US
大田县| 灌云县| 玉溪市| 宜川县| 临潭县| 阿坝县| 绵阳市| 景德镇市| 左云县| 迁西县| 温宿县| 马山县| 郎溪县| 辛集市| 壶关县| 汉中市| 平乐县| 樟树市| 文成县| 文安县| 武定县| 玉环县| 丁青县| 湖州市| 禄丰县| 宁都县| 区。| 肇庆市| 抚顺县| 上林县| 西丰县| 晴隆县| 大同县| 垦利县| 黄陵县| 扬中市| 名山县| 柏乡县| 新昌县| 安乡县| 两当县|