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    8 Riding the waves

    1 Have you ever done any water sports, like surfing or water 2 Read the article. Why do people go
    skiing? If so, what was it like? If not, what kind of water typhoon surfing in Taiwan? Find at
    sport would you most like to try? Why? least three reasons.

    the surfers into trouble with the

    Typhoon surfers: authorities. But despite the extreme


    weather conditions, these dedicated
    surfers say conditions are safe enough
    risking life and limb if you know what you’re doing.
    5 So what is it that
    makes people
    pursue this sport
    with such passion?
    ‘The thing they
    don’t understand is
    that we are living
    on an island, so Ross Clarke-Jones,
    of course people big-wave surfer
    will go in the ocean,’ Hsia said. This
    may be true, but some of the most

    E
    1 very year between June and hotel for surfers. The best waves –
    experienced typhoon surfers will
    October, four or five typhoons hit from a surfer’s point of view – occur
    travel far and wide in order to find
    the coast of Taiwan with strong winds just before or after a storm hits.
    giant waves. Over 15 years ago,
    extra reading:

    and heavy rain. Around Taiwan, 3 The sport, which was once dominated Australian surfer, Ross Clarke-Jones,
    Photocopiable

    typhoons usually kill between 10 and by Westerners living in Taiwan, has set himself the challenge of riding
    20 people annually, with as few as taken off locally in the last few years. all the biggest waves on the planet.
    three deaths in 2006 and as many as Some Taiwanese teenagers surf to That ambition has taken him all over
    643 in 2009. But for a growing group rebel against the older generation the world in search of typhoons.
    of surfers, the typhoons generate the who disapprove of the sport. Others At 45, Clarke-Jones shows no signs
    perfect conditions for their sport – do it to challenge themselves and to of slowing down, despite suffering
    typhoon surfing. beat records. About 200 people go several near-drownings and a number
    2 Typhoons can generate big waves, surfing during each typhoon. of broken bones. But the risks appear
    known as swells, of three to four 4 The Taiwanese authorities are keen to be worth it in order to be part of
    metres along the coast of Taiwan, to discourage the growing interest in the surfing community. ‘The best
    but waves of up to 32.5 metres were this extreme sport and have declared thing out of nearly 30 years of surfing
    recorded during Typhoon Kosa in typhoon surfing illegal. Dramatic is the great people I’ve met and the
    2007. ‘Typhoon swells are probably films of the surfers shown by local places I’ve been to along the way. It’s
    the best surfable waves in Taiwan,’ television networks emphasise the just incredible ... it’s priceless what
    said Chris Hsia, 30, who runs a small dangers of the sport and often get surfing has given me.’

    3 Read the article again. Match topics a–g to paragraphs 1–5.


    a one typhoon surfer’s ambition e action taken by those against the sport
    b the dangers of typhoons f the number of typhoon surfers in Taiwan
    c the best moment to surf during a typhoon g the surfers’ point of view about the risks involved
    d what the sport has offered one surfer

    4 What other dangerous sports do people do around the world?


    Would you like to try any of them? Why?/Why not?
    declared typhoon surfing illegal) f3 (about 200) g4 (it’s safe enough if you know what you’re doing)
    kill between 10 and 20 people annually) c2 (just before or after a storm hits) d5 (great people and places) e4 (the authorities have
    to beat records; because they live on an island; because they enjoy it   3   a5 (to ride the biggest waves on the planet) b1 (typhoons
    2   Because typhoons produce the best surfable waves in the country; to rebel against the older generation; to challenge themselves;

    224 face2face Second edition Intermediate Photocopiable © Cambridge University Press 2013 Instructions p215

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