User:Dan Webber
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[edit] Background in surfing
- Started surfing aged 12 at Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia (1977).
- Repaired surfboards during my teens.
- School holidays at Angourie Point.
- Introduced surfing as a school sport at Cranbrook School, Sydney (1981).
- First trip to Lord Howe Island in 1983.
- First trip to G-Land in 1983.
- Made low budget surf films of Bali and G-Land.
- Established Insight clothing label (1984).
- Opened a surf shop at Bondi Beach (1985) with David Gyngell.
- Developed extraordinary curved surfboard fin designs (1986-87).
- Lived and surfed on Norfolk Island (1987).
- Developed wave pool models (1993).
- Designed first website for grajagan.com (1998).
- Independent research of surf tourism (2001).
- Worked for Coastal Watch as surf forecaster (2004).
- Established Surferpedia (2007).
[edit] Essays
- Biomimicry
- Surfing stereotypes
- Surfing the ever present moment
- Surfboard design theory.
- Cylindrical lattice modelling tool.
- Short story about surfing on Norfolk Island.
[edit] Multimedia
- Interactive tidal graphs.
- Interactive 360 degree panoramas of G-Land surf camp.
- 3D CAD Model of Speedies, G-Land, East Java, Indonesia, using SketchUp
[edit] Education
- BA in English at Aalborg University, Denmark.
- Currently writing my MA thesis on the Phenomenology of signification.