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Surf life savingDue to concerns about public morality, from 1838 to 1902 it was illegal to swim at Australian beaches during the day. Once the law was relaxed, surf life saving clubs were established in Sydney out of concern for a population that wanted to swim, but didn't know how. The first living saving clubs were established in 1907 at Sydney's Manly, Bronte and Bondi beaches. Such was the competitive nature of the Australians, surf carnivals soon attracted volunteers who wanted to test their life saving skills against others. In 1964, the Ironman was invented to combine the four main disciplines of surf lifesaving, swimming, board paddling, ski paddling and running, into a single race. As Ironman requires both strength and endurance, participants develop more muscular bodies than other endurance sports such as triathlon. The desire for a muscular body combined with the sports social aspect helps explain its growing popularity around the world. Surf lifesaving has now expanded to the US, NZ, South Africa. Minor competitions are held Spain, the UK and Canada. As yet, meaningful international competition does not exist as few countries are able to compete with the Australian athletes, which in turn decreases the global appeal. Long-term prospects are also probably limited to countries with warm climates, beaches, and surf. Aside from the individual races, surf life saving includes the surf boat which incorporates a team aspect. The surfboat is an oar-driven boat designed to penetrate through heavy surf. They have four oars manned by four different people. A fifth person controls a rudder and decides on a time to attack the surf, and catch the surf on the way back in. The sport requires endurance, strength, strategy, as well as team synergy.
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