Surfer

Female surfers ride the wave to China's Hainan island

女性冲浪者在中国的海南岛乘风破浪

Bella Liu is a surf instructor in Houhai Bay, on the island's southern coast. Surfing has changed her "inside and out", she says. She is not alone in seeking out its benefits. Most of her clients are women, many of whom are prepared to go against the tide — by plunging into it.

贝拉·刘是海南南部海岸后海湾的一名冲浪教练。她说，冲浪改变了她的“内在和外在”。像她这样在冲浪中获益匪浅的人不在少数：贝拉·刘的大部分学员都是女性，她们中的许多人都不顾传统，投身于冲浪运动之中。

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Hainan's palm-lined beaches and balmy winters have long been a draw for domestic tourists. But even a decade ago it had few surfing enthusiasts. When an American expatriate organised a surfing contest there in 2008, just two of the 30-odd participants were Chinese. Today Riyue Bay, north of Houhai, is home to the national surfing team's academy, set up after the International Olympic Committee accepted surfing as an Olympic sport in 2016.*** The local government is now eager to turn Hainan into a global surf destination.

在海南岛上，棕榈树成排的海滩和温暖惬意的冬天一直吸引着国内的游客。但就在十年前，这里还鲜有冲浪爱好者的身影。2008 年，一位美国侨民在当地组织了一场冲浪比赛，参赛的三十多人中仅有两个是中国人。然而今天，后海湾以北的日月湾已经成为了国家冲浪学院的所在地。这个学院建立的契机是，2016 年，经国际奥委会批准，冲浪成为了奥运会项目。如今，当地政府正迫切地想要将海南变成一个全球冲浪目的地。

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Now official approval is prompting more people to try the sport. So is the pandemic. It has forced many Chinese who would normally have holidayed overseas to stay put. Between January and May, Hainan received 11% more visitors than in the same period in 2019. Surfing also gained a lift last year when “Summer Surf Shop”, a variety show filmed in Riyue Bay, began airing on iQiyi, a Netflix-like site.

现在，官方的认可使得更多人去尝试这项运动。同样，新冠疫情也对此推波助澜——许多通常会在海外度假的中国人被迫在国内旅游。1 月到 5 月期间，海南接待的游客比 2019 年同期增长了 11%。去年，在日月湾拍摄的综艺节目《夏日冲浪店》开始在爱奇艺（类似 Netflix 的网站）上播出，冲浪运动受到的关注也因此有所上升。

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Dedicated surfers are swelling in number, too. Darci Liu, China's first professional female surfer, runs retreats for women who want to enjoy the sport. "Surfing showed me a bigger world," she says. In March she launched Hainan's first surfing tournament for women. Expect ever more of them to catch the wave.

热衷冲浪的人们也在变多。中国第一位专业女性冲浪者刘丹为喜欢这项运动的女性举办了静修会。她说：“冲浪为我展示了一个更大的世界。” 3 月，刘丹发起了海南第一届女子联盟冲浪赛。期待她们之中有更多的人能够破浪前行。

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主编：桃子、Seika

品控：桃子

审核：夏天

重点词汇

surfer

/ˈsɝː.fɚ/

n. 冲浪者

Surfer

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