Surfing History in China With Nik Zanella
The China History Podcast
Laszlo Montgomery
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 10 January 2023
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Surfing and China are two words I didn't think you could put together in the same sentence. It turns out not only is there a rather large surfing scene in China, there's also a history that dates back to the Song Dynasty. Italian Nik Zanella first came to China in 1993 and is now based in Surfer's Paradise of Western Hainan. He came out with a book several years ago called "Children of the Tide" (弄潮儿). Though the lion's share of China's surfing history is limited to the tidal bore of the Qiantang River, it's still a rather interesting and amusing story. Thanks to Mr. Nik Zanella for taking the time to appear on the CHP.
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| 0:45.3 | Hey everyone, L'Aslamant Gummary here with another CHP special episode. Thanks to the |
| 0:52.0 | Miracles and Wonders of Social Media, I hit the pleasure to meet Signori Nick Zinella, |
| 0:57.5 | a long time resident of China and like your humble narrator, quite passionate about the |
| 1:03.0 | history there. And I've invited him on to the CHP to talk about the history of surfing |
| 1:09.1 | in China as well as to introduce elements of surfing culture from China's distant past. |
| 1:16.6 | All the way from China's vacation paradise, the island of Hainan. Welcome to the CHP, |
| 1:22.5 | Nick Zinella. Thank you, L'Aslam. So happy to be part of this CHP after following |
| 1:28.8 | you and your fantastic episodes for many, many years. You know, my wife is a tea master. |
| 1:35.7 | I enjoyed your tea series, your philosophy series and it's such a honor for me to be part |
| 1:41.1 | of this. Well, it's a great pleasure to have you with us today. I'm glad we finally |
| 1:46.1 | got a chance to do this. Let's just get right into it. Tell me about your journey from |
| 1:51.9 | the famous Renaissance city of Ferrarra in Italy to studying Chinese at the University |
| 1:59.4 | of Venice and how in 1993 you made your way to China. Well, Ferrarra is a beautiful town |
| 2:09.1 | and it was, I mean, people from Ferrarra called it like the New York of the Renaissance. |
| 2:15.7 | But when I got to know her in the 80s, it was possibly the most boring place on the planet. |
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