Constructions of surfing space at Durban, South Africa

Surfers at Durban, South Africa, reveal a tendency to cluster in a number of different spaces off the bathing beaches. While this activity appears to function in a social environment that is at the same time companionable, competitive or exclusive, the manner in which the usually robust interaction with the material environment contributes to the construction of surfing space is not visibly evident to the outsider. A survey reveals that surfers...