Chapter 383: Laurie's Challenge [6200, Seek Complete]
2:00 p.m. on the same day.
A private beach in Nandel.
At the moment, a large number of students from Nandel universities are gathering.
They sat on the wooden floors of the building, looking forward to the distance.
Today, it's their annual surfing competition at the Nandel University.
As an aristocratic university, Nandel is very different from other institutions.
They pay attention to quality education, and the pursuit of cultural courses is far less important than these quality courses.
In their view, some basic cultures are just up to the mark, and excessive upward movement is a waste of their time, and they can solve these problems by hiring others.
And quality, that is the overall improvement of oneself.
This is what they value more.
The improvement of comprehensive ability is often much more important than the top-notch of a single item.
And as some children of the nobility, their future life direction is also completely different from that of ordinary people.
What kind of part-time job to make money, these are not in their consideration at all.
All they have to do is live this life according to their own hearts.
And surfing is in this 'mind'.
As the most fashionable and conquest sport in recent years, surfing is the yearning of many students in Nandel, and it is also the white moonlight in their hearts at this moment.
Not everyone has chosen surfing as a course, though.
But they still don't want to miss this annual competition.
Not to mention, every year in this kind of competition, there are some students who are valued by professionals and really embark on the path of professionalism.
This is also an enviable thing for them, and it is also an unobtainable talking point.
So at this moment, all the students who can come to Nandel have gathered on this beach.
Not far from them were some people from outside the school who had been invited to watch the game.
There are parents, relatives and friends, recruiters from well-known universities and scouts from professional clubs.
They came here for different purposes.
Some are to cheer up their children, children and nephews, and some are to select some good seedlings to be absorbed into their organizations in advance.
It can be said that this is already an old tradition in Nandel universities.
But among the invitees, there was a handful of Asians who seemed out of place around them.
They didn't seem to care much about the surfing competition, but the old god was sitting there, muttering in a low voice, or closing his eyes.
It seems that Gu Bo is not surprised, and there is no passion and enthusiasm at all.
This made the people of the surrounding Stars and Stripes feel a wave of curiosity, completely unaware of their purpose.
Have you all come here?
Shouldn't we get high?
Even if you're not high, at least you have your own students to support.
What kind of trouble is this calm appearance going to be now!
The friends of the Stars and Stripes are completely unaware of this.
After thinking about it for a while to no avail, they didn't bother to pay attention to these Asians anymore.
And these Asians who seem to be calm are naturally Ren Yan and the students of Class 9.
It's not that they're trying to be too calm, there's really nothing they can do.
As Laurie's invitees, they had met Laurie before and gave them symbolic encouragement.
Now it's true that it's not necessary to do it in the stands.
And, as the first person in contact with Laurie out of the sea, they were skeptical of Laurie's students' surfing skills.
After all, according to Laurie, among these people, there are only one or two who are better than him.
Just imagine, a player like Laurie who can rush into the sea with a full wave can be ranked in the top three in the school, so is this kind of competition really interesting?
Therefore, Class 9 really can't lift any spirit at the moment.
The reason why they came here was to give Laurie a face, and by the way, to see what Xu Kai had done.
Finally, it's time to take a break.
During this time, they were always trying to explore the whole city, and they were already a little exhausted.
Now that they have such a rare and justifiable rest, they don't want to waste it at all.
As for what others think, they don't bother to care at all.
Even the ninth class of Longguo netizens don't bother to care, can they still care about these foreigners?
It's just a joke~
However, compared with the determination of Class 9, the netizens in the live broadcast room are quite interested.
Since Nandel University agreed to Ren Yan and others to broadcast this event live, netizens have been in this state of excitement.
Surfing, a sport they had never heard of before, made them feel a strong sense of freshness again.
.....
Minutes and seconds passed.
When the pointer came to 2:30, Laurie and others, who were the participating tellers, finally put on their equipment and stood on top of their designated position.
There are a total of 51 contestants.
They all hold surfboards of equal height, wearing surf suits that can reflect the sun, looking tall and heroic, quite a bit of the world's outstanding young people.
However, among these players, there is one whose appearance is unusually abrupt.
Although he also stood up as tall as possible, raised his chest, and even had a feeling of staring at the world in his eyes.
But his appearance is still too bizarre.
Wearing a motorcycle-like helmet, a one-piece swimsuit, and two large metallic bracelets on either side of his arms, it looks weird.
Not to mention that there is a small mysterious bulge on the belly of this swimsuit.
If it weren't for the fact that the raised position was a little high, they would have almost thought that this kid had eaten something that he shouldn't have eaten.
"Laurie, what are you doing?"
After everyone's eyes were on Laurie, the teacher in charge of the whistle asked.
Laurie's face did not change color, and his heart did not beat calmly:
"Teacher, my outfit is a surf suit that my good friend tailor-made for me."
"Don't worry, it won't cause me any inconvenience!"
"Krell? That's okay..."The whistle teacher nodded when he heard this, and the rest of the students were also a little relieved.
If it was made by Krel, then it all makes sense.
As the school's well-known 'little inventors', they are well aware of Krel's aesthetic level.
It's no surprise that something like this can be made now.
After making sure that there was nothing wrong with Laurie, the whistle teacher began to introduce the rules:
"As always."
"This time the surf is limited to 30 minutes."
"It's over when you get there or when you get back on the beach again."
"The direction of the assessment is still two."
"Speed and skill."
"In terms of speed, I won't go into details."
"What you need to pay attention to is skill, from chasing waves, stepping on waves, and even breaking waves to have different scores."
"At the same time, the wave height you ride will also have different scores."
"If you want to dominate the crowd, your focus must be on skill."
"Okay, I won't say anything superfluous."
"When the first wave appears, it's time for your game to start!"
When the whistle teacher's words fell, Laurie and the others quietly waited for the first wave to appear.
After a while, a sea breeze blew, and the sea began to make waves.
At the same time, the whistle teacher rang the flare gun.
At the moment of the gunshot, all the contestants rushed towards the sea not far away.
At the moment of wading, they skillfully threw the surfboard in their arms to the surface of the sea, and then the whole person stepped on it.
They vary in their postures, either half-kneeling or half-foot wading through the water.
But without exception, all of them are doing their initial acceleration.
After reaching a certain level of speed, they slowly stood up and completed the first step of surfing.
Begin to make your way to the sea farther away.
......
With the advent of this scene.
In the stands, everyone was focused.
With a hint of anticipation and yearning in their eyes, they stared at the screen for broadcasting.
Because of the distance, the best viewing point is not above the ocean, but through the real-time transmission of the camera.
Of course, there are still some people who like to see the facts with the naked eye.
For example, Qingdong in class nine.
As a swimmer in class 9, Qingdong instinctively has a strong interest in surfing.
But because of Laurie's experience, Qingdong is very cautious about surfing.
But at this moment, he was a little confused.
Looking at Laurie's swaying body in the binoculars, a question mark immediately floated in his mind.
Then he looked at Ren Yan:
"Teacher Ren, why don't these people stand up as soon as they step on the surfboard, but instead half-kneel on the surfboard and stand up slowly?"
"It looks so stupid."
"It's stupid, but it works." Hearing this, Ren Yan smiled lightly: "As for your problem, there are actually two reasons. ”
"Number one, they need to slowly master the balance of the surfboard."
"Because the sea is different from land, it's undulating all the time, so to get a better balance, surfers have to get used to it."
"As for the second point, it's all about speed."
"It's very difficult for surfers to fully enter the ocean with the speed of the moment they throw their surfboard, they need more acceleration."
"So using human acceleration is the best choice at the moment."
"Actually, to put it bluntly, it's the same as the acceleration of a skateboard, but now it's acting in the ocean."
"That's right..."
Listening to Ren Yan's explanation, Qingdong nodded silently.
But he still had some doubts about it in his heart.
He felt that if it were him, he might be able to stand on the surfboard and complete the acceleration in the first place.
There is no need for such a tedious step.
Of course, these are completely his inner feelings now, and what will happen in reality, Qingdong is not very clear.
But just as he was about to think further.
Inside the telescope, Laurie had completed his initial acceleration and was quickly catching up with the first wave.
In the undulation of the waves, his surfboard began to rise, and his posture gradually rose.
In the reflection and backdrop of the sun and sea breeze, Laurie at this moment is indescribably free and easy.
Even if the waves are small now, the height and ups and downs reached by Laurie are not an exaggeration.
But that balanced posture still gave Qingdong a different feeling.
In the telescope, he seemed to feel the charm of nature again and felt the call of the ocean.
"Hey, look at that guy!"
"Next to Laurie!"
"He's even more exaggerated than Laurie!"
At this moment, a voice rose from Qingdong's ears.
Following the sound, Kyungdong deflected the telescope away from Laurie's location and searched around his perimeter.
Soon, Qingdong locked up a young man.
The man was about the same height as Laurie, and he also had bright blonde hair, and he didn't choose to wear a surfing helmet, and his blonde hair was fluttering in the wind, indescribably free.
The surf suit is bright white, which contrasts sharply with his slightly brownish and black complexion, and the overall look gives people the feeling of working with the ocean all year round.
If I had to describe this feeling, Qingdong felt that he was very much like a fisherman in some remote fishing village.
They have nearly the same skin color and body size.
But there's a difference, and that's the eyes.
Among the fishermen he had seen before, what Qingdong felt in their eyes was awe.
In the eyes of this young man, what he felt was a sense of arrogance, a look that did not put nature in his eyes at all.
This made Qingdong frown slightly, and he always felt that the other party's attitude had unspeakable hidden dangers.
But on the contrary, the skills shown by this young man at this moment are breathtaking.
I saw that after he took advantage of the slight waves to complete the most basic improvement, his body began to sway deliberately on the surfboard.
As he swayed, the waves under the surfboard were climbing at a speed visible to the naked eye.
I don't know if it was the operation of the young man or luck, but soon the wave under his feet became the highest and most surging of all the waves.
However, at this time, he still did not seem to be satisfied, and at the moment of the strong wave, he used a slight force on his hind legs, and the whole surfboard immediately leaned forward and jumped.
He jumped into the air with his whole body, and after stabilizing his body, he smashed into another wave.
After several times in a row, the young man had rushed to the front of everyone, and his posture became more and more elegant in this operation.
The feeling of riding the wind and waves and conquering the ocean became more and more in everyone's hearts.
This should be called surfing.
In contrast, Laurie's behavior can only be described as shallow.
As for the other players, it's even less worth mentioning, and they haven't even reached Laurie's height yet.
"Wave control... This kid can, he already has this level at a young age? ”
Within the ninth class, Ren Yan couldn't help but sigh when he looked at the screen.
Wave control is part of surfing skills, and it is a practice of using the moment the balance between the body and the waves is broken to stimulate the waves.
It is also generally used to speed up and artificially create waves, which is an advanced surfing technique.
This skill tends to be in the hands of professionals, and some amateurs rarely reach this level.
Seeing this scene, Ren Yan knew that this seemingly playful college actually had two brushes.
It's just a little hard for Laurie, though.
There is such a big boss here, Laurie is still competing for a p~
"Oh, this guy should be Laur, who Laurie said." Seeing this, Xu Kai squinted his eyes and suddenly remembered such a name.
"Ral?" Ren Yan glanced back at Xu Kai with curiosity.
Xu Kai nodded: "Yes, Laer." ”
"Laurie says this man is his biggest rival, and he's always seen Lal as his old enemy."
"Before this competition, Laurie also talked to me about this man, saying that his surfing skills are not below him, and he is the only person in the whole school who can wrestle his wrists."
"But now it seems that this is not the case..."
"It's no wonder that Laurie says that this Lal often ignores himself, which makes him angry every time, but there is nothing he can do."
As he spoke, Xu Kai laughed to himself.
On the side, Ren Yan also looked a little strange.
Should we say that Laurie is self-motivated, or should I say that he lacks a minimum understanding of himself?
Is it really simple for such an old man to just wrestle his wrists with him?
This is obviously dumping him for eight streets~
If Laurie had really mastered this hand-controlled wave, he might not have been photographed at the bottom of the Bering Strait at that time.
"But I think this Lahr might be inferior to Laurie at some point."
At this time, Qingdong put down his telescope and joined the conversation between Ren Yan and the others.
"Why do you say that?" Xu Kai's eyes blinked.
"Because I don't see the slightest sense of awe in his eyes, on the contrary, in Laurie's eyes, he always retains a touch of wariness."
"You also know that this is the ocean, and if you are really fearless, it may not be a good thing."
"But for surfers, they are conquerors, and in their eyes the ocean is just a peak they have to climb, and it's not something to be feared." Hearing this, Ren Yan recalled the words of the coach in his previous life, and slowly spoke:
"It's an introductory lesson for surfers who want to challenge their peaks."
"Is that so?" Qingdong nodded for a moment, and then shook his head: "But I don't think so." ”
"Surfing is supposed to be a dance with nature, and if you want to conquer something completely, it's really a little..."
Speaking of this, Qingdong paused, and then became serious, his eyes serious:
"It's too much to overpower."
"So, you're interested in surfing too?" After the words fell, Ren Yan looked at Qingdong with a smile.
Qingdong naturally bowed his head: "Hmm." ”
"Besides, I think I can do that Lahr move too."
"It's just to resonate with the waves in coordination, and it shouldn't be very difficult."
With that, Qingdong picked up the telescope again.
Only Ren Yan and Xu Kai were left silent.
Qingdong's rhetoric, why did he start to be idealistic again?
.......
And at the same time, above the ocean.
Looking at Ral, who had left himself far behind.
Laurie subconsciously clenched his fists.
It's in its third year, and since he's just been exposed to surfing, this Lahr has left himself far behind.
From that moment on, Laurie identified Ral as an archenemy.
Although the other party has never looked at him directly, he still wants to reach the same height as the other party.
This is the last chance, no, can't let him go over again. ’
'We must catch up with him!' ’
Laurie thought to himself, and his body began to fluctuate with the undulation of the waves.
He couldn't be afraid.
Fear of the ocean will not allow him to make any progress.
Now he has to control the waves, and only in this way can he catch up with Lal again.
The waves under your feet gradually rise, and the sea breeze gradually becomes fierce.
One by one, large waves began to emerge.
There seemed to be shouts from the beach in the distance.
Laurie slowly narrowed his eyes, followed his own feeling and pressed his weight back a little bit, and the surfboard slowly tilted up...
With the blessing of the new strength, Laurie stepped out of the sea and into the sky for the first time.
At this moment, the surrounding sounds seemed to have stopped, and only the wind was telling itself that everything was still going on.
He began to adjust his body, slamming into a wave with a near-perfect balance.
'Did it! ’
Laurie was overjoyed, and then hurried forward as if he had done so.
With the surging of the wind and waves, his speed was even a few points faster than that of the previous rall.
"Laurie has also learned the art of controlling waves?"
"Nandel University is really full of talents."
In the stands, many teachers, students and professionals expressed admiration, and their eyes were full of appreciation.
But Laurie hasn't stopped, he's still moving forward.
After a few large waves, he finally caught up with Lahr.
"Hey, Ral!"
"I've caught up with you this time!"
Facing the howling of the sea breeze, Laurie laughed wildly.
This time, this Lahr can no longer ignore himself!
I already stood on the same starting point as him.
However, just as he had finished speaking, he was about to wait for Ral to be shocked.
Ral was still staring ahead, deaf to Laurie's words, only a challenging look in his eyes.
"It's coming..."
Ral muttered softly.
Laurie raised his eyebrows: "What did you say?!" ”
However, as soon as he finished speaking, a huge wave surged in front of him visible to the naked eye.
The huge wave was overwhelming, surging rapidly towards the front.
"I'll go!
! ”
Seeing this, Laurie immediately burst into a foul language and planned to avoid it.
He'd seen this kind of wave before, and he'd experienced it.
It was the same wave that knocked it to the bottom of the sea!
Now that it has reappeared, Laurie chose to follow his heart for the first time.
And just as he was about to take it to heart, he saw Lal on the side, rushing towards the huge wave in an almost crazy attitude.
As the waves were about to engulf him, he took his surfboard into the ocean.
"Is this man crazy?"
"Do you want to rush this kind of wave?!"
Lao Rui was startled and instinctively began to resist.
But the moment this thought came to him, he suddenly realized a new problem.
If you retreat at this time, won't you be able to catch up for the rest of your life?
It's not just a matter of technique, it's a matter of mentality as a surfer.
As a conqueror of the seas, when did you start to become intimidated?
This question immediately crossed Laurie's mind.
Immediately afterward, he was answered.
It was after he was photographed at the bottom of the sea last time, although he didn't feel anything at the time, but the idea of retreating had slowly taken root in his heart.
"Damn!"
Re-aware of this, Laurie looked at his new gear, gritted his teeth, turned around, and rushed towards the waves.
Before the waves could hit him, he was able to dive to the bottom of the sea.
Before the huge wave, there was no more figure.
As for the others, the moment they saw this huge wave, they chose to retreat very rationally.