An 89-year-old person living in Japan entered the Guinness Book of Records as the world’s oldest surfer. center of weirdness. It is also surprising that the Japanese started this sport only at the age of 80.
Seiichi Sano from Tokyo has officially become the world’s oldest surfer. The retiree said he only rode small waves and first boarded the board just nine years ago – before that he had been engaged in mountaineering and decided to challenge himself.
“People tell me it’s dangerous to surf, but I’ve had far more scary moments behind the wheel of a car than at the board,” Seiichi said.
Sano’s instructor admitted that he was surprised by Sano’s desire to learn to surf and worried that he might get injured in the process. To the coach’s surprise, the older student did no worse than the younger athletes.
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