0:00:21 > 0:00:26This story belongs to Kirra and her Uncle Wayne.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35It's a tiny tale about Uncle Wayne's life
0:00:35 > 0:00:38and the things he used to do.
0:00:38 > 0:00:39You watch this.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41Look at those! Yee-hah.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44Yogi... What's that?
0:00:47 > 0:00:48Yogi?
0:00:53 > 0:00:54There you go.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01Now it's time for Uncle Wayne to share his memories,
0:01:01 > 0:01:05and take Kirra on a journey of discovery.
0:01:13 > 0:01:17Kirra and Uncle Wayne live on the east coast of Australia,
0:01:17 > 0:01:20which is a big country
0:01:20 > 0:01:22a long way from the United Kingdom.
0:01:22 > 0:01:27Australia is famous for its many amazing animals -
0:01:27 > 0:01:29cute koala bears,
0:01:29 > 0:01:31jumping kangaroos
0:01:31 > 0:01:34and the amazing birds!
0:01:35 > 0:01:38Australia is also famous for its beaches
0:01:38 > 0:01:39and its big, big waves,
0:01:39 > 0:01:42which is great for surfers.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44And Uncle Wayne is a surfer.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48Look, he's standing on top of a surfboard
0:01:48 > 0:01:50and he's riding the waves -
0:01:50 > 0:01:53this is called surfing.
0:01:55 > 0:01:56THEY LAUGH
0:01:56 > 0:01:59Wayne is going to show Kirra his very first surfboard.
0:02:01 > 0:02:04It looks very old, doesn't it?
0:02:04 > 0:02:08So, Kirra, when I was young I learnt to ride the board,
0:02:08 > 0:02:12and my dad made the board for me when I was really young
0:02:12 > 0:02:14and I learned to ride the waves.
0:02:14 > 0:02:15What's it made of?
0:02:15 > 0:02:17It's made out of wood.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19Look at these old pictures of Wayne
0:02:19 > 0:02:22with his very first surfboard when he was seven years old.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26Here he is having fun on the board
0:02:26 > 0:02:28with his little brother Robbie.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31Uncle Wayne's love of surfing and the ocean
0:02:31 > 0:02:33came from his dad John,
0:02:33 > 0:02:36who was a lifeguard on the beach in Australia.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39Uncle Wayne's family have lived in Australia for a very long time.
0:02:39 > 0:02:43They sailed here from England a long, long time ago.
0:02:43 > 0:02:47The journey would've taken them several months.
0:02:47 > 0:02:49Imagine being stuck on a big ship like this
0:02:49 > 0:02:51for all that time!
0:02:53 > 0:02:57Uncle Wayne's great-great-grandfather John
0:02:57 > 0:02:58was actually born on the big ship
0:02:58 > 0:03:02that brought his family to Australia.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05Lots of people have been coming to Australia from the UK
0:03:05 > 0:03:09and other parts of the world for a very long time.
0:03:23 > 0:03:27Most people build sand castles on the beach,
0:03:27 > 0:03:31but Kirra and Uncle Wayne are building a sand surfboard.
0:03:31 > 0:03:34This beach is called Kirra Beach.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39Do you know what's so special about this beach?
0:03:39 > 0:03:42I'm named after it?
0:03:42 > 0:03:44That's right! You're named after it.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46And it's a very famous surfing beach.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49- Did you know that?- No. I never knew that.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52Well, yeah. There's lots of good waves at Kirra Beach.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55Look at those waves!
0:03:55 > 0:03:59This beach is special to Uncle Wayne for another reason, too.
0:03:59 > 0:04:01When I was about 11 years old
0:04:01 > 0:04:02my father brought me here
0:04:02 > 0:04:05and I went in a surfing competition.
0:04:05 > 0:04:07My very first surfing competition.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09What did you have to do in the surfing competition?
0:04:09 > 0:04:12Well, you have to paddle out into the surf
0:04:12 > 0:04:15and ride waves to the shore,
0:04:15 > 0:04:17and whoever rides the waves the best
0:04:17 > 0:04:19gets to go through to the next heat.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22Uncle Wayne went on to enter lots more surfing competitions
0:04:22 > 0:04:24as he got older,
0:04:24 > 0:04:26and started winning trophies.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29He learned how to surf bigger and bigger waves
0:04:29 > 0:04:33and travelled the world entering surfing competitions.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40I have won many trophies for surfing.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43My most special trophy was becoming
0:04:43 > 0:04:47World Long Board Champion in Japan.
0:04:48 > 0:04:52Wow! It must be brilliant being a world champion.
0:04:52 > 0:04:56Hey, Uncle Wayne, will I be able to jump on a surfboard?
0:04:56 > 0:04:59Yeah, let's try that. That'd be fun!
0:04:59 > 0:05:02Cool. A surfboard made from sand!
0:05:05 > 0:05:07Yeah, you're on a wave now! Off you go!
0:05:07 > 0:05:08Wooooh...!
0:05:10 > 0:05:15Uncle Wayne doesn't just make surfboards out of sand,
0:05:15 > 0:05:17he makes real ones, too.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20Look at how brightly coloured they are.
0:05:21 > 0:05:24Well, Kirra, this is Uncle Wayne's workshop.
0:05:24 > 0:05:26This is where we make all sorts of boards.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29We make long boards, and short boards.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31Why are all the boards different sizes?
0:05:31 > 0:05:35Well, people have different sized boards for different sized waves.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38We make long boards for when the waves are small,
0:05:38 > 0:05:42so people can have lots of fun.
0:05:42 > 0:05:44Then the boards get shorter,
0:05:44 > 0:05:46so we can do lots of tricks.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51Surfboards have changed a lot over the years.
0:05:51 > 0:05:55They used to be made from solid wood, which was very heavy.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57People learned, by using lighter materials,
0:05:57 > 0:06:01they could make the boards go faster.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03They also added fins like this,
0:06:03 > 0:06:06to help surfers control how they could move on the waves.
0:06:11 > 0:06:16Sometimes when I build surfboards we paint them and put designs on them.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19Would you like to paint one of the surfboards?
0:06:19 > 0:06:22- Yeah, it'd be great fun. - Yeah.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25They are drawing their design onto the board first.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27What colour are we going to do the wave?
0:06:27 > 0:06:30- Blue would look nice. - OK.
0:06:30 > 0:06:34Now, put it on inside your lines, and paint the board.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36That's a girl.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40Good girl.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50OK, that'll do. How about that?
0:06:59 > 0:07:03What colour do you think we should paint the person, Kirra?
0:07:03 > 0:07:07- Green.- Wow, that'd look good, wouldn't it? There you go.
0:07:10 > 0:07:14Kirra, you could come and paint boards with me any time you like.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16Great!
0:07:16 > 0:07:18Nice board, Kirra. Looking good.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26Now it's time for Kirra's surfing lesson.
0:07:33 > 0:07:34Look at the seagull.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43You know, when I was a young boy,
0:07:43 > 0:07:46surfing was a new sport in Australia.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48How did you know what to do?
0:07:48 > 0:07:50We'd watch other people ride the waves
0:07:50 > 0:07:52and try to do what they did.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54So, let's have a lesson.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57- What do you think, Kirra? - Yeah, it will be great fun.- OK!
0:07:58 > 0:08:01OK, Kirra, let's start this lesson.
0:08:01 > 0:08:04First, I'll show you where to lie on the board,
0:08:04 > 0:08:07then you can follow what I do, as I get back up. OK?
0:08:07 > 0:08:09So get down on the board.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12You lie on the board like that, OK?
0:08:14 > 0:08:16You ready? Get down... and we lie on the surfboard.
0:08:16 > 0:08:18Put your hands on the rail
0:08:18 > 0:08:21and lie on the board like that. OK?
0:08:21 > 0:08:23How does that feel? Is that good?
0:08:23 > 0:08:25Maybe just go forward a bit more.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28So we paddle, we put our hands out from the surfboard
0:08:28 > 0:08:29and we paddle like that.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31When we're catching a wave,
0:08:31 > 0:08:34we put our hands on the rail there,
0:08:34 > 0:08:36and we stand up slowly like that.
0:08:36 > 0:08:41Put your back foot down, put your right foot down, and we stand up.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43Whoa! How about that?
0:08:43 > 0:08:45We're on a wave now.
0:08:45 > 0:08:49And you ride the wave to the shore and then jump off like that!
0:08:49 > 0:08:50There you go!
0:08:52 > 0:08:57Well done, Kirra! You'll be surfing those waves in no time!
0:09:01 > 0:09:05Nowadays, people surf in lots of countries around the world
0:09:05 > 0:09:07including here in the UK.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14But people started surfing on the islands of Hawaii
0:09:14 > 0:09:16hundreds of years ago.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19Hawaiian chiefs surfed big waves
0:09:19 > 0:09:21to prove how powerful they were.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25Surfing was made popular in Australia by a Hawaiian
0:09:25 > 0:09:28called Duke Kahanamoku,
0:09:28 > 0:09:32who won gold medals for swimming at the Olympic Games.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35On a visit to Australia, Duke wanted to go surfing
0:09:35 > 0:09:38but not many people surfed there back then,
0:09:38 > 0:09:43so he made his own surfboard and showed people how to surf.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46Soon lots of people in Australia knew how to surf
0:09:46 > 0:09:48and love doing it.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50Just like Uncle Wayne.
0:09:53 > 0:09:57Nowadays, some daring dogs even learn to surf, too!
0:09:57 > 0:09:59Woof woof!
0:10:05 > 0:10:07Let's get back to the beach.
0:10:12 > 0:10:14Wow, look at us!
0:10:14 > 0:10:16We're ready to hit the water.
0:10:16 > 0:10:18- Let's go, Kirra!- Let's go!
0:10:20 > 0:10:24Kirra is wearing a special wet suit to go into the water.
0:10:25 > 0:10:29And there is Demi, the lifeguard,
0:10:29 > 0:10:31just making sure everybody is safe.
0:10:33 > 0:10:34Jump over those waves!
0:10:37 > 0:10:39Good luck, Kirra!
0:10:40 > 0:10:43Do you know how to do push-ups, Kirra?
0:10:43 > 0:10:45Here, you're up on this little one.
0:10:45 > 0:10:49Here comes the wave - she's on, and she's riding the wave!
0:10:49 > 0:10:52Wow-wee! Fantastic!
0:10:58 > 0:11:01Back out to sea to catch another one.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04Well done!
0:11:04 > 0:11:08Bit more practice, and you'll be as good as Uncle Wayne!
0:11:14 > 0:11:18Kirra's back on shore with her daddy watching Uncle Wayne in action.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23And away he goes!
0:11:23 > 0:11:25Oh, there goes Uncle Wayne!
0:11:25 > 0:11:28Look at that fancy footwork!
0:11:34 > 0:11:36Here comes a wave.
0:11:38 > 0:11:40And he is on his feet!
0:11:45 > 0:11:48Uncle Wayne makes surfing look easy.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00Oh, I wish I could go surfing in Australia.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10Kirra, it's been great spending time with you,
0:12:10 > 0:12:13teaching you about surfboards and all about the ocean.
0:12:13 > 0:12:14'It was great fun.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18'We blew some bubbles.
0:12:19 > 0:12:23'We looked at your old wooden surfboard.
0:12:26 > 0:12:29'We made a surfboard sand castle.'
0:12:29 > 0:12:32It's looking good!
0:12:32 > 0:12:34'We played in the sand.'
0:12:35 > 0:12:37There you go.
0:12:37 > 0:12:40'We painted a big wave on the board.'
0:12:40 > 0:12:44Kirra, you could come and paint boards with me any time you like!
0:12:44 > 0:12:45Great.
0:12:45 > 0:12:48'Uncle Wayne gave me a surf lesson.'
0:12:48 > 0:12:51So we paddle, we put our hands out from the surfboard
0:12:51 > 0:12:53and we paddle like that.
0:12:53 > 0:12:55Lay down at the back of the board.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57'I went surfing.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01'I caught some waves.
0:13:03 > 0:13:06'I watched Uncle Wayne surf.'
0:13:07 > 0:13:09Oh, there goes Uncle Wayne!
0:13:13 > 0:13:16What's been your favourite part?
0:13:16 > 0:13:19My favourite part was painting the surfboard.
0:13:19 > 0:13:21That was great, wasn't it?
0:13:21 > 0:13:24Remember we painted the little man on the surfboard?
0:13:24 > 0:13:26He looked good, didn't he?
0:13:26 > 0:13:28What was your favourite part?
0:13:28 > 0:13:31My favourite part was when we were at the beach
0:13:31 > 0:13:34and catching those waves!
0:13:37 > 0:13:39Can I get a big hug?
0:13:44 > 0:13:47What a fabulous heap of fun!
0:13:47 > 0:13:50That was Kirra and Uncle Wayne's tiny tale
0:13:50 > 0:13:52about being a surfer.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55Now Uncle Wayne has shared his story with Kirra,
0:13:55 > 0:13:59it's time for Kirra to start her own story.
0:13:59 > 0:14:02Do you know someone with a story to share?