I have three technical questions associated to the sport of surfing:
1) What is the power generated by an average surfer when paddling a
surfboard ? at the time when the athlete is producing his/her maximum
power when paddling to catch a wave? 2) What is maximum thrust  force
generated by the surfer?s paddling at peak performance and thus the
acceleration and average mass of the surfer/surfboard combination. 
And 3) what is the average holding time for maximum power - the time
elapse from when the surfer starts paddling until he/she catches the
wave?  Answers should be given in metric units. To provide a five star
rating, I expect not less than three specific physics surfing
references and three additional references to other sports and
athletes physics (mass, acceleration, force, work, and power.)

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Clarification of Question by fdelaflor-ga on 04 May 2005 18:33 PDT

Researchers, please disregard the references expectation on the
original question.  A well supported answer will be sufficient for a
good rating and a great tip.