___T_1. There is a surfing culture for surfers at Makaha beach which new comers should be aware of.
___f_2. The story teller was pushed off the first wave he tried because he was not skillful.
____3. What went wrong with the story teller at his first attempt was due to the fact that he did not pay respect to ‘uncles’.
____4. Paishon sold some of his belongings in exchange for drugs when he was young.
____5. Sponsors turned Paishon down because his performance for the surfing contest was unsatisfactory.
____6. Paishon gave up his dream as a pro surf and turned himself into a salary man.
____7. His lesson learned from using drugs taught him to live his life more responsibly.
____8. At the end, the story teller used his body language to ask Uncle Buff whether he could approach the big wave or not.
____9. We can infer from the story that new surfers should introduce themselves and make friends with the local ones when surfing at Makaha beach.