But when we make surfing competitive, a recreational activity in which millions of people can happily participate is transformed into a spectator sport to be watched, for most, on a screen. It would be highly regrettable if the competitive sport’s narrow focus on point-scoring were to limit our appreciation of the beauty and harmony we can experience riding a wave without fitting as many turns as possible into our time on it.
但当我们举办冲浪比赛时，就把一项成百上千万人都能轻松参与的休闲活动变成了在电视机前供人观赏的体育项目。如果竞技体育对成绩的狭隘关注限制了我们对冲浪美与和谐的体味，而因此硬要在冲浪时强行加入更多的转向恐怕就太遗憾了。