Bei-Bei (Niu,Zhen-Lin) was born in Taipei and started surfing in age of 27. She rewarded several international surfing competition, and totally won eight championship which was broke the highest record in the surfing field in Taiwan, she was called the queen of longboard. After she had surfed in Donghe, she love this place so much and held the first surfing store with her friends in here. We had the honor of contacting to Bei-Bei by the introduction through our teacher, and Bei-Bei accepted our interview readily. For the interview, we spent lots of time to collect questions that we were going to ask Bei-Bei, and also practiced the skills of interview, the following is our interview record:

Interview process

“Where are you from?” I say.

“So what was the opportunity for you to visit Donghe?” I say.

       “I visited Donghe for surfing, and as I arrived here, I fell in love with this place!” she says. “The landscape is beautiful, the climate is very comfortable, and the waves are wonderful, so I decided to settle down in here.”

“How long have you surfing? When did you start to surf?” I say.

“Could you share to us your first surfing experience?” I say.

       “I love any kind of aquatic activity, including playing water on the beach and swimming. The first time I surfing, I felt quite fun but also nervous, because I had to control the huge surfboard myself, that is not a piece of cake. However, everything was fresh and interesting!” she says.

“Having participate so many surfing competition, what is the most impressive experience?” I say.

       “The most impressed one is the international surfing competition in Thailand, all of the surfers are approximately male. I made to the semi-final, the others competitors were skillful and well-known surfers in that area. That was a hyper-competitive game, especially the other surfers are male. Eventually, I won the first runner-up in that competition.” she says. “When I mentioned I am from Taiwan, they was very surprised because they couldn’t imagine it would have such a talented surfer in Taiwan.”

“So many surfing places you have been to, what is the place that you most enjoy?” I say.

“Have you been suffered a setback or trouble during surfing?” I say.

       “Sport injury. I love this kind of sport, it is a part of my life. As I received injuries carelessly, I felt I suddenly lost the heart of my life! After that game I torn my meniscus in America, I back to Taiwan and had surgery, the following rehabilitations were painful, but I went over it. After three weeks, I could back to surfing again! The sport injury is the worst thing in my life.” she says.

“The sport injury is hard to avoid. How can you overcome the fear of injury?” I say.

       “You must have to warm yourself, especially in winter. One time I torn my back, and I felt bad whether I sat or laid down. Then, I ask the doctor and he said the injury of my back was due to the lack of warm up, so after that I always warm myself completely and carefully to make sure I can be in better heath situation.” she says.

“Surfing for many years, what did you learn from surfing? Or something lead you develop yourself?” I say.

       “Surfing make me treasure and take a good care of nature, and I also try to affect my family to love the nature, too. We are sharing the gift of nature, so we must feel thankful for everything.” she says.

“What do you want to say to the people which is trying to surf in the first time?” I say.

“What is your plan about surfing and anything else in the future?” I say.

Taking a photo after interview