A SPORTING CHANCE

After watching Summer Surf Shop, a show on streaming site iQiyi in which four Chinese stars surf in Riyue Bay in south China and run a store, Xiao Yun, an insurance company employee, was inspired to head for the bay with her friends to try their hand at surfing.

It was the 33-year-old’s first surfing attempt and to her delight, she mastered the skills quickly. She found the instructors were mostly booked even though it was not yet peak tourist season in July, when she went there.

With the novel coronavirus epidemic under control in China and buoyed by her good experience during the trip, Xiao has now decided to. “Once you learn the technique, renting the board is not expensive.”