Original sentence: Comparatively small and localized surfing cultures have repeatedly generated surprisingly large influence upon popular culture, particularly in the United States of America and Australia, as well as upon the global consciousness of surfing as a form of recreation.In America and Australia the culture of surfing has influenced popular culture in periodic fads, starting with novels, movies, and the early 1960s TV show, Gidget.Particularly since the expansion of surfing in the mid-20th century, there have been numerous coastal towns that were situated near good surf breaks, whose citizens did not yet know about modern surfing, and so did not realize it was a rare commodity.The attention that surfing gets in the popular culture has waxed and waned, much like other niche sports
Edited sentence: After that initial burst, surfing has waxed and waned for attention in the popular culture, much like other niche sports.As well upon the global consciousness of surfing as a form of recreation.Comparatively small and localized surfing cultures have repeatedly generated surprisingly large influence upon popular culture, particularly in the United States of America and Australia.In America and Australia the culture of surfing has influence popular culture in periodic fads, starting with the novel, movie, and show: Gidget.Particularly since the expansion of surfing in the mid-20th century, there have been numerous coastal towns living near amazing surfable waves, but did not yet know about modern surfing, and so did not realize it was a rare commodity