Surfing

Surfing

Surfing is a water sport and recreational activity in which the wave rider, rides the forward face of a wave usually towards the shore. While most suitable waves for surfing are found in the ocean the activity can also be performed on lakes. The wave rider balances on a surf board while riding the waves.

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Beavertail

Sports; Surfing

Early wetsuit design in the '70s with a large flap affixed to the suit's lower back, wrapped under the crotch and secured in front. Designed to hold the suit in place, the innovation didn't really ...

Dawn patrol

Sports; Surfing

Early morning surf session before the sunrise. This time usually offers the least crowded and cleanest conditions before the winds pick up. Also the name of Surfline's early morning surf report.

Two-wave hold down

Sports; Surfing

During a radical wipeout, to be held under water for two successive waves. Usually only happens in large surf with very foamy conditions which make it difficult to swim to the surface. The actual ...

Drop in

Sports; Surfing

Dropping in is a crime in the surf world. A drop-in is where a surfer catches a wave without having priority, i.e. There is already a surfer on the wave.

Sloppy

Sports; Surfing

Disorganised bumpy or choppy waves from the wind, currents, or tides.

Neoprene

Sports; Surfing

Discovered by Jack O'Neill in the '40s in the aisle carpeting of a DC-3. Wetsuit neoprene is ultra stretchy rubber made from melted-down petroleum chips which are blown into a mold-not unlike a ...

Expanded seam technology (EST)

Sports; Surfing

Developed by a skin graft specialist in the late '90s, EST is a way to have a "stitchless" suit by weaving the panels together in hexagonal patterns; touted a few years back as the next giant thing, ...