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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clidro

Sports; Surfing

The process where a surfer turns up and down the face of the wave while surfing down the line.

diffraction

Sports; Surfing

The process of wave energy filtering into the lee of obstacles such as breakwaters by the transfer of the wave energy along wave crests. Diffracted waves are smaller than the original waves.

hindcast

Sports; Surfing

The process of using past wind and wave information to re-forecast the wave characteristics for a past scenario. This is opposed to using the actual real time information to forecast wave heights and ...

pull in

Sports; Surfing

The process of turning the surfboard up to enter the barrel or the tube.

pop-up

Sports; Surfing

The process of a surfer getting to ones feet on a surfboard, just after catching the wave.

pit

Sports; Surfing

The power pocket of a hollow, intense wave, usually a barrel or tube. This is where you want to be if you're an advanced surfer, but probably not where you want to be if you're a beginner, or if ...