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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face height

Sports; Surfing

The unbroken part of the wave or the steepening shoreward front of a wave, where most waveriding occurs.

foamies

Sports; Surfing

These are either whitewater waves or surfboards that are made out of foam. (They're ideal for beginners. ).

fiberglass

Sports; Surfing

The woven glass cloth that is saturated with resin, which is used in surfboard lamination to produce the hard outer surface of a surfboard.

re-entry

Sports; Surfing

A classic maneuver in which the surfer goes through and/or over the lip of the wave, almost to the point of pulling out, then drops back down into the wave. A re-entry is the base term for numerous ...

slash

Sports; Surfing

A rapid turn off the top of the wave, hopefully throwing loads of spray off the top.

hull

Sports; Surfing

A bottom shape reminiscent of a boat, in which the bottom swells out to the stringer from the rails. Common in longboards designed before 1967, and in some longboards today.