Surfing, the Glossary
Surfing is a surface water sport in which an individual, a surfer (or two in tandem surfing), uses a board to ride on the forward section, or face, of a moving wave of water, which usually carries the surfer towards the shore.[1]
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238 relations: ABC News (United States), Abrasion (medicine), Accra, Alaia, Angourie, New South Wales, Anticyclone, Antimicrobial resistance, Artificial reef, Atlantic Beach, Florida, Australia, Ítalo Ferreira, Balance board, Banzai Pipeline, Bathymetry, Beach Blanket Bingo, Beach Party, Bells Beach, Victoria, Bethany Hamilton, Big wave surfing, Boardshorts, Bodyboarding, Bodysurfing, Boscombe Surf Reef, Breaking wave, Bristol, Buoyancy, Burleigh Heads, Queensland, Caballito de totora, California, Callao, Cameroon, Carbon-fiber reinforced polymer, Carissa Moore, Côte d'Ivoire, Chevron Reef, CNN, Contour line, Dale Webster, David Kawānanakoa, Doctor of Physical Therapy, Dog surfing, Drag (physics), Drowning, Duke Kahanamoku, Eddy (fluid dynamics), Edward Abnel Keliʻiahonui, El Niño–Southern Oscillation, El Segundo, California, Ellipse, Elmina, ... Expand index (188 more) »
- Boardsports
- Native American sports and games
- Partial squatting position
- Sports originating in Peru
- Summer Olympic sports
ABC News (United States)
ABC News is the news division of the American television network ABC.
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Abrasion (medicine)
An abrasion is a partial thickness wound caused by damage to the skin.
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Accra
Accra (Ga or Gaga; Nkran; Ewe: Gɛ; Ankara) is the capital and largest city of Ghana, located on the southern coast at the Gulf of Guinea, which is part of the Atlantic Ocean.
Alaia
An alaia (pronounced) is a thin, round-nosed, square-tailed surfboard ridden in pre-20th century Hawaii.
Angourie, New South Wales
Angourie is a coastal village in the Clarence Valley Council of New South Wales, Australia.
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Anticyclone
An anticyclone is a weather phenomenon defined as a large-scale circulation of winds around a central region of high atmospheric pressure, clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere as viewed from above (opposite to a cyclone).
Antimicrobial resistance
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) occurs when microbes evolve mechanisms that protect them from the effects of antimicrobials (drugs used to treat infections).
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Artificial reef
An artificial reef (AR) is a human-created freshwater or marine benthic structure.
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Atlantic Beach, Florida
Atlantic Beach is a city in Duval County, Florida, United States and the second largest of the Jacksonville Beaches communities.
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Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.
Ítalo Ferreira
Ítalo Ferreira (born May 6, 1994) is a Brazilian professional surfer hailing from a small community of Baía Formosa, in Rio Grande do Norte on the northeastern coast of Brazil.
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Balance board
A balance board is a device used as a circus skill, for recreation, balance training, athletic training, brain development, therapy, musical training and other kinds of personal development. Surfing and balance board are boardsports.
Banzai Pipeline
The Banzai Pipeline, or simply Pipeline or Pipe, is a surf reef break located in Hawaii, off Ehukai Beach Park in Pupukea on O'ahu's North Shore.
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Bathymetry
Bathymetry is the study of underwater depth of ocean floors (seabed topography), lake floors, or river floors.
Beach Blanket Bingo
Beach Blanket Bingo is a 1965 American beach party film directed by William Asher.
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Beach Party
Beach Party is a 1963 American film and the first of seven beach party films from American International Pictures (AIP) aimed at a teen audience.
Bells Beach, Victoria
Bells Beach is a coastal locality of Victoria, Australia in Surf Coast Shire and a renowned surf beach, located 100 km south-west of Melbourne, on the Great Ocean Road near the towns of Torquay and Jan Juc.
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Bethany Hamilton
Bethany Meilani Hamilton (born February 8, 1990) is an American professional surfer and writer.
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Big wave surfing
Big wave surfing is a discipline within surfing in which experienced surfers paddle into, or are towed into, waves which are at least 20 feet (6.2 m) high, on surf boards known as "guns" or towboards.
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Boardshorts
Boardshorts are a type of swimwear and casual wear in the form of long (approximately knee length) loose-fitting shorts that are designed to be quick-drying and are generally made from strong and smooth polyester or nylon material.
Bodyboarding
Bodyboarding is a water sport in which the surfer rides a bodyboard on the crest, face, and curl of a wave which is carrying the surfer towards the shore. Surfing and Bodyboarding are boardsports and individual sports.
Bodysurfing
Bodysurfing is the sport of riding a wave without the assistance of any buoyant device such as a surfboard or bodyboard.
Boscombe Surf Reef
Boscombe Surf Reef was an artificial reef built to enhance surfing conditions at Boscombe in Dorset, England.
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Breaking wave
In fluid dynamics and nautical terminology, a breaking wave or breaker is a wave with enough energy to "break" at its peak, reaching a critical level at which linear energy transforms into wave turbulence energy with a distinct forward curve.
Bristol
Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, the most populous city in the region.
Buoyancy
Buoyancy, or upthrust, is a gravitational force, a net upward force exerted by a fluid that opposes the weight of a partially or fully immersed object.
Burleigh Heads, Queensland
Burleigh Heads is a suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
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Caballito de totora
Caballitos de totora are reed watercraft used by fishermen in Peru for the past 3000 years, archaeologically evidenced from pottery shards.
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California
California is a state in the Western United States, lying on the American Pacific Coast.
Callao
Callao is a Peruvian seaside city and region on the Pacific Ocean in the Lima metropolitan area.
Cameroon
Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in Central Africa.
Carbon-fiber reinforced polymer
Carbon fiber-reinforced polymers (American English), carbon-fibre-reinforced polymers (Commonwealth English), carbon-fiber-reinforced plastics, carbon-fiber reinforced-thermoplastic (CFRP, CRP, CFRTP), also known as carbon fiber, carbon composite, or just carbon, are extremely strong and light fiber-reinforced plastics that contain carbon fibers.
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Carissa Moore
Carissa Kainani Moore (born August 27, 1992) is an American surfer.
Côte d'Ivoire
Côte d'Ivoire, also known as Ivory Coast and officially known as the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa.
Chevron Reef
Chevron Reef, also known as Pratte's Reef, was an artificial reef constructed in 2000 in Santa Monica Bay, offshore from Dockweiler State Beach.
CNN
Cable News Network (CNN) is a multinational news channel and website operating from Midtown Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner and Reese Schonfeld as a 24-hour cable news channel, and presently owned by the Manhattan-based media conglomerate Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), CNN was the first television channel to provide 24-hour news coverage and the first all-news television channel in the United States.
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Contour line
A contour line (also isoline, isopleth, isoquant or isarithm) of a function of two variables is a curve along which the function has a constant value, so that the curve joins points of equal value.
Dale Webster
Dale Webster, known as "The Daily Wavester", is a surfer who lives in Valley Ford, California.
David Kawānanakoa
David Laʻamea Kahalepouli Kinoiki Kawānanakoa (February 19, 1868 – June 2, 1908) was a prince of the Hawaiian Kingdom and founder of the House of Kawānanakoa.
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Doctor of Physical Therapy
A Doctor of Physical Therapy or Doctor of Physiotherapy (DPT) degree is a qualifying degree in physical therapy.
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Dog surfing
Dog surfing is a type of surfing maneuver involving dogs that are trained to surf on surfboards, bodyboards, skimboards, windsurf boards or to bodysurf.
Drag (physics)
In fluid dynamics, drag, sometimes referred to as fluid resistance, is a force acting opposite to the relative motion of any object, moving with respect to a surrounding fluid.
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Drowning
Drowning is a type of suffocation induced by the submersion of the mouth and nose in a liquid.
Duke Kahanamoku
Duke Paoa Kahinu Mokoe Hulikohola Kahanamoku (August 24, 1890 – January 22, 1968) was a Hawaiian competition swimmer who popularized the sport of surfing.
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Eddy (fluid dynamics)
In fluid dynamics, an eddy is the swirling of a fluid and the reverse current created when the fluid is in a turbulent flow regime.
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Edward Abnel Keliʻiahonui
Edward Abnel Keliʻiahonui (May 13, 1869 – September 21, 1887) was a prince of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi.
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El Niño–Southern Oscillation
El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a global climate phenomenon that emerges from variations in winds and sea surface temperatures over the tropical Pacific Ocean.
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El Segundo, California
El Segundo (The Second) is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States.
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Ellipse
In mathematics, an ellipse is a plane curve surrounding two focal points, such that for all points on the curve, the sum of the two distances to the focal points is a constant.
Elmina
Elmina, also known as Edina by the local Fante, is a town and the capital of the Komenda/Edina/Eguafo/Abirem District on the south coast of Ghana in the Central Region, situated on a bay on the Atlantic Ocean, west of Cape Coast.
Epoxy
Epoxy is the family of basic components or cured end products of epoxy resins.
Equator
The equator is a circle of latitude that divides a spheroid, such as Earth, into the Northern and Southern hemispheres.
Extratropical cyclones, sometimes called mid-latitude cyclones or wave cyclones, are low-pressure areas which, along with the anticyclones of high-pressure areas, drive the weather over much of the Earth.
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Fiberglass
Fiberglass (American English) or fibreglass (Commonwealth English) is a common type of fiber-reinforced plastic using glass fiber.
Fiji
Fiji (Viti,; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, Fijī), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean.
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First voyage of James Cook
The first voyage of James Cook was a combined Royal Navy and Royal Society expedition to the south Pacific Ocean aboard HMS ''Endeavour'', from 1768 to 1771.
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Foilboard
A foilboard, also known as a hydrofoil board or foil surfboard, is a type of board used in water sports; it is distinct from surfboards in that it has a hydrofoil rather than fins mounted underneath.
G-Land
G-Land, also known as Plengkung Beach, is an internationally renowned surf break on Grajagan Bay, Banyuwangi, Alas Purwo National Park, East Java, Indonesia, about half a day by road from the popular tourist destinations of Bali.
George Freeth
George Douglas Freeth Jr. (November 8, 1883 – April 7, 1919) was an American lifeguard, surfer, and swimming instructor of Irish and Native Hawaiian descent.
Ghana
Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa.
Gidget
Gidget is a fictional character created by author Frederick Kohner (based on his teenage daughter, Kathy) in his 1957 novel, Gidget, the Little Girl with Big Ideas.
Glossary of surfing
This glossary of surfing includes some of the extensive vocabulary used to describe various aspects of the sport of surfing as described in literature on the subject.
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Gnaraloo
Gnaraloo is a working pastoral station and wilderness tourism business located in the Gnaraloo Bay in the Shire of Carnarvon, Western Australia.
Gold Coast (region)
The Gold Coast was the name for a region on the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa that was rich in gold, petroleum, sweet crude oil and natural gas.
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Gold Coast, Queensland
The Gold Coast, also known by its initials, GC, is a coastal city and region in the state of Queensland, Australia, located approximately south-southeast of the centre of the state capital, Brisbane.
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Good Times (newspaper)
Good Times is a free-circulation weekly newspaper based in Santa Cruz, California.
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Google Books
Google Books (previously known as Google Book Search, Google Print, and by its code-name Project Ocean) is a service from Google that searches the full text of books and magazines that Google has scanned, converted to text using optical character recognition (OCR), and stored in its digital database.
Guinness World Records
Guinness World Records, known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as The Guinness Book of Records and in previous United States editions as The Guinness Book of World Records, is a British reference book published annually, listing world records both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world.
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Handplane (bodysurfing)
A handplane or handboard is used by bodysurfers to enhance their speed, lift and control whilst riding a wave.
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Hang Ten
"hang ten" is a nickname for any of several maneuvers used in sports, especially surfing, wherein all ten toes or fingers are used to accomplish the maneuver.
Hawaii
Hawaii (Hawaii) is an island state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about southwest of the U.S. mainland.
Hawaiian Islands
The Hawaiian Islands (Hawaiian: Mokupuni Hawai‘i) are an archipelago of eight major volcanic islands, several atolls, and numerous smaller islets in the North Pacific Ocean, extending some from the island of Hawaiʻi in the south to northernmost Kure Atoll.
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Hawaiian scale
Hawaiian scale is an expression of the height of a wind wave affecting water.
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Headland
A headland, also known as a head, is a coastal landform, a point of land usually high and often with a sheer drop, that extends into a body of water.
Henry E. Huntington
Henry Edwards Huntington (February 27, 1850 – May 23, 1927) was an American railroad magnate and collector of art and rare books.
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Herman Melville
Herman Melville (born Melvill; August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period.
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History of surfing
The riding of waves has likely existed since humans began swimming in the ocean.
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Hotel Redondo
Hotel Redondo was a hotel in Redondo Beach, California, that opened in 1890 and was demolished in 1925.
Huntington Beach, California
Huntington Beach is a seaside city in Orange County in Southern California, United States.
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Inca Empire
The Inca Empire, officially known as the Realm of the Four Parts (Tawantinsuyu, "four parts together"), was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America.
International Olympic Committee
The International Olympic Committee (IOC; Comité international olympique, CIO) is a non-governmental sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland.
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International Surfing Association
The International Surfing Association (ISA) is the world governing authority for surfing, SUP racing, SUP surfing, para surfing, bodyboarding and all other wave riding activities.
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Iribarren number
In fluid dynamics, the Iribarren number or Iribarren parameter – also known as the surf similarity parameter and breaker parameter – is a dimensionless parameter used to model several effects of (breaking) surface gravity waves on beaches and coastal structures.
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James Cook
Captain James Cook (– 14 February 1779) was a British explorer, cartographer and naval officer famous for his three voyages between 1768 and 1779 in the Pacific Ocean and to New Zealand and Australia in particular.
James King (Royal Navy officer)
Captain James King (1750 – 16 November 1784) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
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Jeffreys Bay
Jeffrey's Bay (Jeffreysbaai, nicknamed J-bay) is a town of 27,107 inhabitants as of the 2011 census in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.
Jellyfish
Jellyfish, also known as sea jellies, are the medusa-phase of certain gelatinous members of the subphylum Medusozoa, which is a major part of the phylum Cnidaria.
Jetty
A jetty is a structure that projects from land out into water.
John Wrightson
Professor John Wrightson FCS, MRAC (1840 – 30 November 1916) was a British agriculturalist and the founder of Downton Agricultural College (1880–1906) at Downton in Wiltshire.
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Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole
Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole (March 26, 1871 – January 7, 1922) was a prince of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi until it was overthrown by a coalition of American and European businessmen in 1893.
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José de Acosta
José de Acosta, SJ (1539 or 1540 in Medina del Campo, Spain – February 15, 1600 in Salamanca, Spain) was a sixteenth-century Spanish Jesuit missionary and naturalist in Latin America.
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Joseph Banks
Sir Joseph Banks, 1st Baronet, (19 June 1820) was an English naturalist, botanist, and patron of the natural sciences.
Juno Beach, Florida
Juno Beach is a town in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States.
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Kirra, Queensland
Kirra is a beach-side neighbourhood within the suburb of Coolangatta in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
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Kiteboarding
Kiteboarding or kitesurfing is a sport that involves using wind power with a large power kite to pull a rider across a water, land, snow, sand, or other surface. Surfing and Kiteboarding are boardsports and individual sports.
Kneeboard
A kneeboard is a board ridden in a kneeling stance.
Kovalam
Kovalam is a beach and seaside resort in the city of Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala, India.
Lagundri Bay
Lagundri Bay, or Sorake Bay, is a horseshoe-shaped bay at the southern end of the island of Nias off the coast of Sumatra in Indonesia.
Lake surfing
Lake surfing is surfing on any lake with sufficient surface area for wind to produce waves.
Larco Museum
The Larco Museum (officially known as Rafael Larco Herrera Archaeological Museum, in Museo Arqueológico Rafael Larco Herrera) is a privately owned museum of pre-Columbian art, located in the Pueblo Libre District of Lima, Peru.
Liberia
Liberia, officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast.
List of fatal shark attacks in the United States
This is a list of fatal shark attacks that occurred in United States territorial waters by decade in chronological order.
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List of surface water sports
The following is a list of surface water sports.
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List of surfers
This is a list of people associated with surfing or surf culture.
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List of surfing events
This is an incomplete list of surfing events and competitions.
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List of surfing records
The following lists present the current title holders of each surfing theme.
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List of water sports
Water sports or aquatic sports are sports activities conducted on waterbodies and can be categorized according to the degree of immersion by the participants.
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Longboard (skateboard)
A longboard is a type of skateboard typified by longer decks and wheelbases, larger-diameter and softer (lower-durometer) wheels, and often lower riding height compared to street skateboards, though there is wide variation in the geometry and construction of longboards. Surfing and longboard (skateboard) are individual sports.
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Low-pressure area
In meteorology, a low-pressure area, low area or low is a region where the atmospheric pressure is lower than that of surrounding locations.
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Mardi
Mardi: and a Voyage Thither is the third book by American writer Herman Melville, first published in London in 1849.
Margo Oberg
Margo Oberg (born Margo Godfrey; September 8, 1953 in Pennsylvania) was the first female professional surfer in the world.
Marine biology
Marine biology is the scientific study of the biology of marine life, organisms that inhabit the sea.
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Marine life
Marine life, sea life, or ocean life is the plants, animals, and other organisms that live in the salt water of seas or oceans, or the brackish water of coastal estuaries.
Mark Foo
Mark Sheldon Foo was a professional surfer who favored big wave surfing.
Mark Twain
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, and essayist.
Marquesas Islands
The Marquesas Islands (Îles Marquises or Archipel des Marquises or Marquises; Marquesan: Te HenuaEnana (North Marquesan) and Te FenuaEnata (South Marquesan), both meaning "the land of men") are a group of volcanic islands in French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France in the southern Pacific Ocean.
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Mavericks, California
Mavericks is a surfing location in northern California outside Pillar Point Harbor, just north of the town of Half Moon Bay at the village of Princeton-by-the-Sea.
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Men's Health
Men's Health (MH), published by Hearst, is the world's largest men's magazine brand, with 35 editions in 59 countries;it is the bestselling men's magazine on U.S. newsstands.
Moche culture
The Moche civilization (alternatively, the Moche culture or the Early, Pre- or Proto-Chimú) flourished in northern Peru with its capital near present-day Moche, Trujillo, Peru from about 100 to 700 AD during the Regional Development Epoch.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (abbreviated as NOAA) is a US scientific and regulatory agency charged with forecasting weather, monitoring oceanic and atmospheric conditions, charting the seas, conducting deep-sea exploration, and managing fishing and protection of marine mammals and endangered species in the US exclusive economic zone.
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Nazaré, Portugal
Nazaré is a Portuguese town and municipality located in the Oeste region, in the historical province of Estremadura, and in the Leiria District.
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New South Wales
New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a state on the east coast of:Australia.
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Nippers
Nippers are young surf lifesavers, usually aged between 5 and 14 years old, in clubs across Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.
North Shore (Oahu)
The North Shore, in the context of geography of the Island of Ookinaahu, refers to the north-facing coastal area of Oahu between Kaokinaena Point and Kahuku.
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Numerical weather prediction
Numerical weather prediction (NWP) uses mathematical models of the atmosphere and oceans to predict the weather based on current weather conditions.
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Oahu
Oahu (Hawaiian: Oʻahu) is the most populated and third-largest of the Hawaiian Islands.
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Ocean
The ocean is the body of salt water that covers approx.
Ochroma
Ochroma pyramidale, commonly known as the balsa tree, is a large, fast-growing tree native to the Americas.
Paddleboarding
Paddleboarding is a water sport in which participants are propelled by a swimming motion using their arms while lying or kneeling on a paddleboard or surfboard in the ocean or other body of water. Surfing and Paddleboarding are boardsports.
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Pathogenic Escherichia coli
Escherichia coli (commonly abbreviated E. coli) is a gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium that is commonly found in the lower intestine of warm-blooded organisms (endotherms).
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Personal watercraft
A personal watercraft (PWC), also called water scooter, is a primarily recreational watercraft that is designed to hold only a small number of occupants, who sit or stand on top of the craft, not within the craft as in a boat.
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Peru
Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pacific Ocean. Peru is a megadiverse country with habitats ranging from the arid plains of the Pacific coastal region in the west to the peaks of the Andes mountains extending from the north to the southeast of the country to the tropical Amazon basin rainforest in the east with the Amazon River.
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Petroleum jelly
Petroleum jelly, petrolatum, white petrolatum, soft paraffin, or multi-hydrocarbon, CAS number 8009-03-8, is a semi-solid mixture of hydrocarbons (with carbon numbers mainly higher than 25), originally promoted as a topical ointment for its healing properties.
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Pilates
Pilates is a type of mind-body exercise developed in the early 20th century by German physical trainer Joseph Pilates, after whom it was named.
Pinniped
Pinnipeds (pronounced), commonly known as seals, are a widely distributed and diverse clade of carnivorous, fin-footed, semiaquatic, mostly marine mammals.
Polar front
In meteorology, the polar front is the weather front boundary between the polar cell and the Ferrel cell around the 60° latitude, near the polar regions, in both hemispheres.
Polyester resin
Polyester resins are synthetic resins formed by the reaction of dibasic organic acids and polyhydric alcohols.
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Polynesia
Polynesia is a subregion of Oceania, made up of more than 1,000 islands scattered over the central and southern Pacific Ocean.
Polynesian culture
Polynesian culture is the culture of the indigenous peoples of Polynesia who share common traits in language, customs and society.
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Polynesians
Polynesians are an ethnolinguistic group comprising closely related ethnic groups native to Polynesia, which encompasses the islands within the Polynesian Triangle in the Pacific Ocean.
Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country located on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe, whose territory also includes the Macaronesian archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira.
Praia do Norte (Nazaré)
Praia do Norte (‘North Beach’) is a beach located in Nazaré, portuguese Oeste region, which due to its giant white breaking waves is famed for its surfing conditions.
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Rash
A rash is a change of the skin that affects its color, appearance, or texture.
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Rash guard
A rash guard, also known as rash vest or rashie, is an athletic shirt made of spandex and nylon or polyester.
Recreation
Recreation is an activity of leisure, leisure being discretionary time.
Redondo Beach, California
Redondo Beach (Spanish for) is a coastal city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, located in the South Bay region of the Greater Los Angeles area.
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Reef
A reef is a ridge or shoal of rock, coral, or similar relatively stable material lying beneath the surface of a natural body of water.
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Ride the Wild Surf
Ride the Wild Surf is a 1964 American romantic drama film.
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Rip current
A rip current (also rip) is a specific type of water current that can occur near beaches where waves break.
River surfing
River surfing is the sport of surfing either standing waves, tidal bores or upstream waves in rivers.
Saint Matthew's Episcopal Day School
Episcopal Day School of St.
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Samoa
Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa and until 1997 known as Western Samoa, is a Polynesian island country consisting of two main islands (Savai'i and Upolu); two smaller, inhabited islands (Manono and Apolima); and several smaller, uninhabited islands, including the Aleipata Islands (Nu'utele, Nu'ulua, Fanuatapu and Namua).
Samuel Wallis
Samuel Wallis (23 April 1728 – 21 January 1795 in London) was a British naval officer and explorer of the Pacific Ocean who made the first recorded visit by a European navigator to Tahiti.
San Lorenzo River
The San Lorenzo River (Río de San Lorenzo) is a river in the U.S. state of California.
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San Mateo, California
Saint Matthew is a city in San Mateo County, California, United States, on the San Francisco Peninsula.
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Sandboarding
Sandboarding is a boardsport and extreme sport similar to snowboarding that involves riding across or down a sand dune while standing on a board, either with both feet strapped in or while standing loose, without bindings. Surfing and Sandboarding are boardsports.
Santa Cruz, California
Santa Cruz (Spanish for "Holy Cross") is the largest city and the county seat of Santa Cruz County, in Northern California.
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Sea kayak
A sea kayak or touring kayak is a kayak used for the sport of paddling on open waters of lakes, bays, and oceans.
Seabed
The seabed (also known as the seafloor, sea floor, ocean floor, and ocean bottom) is the bottom of the ocean.
Seagaia Ocean Dome
The was one of the world's largest indoor waterparks, located in Miyazaki, Japan.
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Seli 1
The MV Seli 1 was a Turkish bulk carrier, operated by TEB Maritime of Istanbul, that was en route to Gibraltar when it was driven aground off Bloubergstrand near Table Bay, South Africa by strong westerly winds shortly after midnight on 8 September 2009, having reported engine failure and a snapped anchor chain.
Senegal
Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is the westernmost country in West Africa, situated on the Atlantic Ocean coastline. Senegal is bordered by Mauritania to the north, Mali to the east, Guinea to the southeast and Guinea-Bissau to the southwest. Senegal nearly surrounds The Gambia, a country occupying a narrow sliver of land along the banks of the Gambia River, which separates Senegal's southern region of Casamance from the rest of the country.
Shark
Sharks are a group of elasmobranch fish characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton, five to seven gill slits on the sides of the head, and pectoral fins that are not fused to the head.
Shark Island (Cronulla Beach)
Shark Island is a dangerous reef break about 100 metres off the coast of Cronulla, in Sydney New South Wales, Australia.
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Shoal
In oceanography, geomorphology, and geoscience, a shoal is a natural submerged ridge, bank, or bar that consists of, or is covered by, sand or other unconsolidated material, and rises from the bed of a body of water close to the surface or above it, which poses a danger to navigation.
Simon Anderson
Simon Anderson (born 7 July 1954) is an Australian competitive surfer, surfboard shaper, and writer.
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Simulation
A simulation is an imitative representation of a process or system that could exist in the real world.
Skateboarding
Skateboarding is an action sport that involves riding and performing tricks using a skateboard, as well as a recreational activity, an art form, an entertainment industry job, and a method of transportation. Surfing and Skateboarding are boardsports, individual sports and Summer Olympic sports.
Skimboarding
Skimboarding or skimming is a boardsport in which a skimboard (much like a surfboard but smaller and without fins) is used to glide across the water's surface to meet an incoming breaking wave, and ride it back to shore. Surfing and Skimboarding are boardsports.
Snapper Rocks
Snapper Rocks is a small rocky outcrop on the northern side of Point Danger at the southern end of Rainbow Bay on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
Snowboarding
Snowboarding is a recreational and competitive activity that involves descending a snow-covered surface while standing on a snowboard that is almost always attached to a rider's feet. Surfing and Snowboarding are boardsports and individual sports.
Snurfer
The Snurfer was the predecessor of the snowboard.
Sportswear
Sportswear or activewear is athletic clothing, including footwear, worn for sports activity or physical exercise.
Standing wave
In physics, a standing wave, also known as a stationary wave, is a wave that oscillates in time but whose peak amplitude profile does not move in space.
Standup paddleboarding
Standup paddleboarding (SUP) is a water sport born from surfing with modern roots in Hawaii. Surfing and Standup paddleboarding are boardsports and individual sports.
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Stingray
Stingrays are a group of sea rays, a type of cartilaginous fish.
Sunburn
Sunburn is a form of radiation burn that affects living tissue, such as skin, that results from an overexposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation, usually from the Sun.
Surf break
A surf break (also break, shore break, or big wave break) is a permanent (or semi-permanent) obstruction such as a coral reef, rock, shoal, or headland that causes a wave to break, forming a barreling wave or other wave that can be surfed, before it eventually collapses.
Surf culture
Surf culture includes the people, language, fashion, and lifestyle surrounding the sport of surfing.
Surf film
Surf movies fall into three distinct genres.
Surf forecasting
Surf forecasting is the process of using offshore swell data to predict onshore wave conditions.
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Surf Life Saving Club
Surf Life Saving Clubs (or SLSCs) are volunteer institutions at Australia's beaches.
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Surf lifesaving
Surf lifesaving is a multifaceted social movement that comprises key aspects of voluntary lifeguard services and competitive surf sport.
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Surf music
Surf music (also known as surf rock, surf pop, or surf guitar) is a genre of rock music associated with surf culture, particularly as found in Southern California.
Surf zone
The surf zone or breaker zone is the nearshore part of a body of open water between the line at which the waves break and the shore.
Surfboard
A surfboard is a narrow plank used in surfing.
Surfboard fin
A surfboard fin or skeg is a hydrofoil mounted at the tail of a surfboard or similar board to improve directional stability and control through foot-steering.
Surfboard leash
A leg rope or surfboard leash is a urethane cord attached to the deck of a surfboard, down near the tail.
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Surfboard shaper
A surfboard shaper is someone who designs and builds surfboards.
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Surfboard wax
Surfboard wax (also known as surfwax) is a formulation of natural and/or synthetic wax for application to the deck of a surfboard, bodyboard, or skimboard, to keep the surfer from slipping off the board when paddling out or riding a wave.
Surfer's ear
Surfer's ear is the common name for an exostosis or abnormal bone growth within the ear canal.
Surfer's myelopathy
Surfer's myelopathy is a rare, nontraumatic spinal cord injury caused by hyperextension of the back and resulting in paraplegia (paralysis below the waist).
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Surfers Against Sewage
Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) is a marine conservation charity working with communities to protect oceans, waves, beaches and marine life.
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Surfing
Surfing is a surface water sport in which an individual, a surfer (or two in tandem surfing), uses a board to ride on the forward section, or face, of a moving wave of water, which usually carries the surfer towards the shore. Surfing and surfing are boardsports, Hawaii culture, individual sports, native American sports and games, partial squatting position, sports originating in Peru and Summer Olympic sports.
Surfing at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Surfing at the Summer Olympics made its debut in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
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Surfing in Canada
Surfing in Canada is practised on its east and west coasts, as well as via lake surfing on the Great Lakes, and river surfing on standing waves and tidal bores.
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Surfing in Madeira
Surfing was first started in the Portuguese island of Madeira in the 1970s off the villages of Paul do Mar, Jardim do Mar and Ponta Pequena.
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Surfing in the United States
Surfing in the United States is a popular hobby in coastal areas, and more recently due to the invention of wave pools, inland regions of the country.
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Surfskating
Surfskating, or surf skateboarding, is a form of skateboarding that replicates the experience of surfing on dry land.
Swami's
Swami's is an area in San Diego County that contains Swami's Beach and other local attractions.
Swell (ocean)
A swell, also sometimes referred to as ground swell, in the context of an ocean, sea or lake, is a series of mechanical waves that propagate along the interface between water and air under the predominating influence of gravity, and thus are often referred to as surface gravity waves.
Tahiti
Tahiti (Tahitian) is the largest island of the Windward group of the Society Islands in French Polynesia.
Tavarua
Tavarua is an island resort in Fiji.
Teahupoʻo
Teahupoo is a village on the southeastern coast of the island of Tahiti in French Polynesia, France, in the southern Pacific Ocean.
The Beach Boys
The Beach Boys are an American rock band formed in Hawthorne, California, in 1961.
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The Endless Summer
The Endless Summer is a 1966 American surf documentary film directed, produced, edited and narrated by Bruce Brown.
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The Times of India
The Times of India, also known by its abbreviation TOI, is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by The Times Group.
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Tidal bore
A tidal bore, often simply given as bore in context, is a tidal phenomenon in which the leading edge of the incoming tide forms a wave (or waves) of water that travels up a river or narrow bay, reversing the direction of the river or bay's current.
Tinnitus
Tinnitus is a variety of sound that is heard when no corresponding external sound is present.
Titanium
Titanium is a chemical element; it has symbol Ti and atomic number 22.
Tonga
Tonga, officially the Kingdom of Tonga (Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga), is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania.
Totora (plant)
Totora (Schoenoplectus californicus subsp. tatora) is a subspecies of the giant bulrush sedge.
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Tow-in surfing
Tow-in surfing is a surfing technique which uses artificial assistance to allow the surfer to catch faster-moving waves than was traditionally possible when paddling by hand.
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Trade winds
The trade winds or easterlies are permanent east-to-west prevailing winds that flow in the Earth's equatorial region.
Tray
A tray is a shallow platform designed for the carrying of items.
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Triple Crown of Surfing
The Triple Crown of Surfing is a specialty series of professional surfing events that have been held annually since 1983 on the North Shore of Oahu, a coastline whose winter swells can reach in height.
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Tropical cyclone
A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system with a low-pressure center, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain and squalls.
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Underwater environment
An underwater environment is a environment of, and immersed in, liquid water in a natural or artificial feature (called a body of water), such as an ocean, sea, lake, pond, reservoir, river, canal, or aquifer.
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University of Exeter
The University of Exeter is a research university in the West Country of England, with its main campus in Exeter, Devon.
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V-drive
V-drive is a propulsion system for boats that consists of two drive shafts, a gearbox, and a propeller.
Vocabulary
A vocabulary (also known as a lexicon) is a set of words, typically the set in a language or the set known to an individual.
Vortex
In fluid dynamics, a vortex (vortices or vortexes) is a region in a fluid in which the flow revolves around an axis line, which may be straight or curved.
Waimea Bay
Waimea Bay is located in Haleiwa on the North Shore of O'ahu in the Hawaiian Islands at the mouth of the Waimea River.
Wakesurfing
Wakesurfing is a water sport in which a rider trails behind a boat, riding the boat's wake without being directly pulled by the boat. Surfing and Wakesurfing are boardsports.
Warming up
'Warming up' is a part of stretching and preparation for physical exertion or a performance by exercising or practicing gently beforehand, usually undertaken before a performance or practice.
Wave pool
A wave pool is a swimming pool in which there are artificially generated, large waves, similar to those of the ocean.
Waveski
The Waveski, previously known as the "Paddle Ski”, is a surfboard that the rider 'sits' on top of.
Weever
Weevers (or weeverfish) are nine extant species of fishes of family Trachinidae, order Trachiniformes, part of the Percomorpha clade.
Western Australia
Western Australia (WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western third of the land area of the Australian continent.
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Wetsuit
A wetsuit is a garment worn to provide thermal protection while wet.
Wind fetch
In oceanography wind fetch, also known as fetch length or simply fetch, is the length of water over which a given wind has blown without obstruction.
Wind wave
In fluid dynamics, a wind wave, or wind-generated water wave, is a surface wave that occurs on the free surface of bodies of water as a result of the wind blowing over the water's surface.
Windsurfing
Windsurfing is a wind-propelled water sport that is a combination of sailing and surfing. Surfing and Windsurfing are boardsports.
Women's surfing
Women's surfing is thought to date back to the 17th century.
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Woodie (car body style)
A woodie (or a woodie wagon) is a wood-bodied automobile, that became a popular type of station wagon the bodywork of which is constructed of wood or is styled to resemble wood elements.
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World Surf League
The World Surf League (WSL) is the governing body for professional surfers and is dedicated to showcasing the world's best talent in a variety of progressive formats.
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Yoga
Yoga (lit) is a group of physical, mental, and spiritual practices or disciplines which originated in ancient India and aim to control (yoke) and still the mind, recognizing a detached witness-consciousness untouched by the mind (Chitta) and mundane suffering (Duḥkha).
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2020 Summer Olympics
The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July 2021.
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See also
Boardsports
- Aquaplaning (sport)
- Bailing (boardsports)
- Balance board
- Boardsport
- Bodyboarding
- Carveboarding
- Dirtsurfing
- Flowriding
- Footedness
- Kite landboarding
- Kiteboarding
- Kitesurfing
- Kneeboarding (towsport)
- Land windsurfing
- Longboarding
- Mountainboarding
- Onewheel
- Paddleboarding
- Red Bull King of the Air
- Riverboarding
- Sandboarding
- Skateboarding
- Skimboarding
- Skurfing
- Skysurfing
- Snowboarding
- Snowkiting
- Snowskate
- Standup paddleboarding
- Street luge
- Surfing
- Truck Surf Hotel
- Volcano boarding
- Wakeboarding
- Wakeskating
- Wakesurfing
- Windsurfing
- Wing foiling
Native American sports and games
- Alligator wrestling
- Arctic Winter Games
- Arctic sports
- Can-Am Senior B Lacrosse League
- Cherokee marbles
- Chunkey
- First Nations Junior B Lacrosse League
- First Nations Lacrosse Association
- Handgame
- Indian and jackrabbits
- Indian rodeo
- Indigenous North American stickball
- Inuit games
- Kah
- Kullihoma Grounds
- Lacrosse
- North American Indigenous Games
- Pasuckuakohowog
- Rezball
- Shinny
- Slahal
- Snow snake
- Surfing
- Three Nations Senior Lacrosse League
- Zohn Ahl
Partial squatting position
- Balinese dance
- Barynya
- Batting (cricket)
- Besti squat
- Curtsy
- Duckwalk
- Haka
- Horse stance
- Messenger (sculpture in Plymouth)
- Monkey Kung Fu
- Riding-like sitting
- Sit spin
- Skiing
- Slip (cricket)
- Stance (martial arts)
- Sumo
- Surfing
- Twerking
- Urination
- Volleyball
- Wicket-keeper
- Zapin
- Zapin Api
Sports originating in Peru
- Paleta frontón
- Surfing
Summer Olympic sports
- Archery
- Association football
- Association of Summer Olympic International Federations
- Badminton
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Boxing
- Canoeing
- Cheerleading in Australia
- Competition climbing
- Cycle sport
- Diving (sport)
- Equestrianism
- Fencing
- Field hockey
- Golf
- Gymnastics
- Handball
- Judo
- Karate
- Modern pentathlon
- Olympic weightlifting
- Open water swimming
- Rowing (sport)
- Rugby sevens
- Sailing (sport)
- Shooting sports
- Skateboarding
- Sport of athletics
- Surfing
- Swimming (sport)
- Synchronized swimming
- Table tennis
- Taekwondo
- Tennis
- Triathlon
- Volleyball
- Water polo
- Wrestling
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surfing
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