Surfing Surfing The Association of Surfing Professionals World Tour is the main event in the world of professional surfing. It is a series of 12 events that take place all over the globe, including Australia, Japan, Africa, Fiji, Tahiti, France, Spain, Brazil, Hawaii, and the United States. The tour is held annually between the months of March and December. The scoring throughout the tour is based on a point system, and the surfer with the most points after the final event, the Rip Curl Pipeline Masters, in Oahu, Hawaii, is deemed the winner. ...more on Wikipedia about "ASP World Tour"
Australia's Surfing Life (ASL) magazine is a monthly magazine about surfing published in Australia. It features articles about surf trips in Australia and overseas, surfing technique, board design, wetsuits, etc. The style is frequently blokey and joking, but surfing matters are taken very seriously. ...more on Wikipedia about "Australia's Surfing Life"
The Banzai Pipeline, or simply "Pipeline" or "Pipe", is a surf spot located near Ehukai Beach Park in Pupukea of O`ahu's North Shore. There are at least three reefs here in progressively deeper water further out to sea that activate at various power levels applied by the swell. ...more on Wikipedia about "Banzai Pipeline"
Bells Beach is an internationally famous surf beach in Victoria, Australia, located 71 km south-west of Melbourne, on the Great Ocean Road near the towns of Torquay and Jan Juc. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bells Beach"
Biarritz (Miarritze in Basque) is a town and commune which lies on the Bay of Biscay, on the Atlantic coast, in southwestern France. ...more on Wikipedia about "Biarritz"
Big wave surfing is a discipline in surfing where riders paddle into waves which are at least 20 feet high, on surf boards known as guns. The bigger the wave, the faster it travels, and the bigger the surf board needed to catch it. A larger board allows a rider to paddle fast enough to catch the wave and has the advantage of being more stable, but it also limits their maneuverability. ...more on Wikipedia about "Big wave surfing"
Big Wednesday was a 1978 coming-of-age movie, directed by John Milius, starring Jan-Michael Vincent, William Katt and Gary Busey as California surfers facing life, the Vietnam War, and use of the ever changing surf as a metaphor for the changes in life. ...more on Wikipedia about "Big Wednesday" www.shortopedia.com for you! Surfing
(Bodyboarding) A bodyboard is an instrument of wave riding consisting of a small roughly rectangular piece of foam, shaped to a hydrodynamic form. The bodyboard is ridden predominantly lying down, (or 'prone'). It can also be ridden in a half-standing stance (known as 'dropknee') or can even be ridden standing up. The vast majority of bodyboarders usually wear swimfins on both feet to aid in paddling out and taking off. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bodyboarding"
(Elands Bay) Local ...more on Wikipedia about "Elands Bay"
Endless Summer is one of the first and most influential surfing movies, creating and defining the genre for many years after its release in 1966. Its title comes from the last line in the film, which expresses the idea that if one had enough time and money it would be possible to follow the summer around the world, making it endless. ...more on Wikipedia about "Endless Summer"
Fistral Beach is a major surfing beach of Britain, located near Newquay in Cornwall. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fistral Beach"
A funboard is a type of surfboard which, while it may be within the typical length range common to shortboards, has more in common design-wise with a longboard. The funboard's design allows it to catch waves more easily than other types of surfboards, hence it is a popular type of surfboard, especially among beginners. Typically it will have a round nose and a single skeg. ...more on Wikipedia about "Funboard"
Gidget is the nickname of Frances Lawrence, a teenage character adapted for film and television from a novel by Frederick Kohner. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gidget"
Ho‘okipa beach is located on the north shore of Maui, Hawaii. It is the most famous wave windsurfing site in the world. During the winter the waves are largest and break off the reef, but during the summer the wave size decreases. There are 3 distinct sailing sites at Ho‘okipa named H‘Poco, Lanes and Middles. H‘Poco is the most popular. Hookipa is ideal for windsurfing because of its large waves and high velocity winds. The name Ho‘okipa means "hospitality" in Hawaiian. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hookipa"
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The International Bodyboarding Association is the governing society of international bodyboarding. ...more on Wikipedia about "International Bodyboarding Association"
Leo Carrillo State Beach, Malibu, California is the closest Pacific Ocean beach to Thousand Oaks, California. To get to this beach from inland, one must travel a mountain road (either Decker Canyon Road ( Highway 23) or Mulholland Highway) which can be quite hazardous. But once on the beach, an RV park, a mountainous beach with a sea cave, and a cove are available to the beachgoer. At low tide the tide pools can be explored. ...more on Wikipedia about "Leo Carrillo State Beach"
This page aims to list articles on Wikipedia about people associated with surfing or surf culture. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of surfers"
This is a list of areas associated with surfing. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of surfing areas"
See also: List of surfing areas ...more on Wikipedia about "List of surfing terms"
This page aims to list articles related to surfing and surf culture. This is so that those interested in the subject can monitor changes to the pages by clicking on related changes. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of surfing topics"
The following is a List of World Surfing Women's Champions: ...more on Wikipedia about "List of World Surfing Women's Champions" There's a bit of shortopedia in all of us.
A longboard is a type of surfboard. By general description it will be eight feet or longer, or three feet taller than the rider in overall length. The strong point of a longboard is its substantial buoyancy and planing surface, which enables most surfers using it to ride waves generally deemed too small to propel a shortboard, as well as anything else. In the proper conditions, a skilled surfer can ride a wave standing on the nose of a longboard, literally putting his "toes on the nose" or even "hanging ten" toes over the very edge of the nose. ...more on Wikipedia about "Longboard (surfing)"
Maverick's or Mavericks is a world-famous surfing location in Northern California. It is located approximately one-half mile (0.8km) from shore in Pillar Point Harbor, just north of Half Moon Bay. After a strong winter storm has occurred in the northern Pacific Ocean, waves can routinely crest at over 25 feet (8m) and top out at over 50 feet (15m). The break is caused by an unusually-shaped underwater rock formation. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mavericks"
Meñakoz is a beach situated on the north coast of the Basque Country, Spain, in the town of Sopelana, due north of the city of Bilbao. ...more on Wikipedia about "Meinakoz beach"
Mister Pipeline is a title given to masters of the waves at the North Shore's Pipeline. It was first given to Butch Van Artsdalen, and is passed on from generation to generation, by consensus. Other holders of the title have included sometime actor Gerry Lopez and bodyboarding legend Mike Stewart. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mister Pipeline"
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