SURFING EQUIPMENT
1. Surfboards are usually hollow and weigh between
4 and 10 kilograms (9-22 pounds). They are usually
constructed of manmade materials such
as plastic and fiberglass.
Longboard is typically about 3 meters (9 feet) long.
The nose, or front part of the surfboard, is rounded.
Longboards can be slightly wider and thicker than
shortboards, making them more stable
and buoyant (able to stay afloat).
Shortboards are about 2 meters (6 feet) long. They
have a more pointed nose, and usually have more fins
than longboards.
3. Wetsuits are used to keep warm while surfing. Most
diehard surfers will want to surf at times when the
2. Surf wax is applied to dry surfboards to weather is not warm. Wetsuits are made of a rubbery
material that traps water between the material and your
help surfers “stick.” Traction pads can be
body.
applied to the deck, or upper part of the Warm-water surfers wear modified wetsuits or
board, for the same reason. swimsuits.
Cold-water surfers can wear full-body wetsuits,
including hoods, boots and gloves.
WAYS TO SURF
2. Shortboards allow for greater
maneuverability. Shortboarders practice a variety
of different turns. “Cutbacks” are turns that force
the surfer back toward the breaking wave.
1. Longboards allow surfers greater balance
than any other kind of surfboard. Because of
this balance and stability, longboarders can do
what looks like gymnastics on their surfboards.
3. Big-wave surfing is just what it sounds
like: surfing very, very big waves. Most
surfers ride waves between 3 and 6 meters
(9-20 feet) high. Big waves can be four
times that high, more than 25 meters (82
feet) tall.
4. Wake surfing is like water skiing on a
surfboard. Wakes are the wave trails left by
boats or other heavy objects traveling
quickly through the water. Surfers on very
short boards trail behind boats and surf in
the wakes they create.
5. Bodysurfing is the art and science of
riding down a breaking wave without a
board. Bodysurfers often wear
specialized swim fins, or plastic flippers
attached to their feet.
SOME COMMON SURFING TERMS
2. Tube riding: when the surfer gets into
1. Hang ten: riding a surfboard with both feet on the portion of the wave where the top of the
the front of the board and all ten toes hanging off wave has curled over the rider and the
the edge. surfer is now riding inside a tube of water.
3. Snap: when the surfer makes 4. Floater: when the surfer rides at
a quick turn right at the top of the the top of the wave.
wave.
5. Pump: when the surfer turns back and
forth into the wave to generate speed.
6. Cutback: when the surfer turns back into
the breaking part of the wave.
7. Regular: riding the surfboard with the
right foot on the back and the left foot on
the front.
8. Goofy: riding the surfboard with the left
foot on the back and the right foot on the
front.
SURFING SAFETY
Drowning can occur by being pulled under the water and by being dragged out to sea.
Wipeout is the act of falling off a surfboard while riding a wave. Wipeouts are more
common where waves are larger, stronger or more unpredictable.
Sea life can also pose a danger to surfers. Kelp is large seaweed that can grow 9
meters (30 feet) tall. Kelp forests grow from the ocean floor, and their tops rest on the
ocean surface.
Animals in the surf can put surfers in danger. Bull sharks, tiger sharks, and great white
sharks are probably the biggest risk.
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