Shoulder surfing (surfing)

In surfing, shoulder surfing (also known as shoulder hopping) is getting on a wave where another surfer is already riding. It is seen as poor etiquette.

Background

Shoulder hoppers do not take off on the critical part of the wave where there is a need for a high level of skill, but take off further down the line.[1] They are often regarded as annoying by more experienced surfers because shoulder hoppers will sometimes drop in on a surfer already riding the wave – which breaches surfing etiquette of "first on wave (or, closest to the curl) has right of way". Southern California early eighties band the Surf Punks performed a song called Shoulder Hopper for their album My Beach.[2]

References
  1. "10 THINGS WE LEARNED WHILE SURFING LOMBOK". seaheartssurf.com. April 15, 2019.
  2. "Shoulder Hopper". Surf Punks. Archived from the original on December 19, 2021 – via YouTube.


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