bodysurfed
Surfed without board
Bodysurfed is the past tense of bodysurf, meaning to ride waves toward shore using only your body—no board or other equipment.
The swimmer catches a wave and glides on its momentum: We bodysurfed until the sun went down.
It requires timing the wave's break and positioning the body to plane across the water's surface.
Increase in size
- crestHighest point or tuft
- breakersWaves that collapse shoreward
- curlSpiral or loop form
- barrelHooped cylindrical vessel
whitecap · foam · surge · face · shoulder · peak · tube · pocket
Ocean water, chemically speaking
- tideOcean's cyclical swell
- undertowSubsurface seaward current
- currentDirected flow of charge
- swellIncrease in size
buoyancy · brine · marine · coastal · tropical · temperate · Pacific · Atlantic
Waves breaking at waterline
- sandFine rock particles
- shoreLand bordering water
- lifeguardPaid swimming supervisor
- finsSwimming appendages
swimfins · wedge · sandbar · rip · channel · impact zone · lineup · inside
Quick sudden movement
- exhilarationIntense joyful excitement
- adrenalineEmergency response hormone
- momentumProduct of mass, velocity
- speedRate of motion
power · force · tumble · wipeout · hold-down · ragdoll · spin · weightlessness
swell
Increase in size
barrel · whitecap · foam · surge · face · shoulder · peak · tube · pocket · lip
saltwater
Ocean water, chemically speaking
swell · buoyancy · brine · marine · coastal · tropical · temperate · Pacific · Atlantic · Mediterranean
shorebreak
Waves breaking at waterline
fins · swimfins · wedge · sandbar · rip · channel · impact zone · lineup · inside · outside
rush
Quick sudden movement
- exhilarationIntense joyful excitement
- adrenalineEmergency response hormone
- momentumProduct of mass, velocity
speed · power · force · tumble · wipeout · hold-down · ragdoll · spin · weightlessness · plunge
glide
Move with effortless continuity
- kickFoot-delivered strike
- streamlineRemove unnecessary elements
- timingArt of choosing moments
catch · drop · trim · angle · prone · porpoise · handplane · positioning · entry · pullout
bodysurfedsurfed
Traveled atop waves
windsurfed · kitesurfed · longboarded · kayaked · skimboarded