wipeouts
Falls from boards
Wipeouts are dramatic falls or crashes, especially in surfing and other board sports where a rider loses control and tumbles into the water or onto the ground.
The term extends to any spectacular failure or total defeat: The stock market wipeout destroyed his retirement savings.
A wipeout can also describe something being completely eliminated or erased.
In casual use, wipeouts often carry a note of dark humor, particularly when no serious injury results.
Sudden violent impact
- fallDescend under gravity
- tumbleUncontrolled rolling descent
- skateboardWheeled board for riding
- snowboardSlope-riding platform
BMX · halfpipe · ramp · bail · slam · faceplant · yard sale · cartwheel
Sudden violent impact
- waveOscillating motion through medium
- barrelHooped cylindrical vessel
- reefUnderwater rock or coral formation
- undertowSubsurface seaward current
board · swell · break · tumble · shore · rip current · impact · hold-down
Sudden violent impact
- collapseSudden structural failure
- lossBeing without something
- bankruptcyLegal status when insolvent
- ruinComplete destruction or collapse
bust · failure · default · insolvency · liquidation · foreclosure · margin call · portfolio
Victory over another
- knockoutIncapacitating final blow
- annihilationUtter, complete destruction
- destructionAct of completely ruining
- obliterationTotal destruction or erasure
erasure · extermination · decimation · rout · blowout · massacre · shutout · domination
crash
Sudden violent impact
- fallDescend under gravity
- tumbleUncontrolled rolling descent
- skateboardWheeled board for riding
snowboard · BMX · halfpipe · ramp · bail · slam · faceplant · yard sale · cartwheel · endo
crash
Sudden violent impact
- waveOscillating motion through medium
- barrelHooped cylindrical vessel
- reefUnderwater rock or coral formation
undertow · board · swell · break · tumble · shore · rip current · impact · hold-down · lip
crash
Sudden violent impact
- collapseSudden structural failure
- lossBeing without something
- bankruptcyLegal status when insolvent
ruin · bust · failure · default · insolvency · liquidation · foreclosure · margin call · portfolio · investment
defeat
Victory over another
- knockoutIncapacitating final blow
- annihilationUtter, complete destruction
- destructionAct of completely ruining
obliteration · erasure · extermination · decimation · rout · blowout · massacre · shutout · domination · sweep
- Surfingsurfboards, surfboard, longboards, shortboards, longboard
- bloopersbloopers, blooper, fail, gag reel, outtakes
- blundersblunder, blunders, blundered, mistakes, botch
- thrashingsbeatings, drubbings, thrashings, whippings, floggings
wipeoutssuccesses
Favorable outcomes achieved
victories · triumphs · wins · completions · saves
wipeoutssticks the landing
Finishes flawlessly, no wobble
soft landings · flawless execution · technical mastery · precision · poise