longboard, longboarding

Type of surfing performed on a blunt-nosed surfboard, generally over nine feet long, and often patterned on the smooth, style-conscious form of wave-riding popular in the early and mid-1960s. The terms "longboard" and "longboarding" were coined in the late '60s in re- sponse to the shortboard revolution, which put an end to what is sometimes referred to as the original longboard era. The return of...