traction pad

Thin, porous, precut peel-and-stick rubber pad used on the deck of a surfboard for traction, as an alternative to surf wax; usually applied to just the board's tail area, below the rider's back foot. Commercially made nonwax alternatives date back to the mid-'60s. Slipcheck was introduced in 1966 by the Morey-Pope company in Ventura, California; a gritty, epoxy-based aerosol paint—available, as pr...