What material usually covers the outside of a modern surfboard?
Answer
Fiberglass
96 Surfing Trivia Questions with Answers
96 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Which beach hosted the first World Surfing Championships in 1964?
Answer
Manly Beach
In surfing, what does a wave’s period measure?
Answer
Time between successive wave crests
What material forms the core of most traditional modern polyurethane surfboards?
Answer
Polyurethane foam
What is the official name of the beach containing Hawaii’s famous Banzai Pipeline surf break?
Answer
Ehukai Beach Park
What type of surf break occurs when waves break over a sandy seabed?
Answer
Beach break
What did the abbreviation ASP stand for in professional surfing?
Answer
Association of Surfing Professionals
Who won the first men’s professional world surfing title in 1976?
Answer
Peter Townend
Which Australian beach hosts the annual Rip Curl Pro surfing competition?
Answer
Bells Beach
Which surfer won the women’s shortboard gold medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games?
Answer
Carissa Moore
What is the Hawaiian term for the sport of surfing?
Answer
Heʻe nalu
Who invented the modern surfboard fin in the 1930s?
Answer
Tom Blake
What is the name of the Hawaiian surf break on Oahu famous for its powerful hollow waves?
Answer
Banzai Pipeline
Which actress played Bethany Hamilton in the 2011 surfing film Soul Surfer?
Answer
AnnaSophia Robb
What is the surfing term for riding with the left foot forward?
Answer
Regular foot
Which foot is forward for a goofy-footed surfer?
Answer
Right foot
Which 1966 surf film documented surfers traveling around the world in search of waves?
Answer
The Endless Summer
Which 1964 surf film was made by Bruce Brown and became a landmark documentary of wave riding?
Answer
The Endless Summer
Which surf break was named after a dog called Maverick?
Answer
Mavericks
What does the abbreviation ISA stand for in international surfing competition?
Answer
International Surfing Association
Which surfer won four consecutive men’s world titles from 1979 through 1982?
Answer
Mark Richards
Which California beach hosts the annual U.S. Open of Surfing?
Answer
Huntington Beach