96 Surfing Trivia Questions with Answers
96 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Which surfer won three men’s world titles in 1985, 1986, and 1990?
Answer
Tom Curren
Which film about big-wave surfing was directed by Stacy Peralta in 2004?
Answer
Riding Giants
Which surfer became the first woman to win eight world titles?
Answer
Stephanie Gilmore
Who invented the three-fin thruster surfboard setup in 1980?
Answer
Simon Anderson
Who directed the 2002 surfing film Blue Crush?
Answer
John Stockwell
Which California beach city uses the official surfing nickname “Surf City USA”?
Answer
Huntington Beach
What species of shark bit surfer Bethany Hamilton in Hawaii in 2003?
Answer
Tiger shark
In surfing, what is the name for a wave that breaks over a sandy seabed?
Answer
Beach break
Which surfing competition is held annually at Bells Beach in Victoria, Australia?
Answer
Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach
Which Australian surfer won the 2012 men’s World Surf League championship?
Answer
Joel Parkinson
In surfing, what does “hang ten” mean?
Answer
Both feet over the nose
Who directed the 1964 surfing documentary The Endless Summer?
Answer
Bruce Brown
What was the original name of the organization now known as the World Surf League?
Answer
International Professional Surfers
Which surfer won six consecutive women's world titles from 1998 through 2003?
Answer
Layne Beachley
At which beach were the surfing events held at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics?
Answer
Tsurigasaki Beach
Which surfer won the women's shortboard gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics?
Answer
Caroline Marks
Which Australian won the first men's surfing world championship in 1964?
Answer
Midget Farrelly
Who set the Guinness World Record for the largest wave ever surfed, measured at Nazaré in 2020?
Answer
Sebastian Steudtner
In surfing, what does a “goofy-foot” stance mean?
Answer
Right foot forward
Who is credited with inventing the modern surfboard fin in 1935?
Answer
Tom Blake
Near which California city is the big-wave surf break known as Mavericks located?
Answer
Half Moon Bay
Which surfer won the first Olympic gold medal in men’s shortboard surfing?
Answer
Italo Ferreira
At which Olympic Games did surfing make its debut as an official sport?
Answer
Tokyo 2020