surfing
Surfers stand or lie on boards. This topic is part of Water Sports within Sports. This page currently draws on 8 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
surfing trivia questions
Surfing involves riding what?
Answer: Ocean waves
Bonus fact: Surfers stand or lie on boards.
What board feature helps a surfer steer and maintain stability?
Answer: Fins
Bonus fact: Fins resist sideways slipping.
What term describes riding inside the hollow part of a breaking wave?
Answer: Tube riding
Bonus fact: Surfers also call it getting barreled.
Kite surfing uses a large kite and what board?
Answer: Board ridden on water
Bonus fact: The kite pulls the rider across the water.
Which American band is famous for songs about surfing and California?
Answer: The Beach Boys
Bonus fact: The Beach Boys formed in Hawthorne, California.
A television remote control lets viewers operate a TV from what?
Answer: A distance
Bonus fact: Remote controls changed channel surfing and viewing habits.
Which band released the 1964 album "All Summer Long"?
Answer: The Beach Boys
Bonus fact: The record captures the group just as its subject matter was expanding beyond surfing.
Which band released the 1971 album "Surf’s Up"?
Answer: The Beach Boys
Bonus fact: Despite the surfing title, the album contains darker and more socially reflective material than the band’s early hits.