Bodyboarding

Bodyboarding is a kind of wave riding (sometimes called Boogieboarding). The average board consists of a small, rectangular piece of hydrodynamic foam. The board can be shaped and adapted to different riding styles, and size of rider. Bodyboarding has been growing very rapidly over the last couple of decades and has now developed into one of the fastest growing sports of all time.

Prior to 1971, bodyboards were made from wood or fiberglass and foam, and called paipo boards. Paipos made from wood do not have fins, but fiberglass/foam boards usually have fins

Modern popularization of the sport was made possible by Tom Morey who designed the first mass-produced bodyboard coined the "Morey 'Boogie' Board". Though the initial rider for Morey was Ben Field, as the years progressed and the sport went to higher levels, competing became a larger aspect of the sport.