bodyboarding

Type of surfing done on a soft, square-nosed, semiflexible board, usually in a prone position; invented in the early 1970s by Southern California surfboard designer Tom Morey. Bodyboarding is often described as the most popular form of surfing, as bodyboards outsell surfboards by a huge margin. Although bellyboarding is the original form of boardsurfing, dating back hundreds if not thousands of y...