coffin
Hotdogging maneuver introduced in the late 1950s, where a longboard-riding surfer drops to his or her back while angling across the wave, and lies feet forward, with hands folded corpselike upon the chest. In a slight variation, hands are templed together in the "pray for surf" position. While the coffin was always a goof-off maneuver, an online "how-to" surfing site noted, "If you aren't able to...
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The Coffin: You Are Dead to MeSubscribe to view
Coffin, around 1965Subscribe to view
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Coffin, 2018Subscribe to view
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The Coffin: You Are Dead to Me
Coffin, around 1965
Phil Edwards. Photo: Bruce Brown
Kevin Kinnear. Photo: Tom Keck
Coffin, 2018
Coffin, early '60s