Bodyboarding is a
surface water sport in which the
surfer rides a bodyboard on the crest, face, and curl of a wave which is carrying the surfer towards the shore. Bodyboarding is also referred to as
Boogieboarding due to the invention of the "Boogie Board" by
Tom Morey. The average bodyboard consists of a short, rectangular piece of
hydrodynamic foam. Bodyboarders typically use
swim fins for additional propulsion and control while riding a breaking wave.