Board Sports Guides - OpenWaterHQ

What Size Board Shorts Should I Get?

For men, among the hardest parts of choosing swimwear is answering, what size board shorts should I get? It seems ...

What Are Board Shorts Used For?

What are board shorts used for? All types of swimwear have different purposes, some are designed for competitions, and others ...

How to Measure Board Shorts

Knowing how to measure board shorts gives you the ability to use them to their fullest potential. It’s far too ...

Walk Shorts vs Board Shorts: What’s the Difference?

If you’re like most men, the thought of buying new swimwear is a challenge. You aren’t sure what to pick, ...

How to Wear Board Shorts – Do’s and Don’ts

The real question people ask themselves isn’t how to wear board shorts, as much as when and where should I ...

What Are E-Board Shorts? What You Should Know

When shopping for board shorts you’ve probably wondered exactly what are E-Board Shorts? Are they different from regular board shorts? ...

What Color Works Best for Board Shorts?

When you’re shopping for a pair of board shorts one of the main questions you’ll ask yourself is what colors ...

How to Measure the Inseam on Board Shorts

If you’ve ever been curious about how to measure the inseam on shorts then wonder no more. It’s not difficult ...

How to Keep Your Phone Dry in Board Shorts Pocket

If you’re planning on going to the beach or the pool you are wondering how you will keep your phone ...

How to Use the Key Loop in Board Shorts

Ever wonder about how to use the key loop that’s in your board shorts pocket? You’re not alone. Many people ...

What are board sports? Any sport that is played with a board qualifies as a “board sport.” Surfing is the original board sport, and skateboarding was then invented by surfers who couldn’t get enough of surfing and wanted to ride on a board on land.

Since the focus of this website is on water sports, our section on board sports covers only topics related to water-based board sports instead of any land-based board sports such as skateboarding, snowboarding, skiing, etc.

This section contains all the articles we have written for the board sports we cover on this website: Surfing, Windsurfing, Kitesurfing, SUP Boarding, Wakeboarding.

If you’re interested in a specific board sport, please click into any of these links for articles that are specific to that activity.