Board Sports Guides - OpenWaterHQ

Do Shorty Wetsuits Keep You Warm?

Wetsuits are a vital piece of gear that can keep you warm in cold water as well as protect you ...

Shorty Wetsuit vs. Full – Which One Should You Wear?

If you plan on spending time outdoors in the water, you likely already know that you need a wetsuit for ...

What Color Surfboard Attracts Sharks (& Which Ones Don’t)

You may have been told that you shouldn’t wear a bright colored wetsuit or have a bright colored surfboard, specifically ...

Can You Surf in a Scuba Diving Wetsuit (or Vice Versa?)

If you’re an outdoorsy, water-loving kind of person then you’ve probably realized (or are starting to realize) that you basically ...

Do Surfboard Fins Make a Difference?

You might have noticed that many surfers have fins installed on their surfboard. Why did they do that, is it ...

Can You Surf with Prescription Glasses?

You need to be able to see while surfing to avoid collisions and stay safe in the water. That said, ...

How Heavy are Surfboards?

Looking at the size of a surfboard, even a smaller surfboard is around 6 feet in length and longboards can ...

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Can Overweight People Surf?

People come in all shapes and sizes, and millions of people surf each year. It shouldn’t come as a surprise, ...

Do Surfers Wear Life Jackets? (Why Most Don’t)

Whether you’re snorkeling, scuba diving, jet skiing, or kayaking, most sports that take place in the water are done while ...

Do Surfers Wear Shoes? A Primer on Wetsuit Booties

When you think about what surfers normally wear, you don’t picture them with shoes on. After all, who wears shoes ...

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.