Editing Bodyboarding (section)

== Different riding forms ==
Bodyboards are shaped to the rider's specific needs and preferences such as height, weight, and form of riding. Three basic forms of riding a bodyboard include prone, dropknee, and stand-up.

=== Prone ===
[[File:Denis johnson - panoramio.jpg|thumb|right|Prone bodyboarding]]
Riding prone refers to when one rides the wave on their stomach.{{citation needed|date=July 2019}} When the bodyboarder goes left, they place their left hand on the upper left corner of the nose and place their right arm halfway down the rail of the right side of the board.{{citation needed|date=July 2019}} The opposite is true of when the bodyboarder goes right.
=== Dropknee ===
[[File:Bodyboarding 3 2006.jpg|thumb|right|Dropknee bodyboarding]]
Dropknee is when one places their preferred fin forward on the front of the deck with the opposing knee on the bottom end of the board with their fin dragging in the water. Dropknee was first pioneered in the late 1970s by Hawaii's Jack "The Ripper" Lindholm and sometimes referred to as "Jack Stance". Unlike fiberglass stand-up surfboards, the bodyboards dropknee riders use don't have fins underneath to help maintain a line on the face of a wave or to stop them sliding out so dropknee riders rely on weight transition from rail to rail to hold a line on a wave and turn/snap. On the other hand, the benefit of not having fins underneath the board is that a rider can spin 360 (forward and reverse).
=== Stand-up ===
[[File:Stand-up-bodyboard-juan-luis-gomez-frieiro.jpg|thumb|Stand Up bodyboarding]]
Stand-up consists of standing upright on the board and performing tricks on the face as well as in the air. While it isn't quite as popular as the other two forms of riding a bodyboard, three notable figures that popularized it are Danny Kim, Cavin Yap, and Chris Won Taloa.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Jed |date=2017-06-02 |title=The Bizarre (& Forgotten) Art Of Stand-Up Bodyboarding |url=https://stabmag.com/style/the-bizarre-and-forgotten-art-of-stand-up-bodyboarding/ |access-date=2025-03-28 |website=Stab Mag |language=en-US}}</ref>