Waveski

A Waveski resembles a larger volume surfboard, with the addition of a hollowed out seat that has a seat belt, feet straps enabling the rider to remain attached to the board for maneuvers and surfed with a double ended paddle which also helps to flip upright if capsized in an action called the 'Eskimo roll' when overturned.

To turn, the rider uses their weight to lean on the side rail with the and paddle to pivot or propel the board up the wave.

There are also documented accounts by Captain Cook of sightings of Polynesians riding waves on dugout and outrigger canoes.

They could patrol the surf zone with these crafts and drag distressed swimmers or surfers back to shore quickly on the ski.

In North America, Danny Broadhurst, a surfer from Long Island, created some early waveskis in the 1970s, although these were heavy, bulky and not particularly maneuverable.

High performance waveskis weigh 6–8 kilograms (13–18 lb) and are custom made, either via traditional foam shaping or CNC routing of an EPS foam blank that is finished in either glass, carbon, carbon kevlar or mixes of the aforementioned cloth bonded using epoxy resin.