Oceanic Body Sports

This page is about the sport of oceanic body sports. For the most popular league, see Oceanic Body Sports Association.

Oceanic Body Sports, known more commonly as Obs, is a contest which combines two contests dealing with the ocean, Wave Body Diving and Wave Body Riding.

Course of the Game

The game begins between a number of competitors, sometimes two, or sometimes larger numbers. The Oceanic Body Sports Association has regular season games that have limits of 75 riders per competition. The riders then go into the water one at a time, or multiple at a time spread out along the coast of an ocean, and wait for waves. With the advent of artificial wave technology, these waves are programmed to be random within a large pool, while in the ocean they are completely random. When a wave comes, the rider can choose to either go underneath the wave, called wave diving, or go over the wave and ride it towards the shore, called wave riding. There are usually five judges who score the riders each time they either dive or ride, and the average of those scores is the final score for each play. Wave dives are judged on the resistance to the wave, i.e. not getting knocked over, as well as form underneath the water and sometimes acrobatics under the water. Wive rides are judged on resistance to the wave, as well as form and distance the rider rides the wave. Once riding or diving a wave, the player repeats with the next wave, deciding which option to pursue. The times each rider is allowed to be in the water for range in length, however for most professional matches including that of the OBS, the length is 45 minutes. In national championships or other large events with smaller numbers of players, there are certain numbers of rounds, each consisting of 15 minutes. At the end of the event, the rider with the most points from the judges wins.