Editing Bodyboarding (section)

== Progression ==
[[File:Playa Confital EM1B5035 (32576729835).jpg|thumb|Bodyboarder at Playa del Confital doing an air reverse exit]]

From the conception of the modern bodyboard in 1971, bodyboarding has experienced spurts of rapid growth both as an industry and extreme sport.{{Citation needed|date=December 2018}} With its origins in America, over the past decade the industry has shifted from a primarily American to a global industry phenomena. The sport has grown into a worldwide industry with growing strongholds in Australia, South American countries like Peru and Chile, Japan, [[Canary Islands]] (Spain), South Africa, and so forth. The evolution of maneuvers and waves in which it is being done have rendered it one of the most extreme wave riding forms in the world.

Bodyboarders have been accredited with pioneering some of the world's heaviest, most renowned surf locations in the world: [[Teahupoo|Teahupo'o]], French Polynesia; [[Shark Island (Cronulla Beach)|Shark Island]], Australia; El Fronton, Spain; Cyclops, Australia; Ours, Australia; Luna Park, Australia; etc. In addition, bodyboarders place strong emphasis on aerial maneuvers on bigger, heavier sections of waves. These include aerial 360s, [[ARSs (bodyboard)|ARS]] (Air Roll Spin), el rollos, inverts (tweaking the board with the momentum of the wave and then swinging it back), backflips, ATS (Aéreo Thiago Schmitd) and variations/hybrids of these maneuvers are also performed.