History Main / LavaSurfing

* Several characters in {{BIONICLE}} participate in the sport of lava surfing with no adverse effects. Handwaved in that they're cyborgs, most of whom have some form of heat resistance.

** ''VideoGame/SuperMarioSunshine'', meanwhile, features a ''wooden boat'' in the middle of an active volcano.

They usually surf on a floating rock that happens to be nearby, or something flat they happen to have with them, unless they're so [[IncrediblyLamePun cool]] they don't need any of those things. If the heroes are in the LethalLavaLand or stuck near ChekhovsVolcano, you can bet this is how they will escape. ([[MagmaMan Magma Men]] tend to do this a lot.) Sometimes, the object being used to surf will start to burn up or melt, making the surfer find another board.

ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin; this trope is when characters ride on lava. They usually surf on a floating rock that happens to be nearby, or something flat they happen to have with them, unless they're so [[IncrediblyLamePun cool]] they don't need any of those things. If the heroes are in the LethalLavaLand or stuck near ChekhovsVolcano, you can bet this is how they will escape. ([[MagmaMan Magma Men]] tend to do this a lot.) Sometimes, the object being used to surf will start to burn up or melt, making the surfer find another board.

* In ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf Ranma 1/2'', during the midair battle of the GrandFinale, Ranma knocks the Phoenix King [[PlayingWithFire Saffron]] out of the sky and towards the ground. But Saffron's BattleAura causes the solid rock to gush upwards in a a huge gout of magma; Ranma only survives because the hyper-frozen boulder he had been riding conveniently takes the brunt of the lava, but even it has completely disintegrated by the next panel.

ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin, this trope is when characters ride on lava. They usually surf on a floating rock that happens to be nearby or something they have with them, unless they're so [[IncrediblyLamePun cool]] they don't need any. If the heroes are in the LethalLavaLand or stuck near ChekhovsVolcano, you can bet this is how they will escape. ([[MagmaMan Magma Men]] tend to do this a lot.) Sometimes, the object being used to surf will start to burn up or melt, making the surfer find another board.

* In ''[[Literature/TheCulture Look to Windward]]'', lava rafting is an extreme sport that citizens of TheCulture participate in on unfinished [[RingWorldPlanet habitats]].

* In ''[[TheCulture Look To Windward]]'', lava rafting is an extreme sport that citizens of TheCulture participate in on unfinished [[RingWorldPlanet habitats]].
* This occurs in the ''Literature/HowToTrainYourDragon'' novel ''How to Twist a Dragon's Tale'' when Hiccup is escaping from BigBad Alvin the Treacherous by riding the lava of a volcano away from him.

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ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.

This trope is when characters ride on lava. They usually surf on a floating rock that happens to be nearby or something they have with them, unless they're so [[IncrediblyLamePun cool]] they don't need any. If the heroes are in the LethalLavaLand or stuck near ChekhovsVolcano, you can bet this is how they will escape. ([[MagmaMan Magma Men]] tend to do this a lot.) Sometimes, the object being used to surf will start to burn up or melt, making the surfer find another board.

ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.

This trope is when characters ride on lava. They usually surf on a floating rock that happens to be nearby or something they have with them, unless they're so [[IncrediblyLamePun cool]] they don't need any. If the heroes are in the LethalLavaLand or stuck near ChekhovsVolcano, you can bet this is how they will escape. ([[MagmaMan Magma Men]] tend to do this a lot.) Sometimes, the object being used to surf will start to burn up or melt, making the surfer find another board.

See also ImplausibleBoardingSkills. Often takes place in front of a ClimacticVolcanoBackdrop. Subtrope of ConvectionSchmonvection. Sister trope to RideTheLightning.
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!!Examples:
[[AC:{{Anime}} and {{Manga}}]]
* ''PokemonSpecial'' has the finale of the Yellow Arc, where Yellow lava surfs during the final battle and creates a massive whirlpool of lava that engulfs Lance.

[[AC:{{Film}} - Live Action]]
* In ''SpyKids 3D'', the heroes have to lava surf across the LethalLavaLand in order to reach the last level.

[[AC:{{Literature}}]]
* In ''[[TheCulture Look To Windward]]'', lava rafting is an extreme sport that citizens of TheCulture participate in on unfinished [[RingWorldPlanet habitats]].
* This occurs in the ''Literature/HowToTrainYourDragon'' novel ''How to Twist a Dragon's Tale'' when Hiccup is escaping from BigBad Alvin the Treacherous by riding the lava of a volcano away from him.

[[AC:{{Toys}}]]
* Several characters in {{BIONICLE}} participate in the sport of lava surfing with no adverse effects. Handwaved in that they're cyborgs, most of whom have some form of heat resistance.
** Only Matoran of fire, who have a greater heat resistance (as per RequiredSecondaryPowers), do it for sport. Other characters surf on lava only if needed to escape. It was also mentioned that Toa of fire could survive a few seconds in lava. No one thinks that it is stupid to surf for sport on a liquid that will kill you if you fall.

[[AC:VideoGames]]
* ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'' surfs to escape lava in one cutscene, using a {{mook}} as a surfboard.
* In ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'', you can use a Koopa shell to lava surf.
* In ''VideoGame/ConkersBadFurDay'', during the Ugga stage, Conker is knocked out and mugged by a group of cavemen thugs. When he wakes up, he has to chase them through a prehistoric world by surfing over lava on a hoverboard, and then knock them all into the lava with his frying pan to get his money back. Yeah, it's [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs that]] kind of game.
* In ''VideoGame/TheLionKing'', Simba surfs down a river of lava on a stalactite.
* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'', Link can lava surf on sinking rock platforms, and even create platforms by dropping water into the lava.

[[AC:WesternAnimation]]
* Link {{ShieldSurf}}s on a river of magical flame in one episode of the animated ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfZelda.''
* In ''ElTigre'', the Riveras and the bad guys escape a volcanic lair by lava surfing.
* Subverted in the ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' episode "Swiss Family Phineas". The characters call it "pink lava", but it's really just sudsy water taken UpToEleven. Perry rides it out on an ironing board.
* Used in the ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' movie ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheSamuraiSword'', where the only means of Scooby and Shaggy passing through the fire gate is by means of surfing over molten lava.
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** Only Matoran of fire, who have a greater heat resistance, do it for sport. Other characters surf on lava only if needed to escape. It was also mentioned that Toa of fire could survive a few seconds in lava. No one thinks that it is stupid to surf for sport on a liquid that will kill you if you fall.

* ''{{Bayonetta}}'' surfs to escape lava in one cutscene, using a {{mook}} as a surfboard.

* In the video game of ''Disney/TheLionKing'', Simba surfs down a river of lava on a stalactite.

* This occurs in the Literature/HowToTrainYourDragon novel ''How to Twist a Dragon's Tale'' when Hiccup is escaping from BigBad Alvin the Treacherous by riding the lava of a volcano away from him.

* {{Bayonetta}} surfs to escape lava in one cutscene, using a {{mook}} as a surfboard.
* In VideoGame/SuperMario64, you can use a Koopa shell to lava surf.
* In VideoGame/ConkersBadFurDay, during the Ugga stage, Conker is knocked out and mugged by a group of cavemen thugs. When he wakes up, he has to chase them through a prehistoric world by surfing over lava on a hoverboard, and then knock them all into the lava with his frying pan to get his money back. Yeah, it's [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs that]] kind of game.
* In the video game of Disney/TheLionKing, Simba surfs down a river of lava on a stalactite.
* In SkywardSword, Link can lava surf on sinking rock platforms, and even create platforms by dropping water into the lava.

* Link [[ShieldSurf Shield Surfs]] on a river of magical flame in one episode of the animated ''[[{{Animated/TheLegendOfZelda}} The Legend of Zelda]].''

* Subverted in the WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb episode "Swiss Family Phineas". The characters call it "pink lava", but it's really just sudsy water taken UpToEleven. Perry rides it out on an ironing board.

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* In the video game of WesternAnimation/TheLionKing, Simba surfs down a river of lava on a stalactite.