History Main / SkySurfing

* Rush Jet allows ''VideoGame/MegaMan'' to skysurf on the back of his ''dog.''

->He's air surfing! I can't believe I never thought of that!

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* Taken to its most [[UpToEleven Xtreeeeeeme]] in ''Junks'' an early Yukito Kishiro manga about SpacePirates (collected in one of the ''[[Manga/{{Gunnm}} Battle Angel Alita: Last Order]]'' omnibus editions). The protagonist and a rival pirate captain agree to settle a dispute with a "Plasma Boarding" match, where they enter a planet's atmosphere in nothing but space suits while riding on surfboards made from the heat-dissipating ceramics they make the bottoms of space shuttles out of.

* Then there's the long-forgotten ''WesternAnimation/SkysurferStrikeForce''.

* Jim Hawkins of ''Disney/TreasurePlanet'' has solar surfing, fitting with all the other [[SpaceSailing flying boats]] in the movie. It gets him into trouble with the law in the very beginning[[spoiler:, but it makes an excellent ChekhovsSkill.]]

->'''Aang:''' He's air surfing! I can't believe I never thought of that!
-->--''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', "The Avatar and the Firelord"

* TruthInTelevision; this indeed ''is'' a practice in skydiving .

* The zipboards from ''ReBoot'' are a textbook example of this trope.

* In several ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' games (and several adaptations), Tails will fly a biplane and Sonic will stand on the wings. Sonic also does this with certain objects, such as the tops in Marble Garden Zone.

* Manic uses one in ''WesternAnimation/SonicUnderground''.

* In several ''SonicTheHedgehog'' games (and several adaptations), Tails will fly a biplane and Sonic will stand on the wings. Sonic also does this with certain objects, such as the tops in Marble Garden Zone.

** In the SonicRiders series, a mark of true Extreme Gear mastery is being able to achieve legitimate flight on a gear rather than the NotQuiteFlight that most regular riders are capable of. The [[PsychoRangers Babylon Rouges]] all have the technique licked to some extent, but Sonic ends up having trouble with it at first.

* TruthInTelevision; this indeed ''is'' a practice in UsefulNotes/Skydiving.

* Music/JoeSatriani has Surfing With the Alien, a metal album which absolutely does feature the ComicBook/SilverSurfer on the cover. So the page quote is not an IncrediblyLamePun. It's a BrickJoke.

SuperTrope to MagicCarpet, FlyingBroomstick, and FlyingOnACloud. If the rider isn't the one in control of the object he's on top of such as a plane or similar, it's OutsideRide.

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRWQw8mnxQ8 This]] 1991 Australian ad for Coca-Cola.
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* During the KeithGiffen era of the ''JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'', the JL fought the Scarlet Skier; the herald of the cosmic decorator Mr Nebula (a parody of the Silver Surfer and Galactus).

* [[MahouSenseiNegima Negi Springfield]] has done this a few times flying on his staff.

* Music/JoeSatriani has Surfing With the Alien, a metal album which absolutely does feature the SilverSurfer on the cover. So the page quote is not an IncrediblyLamePun. It's a BrickJoke.

* Alolan Raichu from ''PokémonSunAndMoon'' gain partial [[MindOverMatter Psychic typing]] and can use their new psychic powers to surf through the air on their lightning bolt shaped tails.
* While not technically flying, the Anchoring ability in ''S4League'' allows you to shoot a grappling chain to any surface and then zip there on a board. Since this can be done in midair, arenas with enough tall buildings will let you zoom from one end to the other without touching the ground.

* JoeSatriani has Surfing With the Alien, a metal album which absolutely does feature the SilverSurfer on the cover. So the page quote is not an IncrediblyLamePun. It's a BrickJoke.