Make a Splash!
This water sport uses a hydrodynamic board with fins and originated in ancient Polynesia.
What is surfing?
This federal agency manages more land than the National Park Service and oversees vast camping areas in the U.S. West.
What is the Bureau of Land Management?
This 1975 film’s troubled production famously led studios to rethink wide summer releases.
What is Jaws?
This U.S. city claims to have more barbecue restaurants per capita than anywhere else.
What is Kansas City?
This 2019 hit by Lil Nas X broke the record for the longest-running No. 1 song on the Billboard Hot 100.
What is “Old Town Road”?
In competitive water skiing, this event requires skiers to navigate a zigzag course marked by buoys.
What is slalom skiing?
Established in 1872, this was the first national park in the world.
What is Yellowstone National Park?
This 1996 summer blockbuster revived the alien invasion genre and featured the destruction of U.S. landmarks.
What is Independence Day?
In Korean BBQ, short ribs cut across the bone are known by this name.
What is galbi?
This song by Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg became a defining anthem of summer 2010.
What is “California Gurls”?
This term describes the act of being lifted above the water while attached to a board with a hydrofoil underneath.
What is hydrofoiling?
This principle-based conservation ethic promotes minimizing human impact on outdoor environments.
What is Leave No Trace?
This director holds the record for the highest-grossing summer release with a film centered on blue-skinned inhabitants.
Who is James Cameron?
This South African grilling tradition is as much a social gathering as it is a cooking method.
What is a braai?
Released in May 2014, this Pharrell Williams song dominated radio airplay with its upbeat clapping rhythm.
What is “Happy”?
Often associated with strong trade winds, Maui’s north shore is a global hotspot for this water sport discipline.
What is windsurfing (or kitesurfing)?
El Capitan’s sheer granite face rises more than this many feet from base to summit, give or take a few hundred.
What is about 3,000 feet?
Released in July 2008, this superhero film significantly shifted expectations for comic-book adaptations.
What is The Dark Knight?
This U.S. regional BBQ style traditionally avoids tomato-based sauces in favor of vinegar or mustard.
What is Carolina-style barbecue?
This 1996 Los del Río hit became unavoidable thanks to a remix popularized by the Miami Sound Machine.
What is “Macarena”?
This man-made wave pool in California helped professional surfing transition toward Olympic-level standardization.
What is the Surf Ranch?
This national park is the least visited in the contiguous United States due largely to its remote swamp terrain.
What is Congaree National Park?
This 2023 summer film was released the same day as Oppenheimer, creating a viral pop-culture phenomenon.
What is Barbie?
This slow-cooking method, common in Argentina and Uruguay, uses indirect heat from wood embers rather than open flame.
What is asado?
This 2022 chart-topping song by Harry Styles spent multiple weeks at No. 1 and became a global summer staple.
What is “As It Was”?