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A waverider is a type of hypersonic aircraft that takes advantage of compression lift from its own shock wave.

Waverider or wave rider, may also refer to:

Transportation and vehicles

• Boeing X-51 Waverider, a hypersonic research aircraft
• Wave Rider class patrolboat, from the Naval Boat Building Yard (Sri Lanka)
• Wave Rider a series of ocean-going robots by Liquid Robotics

Sports

• Delhi Waveriders, Delhi, India; a field hockey team
• WaveRiders, Kealakehe High School, Kailau, Hawaii, USA; the school sports team

Surfing

• surfer, the person or board (surfboard), used in surfing
• Wave Rider, a surfing magazine
• Waveriders (film), a 2008 surfing documentary film
• Wave Riders Association of Afghanistan, the surfing sports federation

Arts and entertainment

• Waverider (character), a DC Comics superhero
• Waverider (character), a Transformers character from The Transformers: Spotlight
• Waverider, a flume ride at HerseyPark, Hersey, Pennsylvania, USA; see History of Hersheypark

Other uses

• WaveRider Communications