“Eddie would(n't) go!” perceptual-cognitive expertise in surfing

The goal of the present research was to investigate the decision making skills of surfers as a function of surfing experience. We used a between-subject quasi-experimental design. Participants (N = 76) with different levels of surfing expertise were asked to indicate via a button press which waves they would try to catch in a computer-based video decision-making task that presented videos of approaching waves. The quality of participants'...