Metrics vary depending on the activity -- surfers, for example, will track the number of paddles, waves attempted and ridden, max g-force and the longest wave.
Many in the utility industry worry that the most vulnerable part of the power system is its work force, as a wave of retirements is depleting the supply of linemen and other craftsmen who keep the lights on.
It would be wrong to see a youth wave as a monolithic force for change.
Now that the wave is beginning to hit full force, more and more businesses are listening.
"Sandy's flood wave hit New York with full force, " said Peter Hoeppe, who heads Munich Re's Geo Risks Research.
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The Brigade Reconnaissance Force (BRF) was among the first wave of troops.
Looks like a good start here (especially for the second hand market, of course), but let's see if the Chinese consumers will see an effective change at the stores -- maybe the next wave of virtual protest will eventually force Apple to add full two-year coverage for the iPads as well.
The ship would also harness wave energy, which is normally the force slowing down ships.
Fast forward to today and the sport's big-name surfers say those early filmed thrills of 20-foot waves and being inside the "green room" a surfer's term for the area inside the barrel of a wave when it breaks were a major force in driving them to the sport.
Even that could be problematic: an epidemic of confessions on the internet by disgruntled and badly paid Russian policemen, plus a wave of police violence, point to a corrupt and uncontrollable force.
At Cassatt, Bill Coleman, a former Air Force captain who has worked in tech for 35 years, saw the cheap wave coming more than a decade ago, when he was still at Sun.
Lord Hoffmann's blunder has cast a harsh light on Britain's highest court, and raised serious doubts about whether the Law Lords will be ready to deal with the wave of controversial cases expected after the Human Rights Act comes into force, probably next year.
That would force power companies to take more of their supply from green energy sources, like wave and tidal power.
Weller got his start as the frontman for the late-'70s new-wave punk band The Jam, which came from modest beginnings to become a force atop the British charts.
This force propels the swimmers out of the water, where they then fall forward, generating a horizontal wave.
And the indefinite imprisonment the detainees face has fueled the wave of hunger strikes, which have progressed to the point where about 30 inmates are being force-fed.
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