Riptide

Riptide

Riptide, or rip current, refers to a strong flow of water near the shore.

Riptide may also refer to:

* "Riptide" (TV series), a 1980s television detective series
* "Riptide" (album), a 1985 album by Robert Palmer
* Riptide (comics) (Janos Quested), a mutant character in the fictional Marvel Comics universe
* "Rip Tide", a "Doctor Who" novella by Louise Cooper
* "Riptide" (Australian TV series), 1969, starring Ty Hardin
*Riptide (novel), a novel by Douglas Preston and Lincon Child
* Riptide, a 1934 drama film
* "RipTide" (attraction), a ride at Knott's Berry Farm

In American sports:

* Central Jersey Riptide, a soccer team from Clark, New Jersey
* Los Angeles Riptide, a lacrosse team from Carson, California
* New England Riptide, a women's softball team from Lowell, Massachusetts
* Oregon Riptide, an American Basketball Association expansion franchise in Portland, Oregon
* San Diego Riptide, a defunct Arena Football League af2 team

Riptide is also the name of Percy's sword in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians book series.


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