The term minimalism has been applied to this collection on surf photography. There are problems with labels such as minimal surf, Means less and at best frustratingly misleading term. Minimal photo-art was the label that stuck since 1960's, for this set of photo subjects.

Meanings and values of photos, including those relating to form are however generated out of the ways actually viewed; surf is timeless and holds no abstracted space. As study works, hardly worthy of any art museum or other gallery status apart from web use the subject must be understood as historically defined category- minimalism surf, Is old and very common and shall not be going away soon.(CCN传媒图片网 何赛娇)