skim boarding at dawn.

[Nic Name]

Main Entry: on.o.mato.poe.ia

Pronunciation: "ä-n&-"mä-t&-'pE-&, -"ma-
Function: noun
Etymology: Late Latin, from Greek onomatopoiia, from onomat-, onoma name + poiein to make -- more at POET
Date: circa 1577
1 : the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (as buzz, hiss)
2 : the use of words whose sound suggests the sense
- on.o.mato.poe.ic /-'pE-ik/ or on.o.mato.po.et.ic /-pO-'e-tik/ adjective
- on.o.mato.poe.i.cal.ly /-'pE-&-k(&-)lE/ or on.o.mato.po.et.i.cal.ly /-pO-'e-ti-k(&-)lE/ adverb

I think your image is a photographic imitation of the action it captures -- skimming. That might be termed photomatopoeic.