Riser

Riser may refer to:

Engineering

• Stair riser, the vertical elements in a set of stairs
• Riser, another name for a theatre platform
• Riser, a length of vertically oriented piping used to deliver fluid, gas, or electrical signals or power upward
  • Drilling riser, a device used on a ship or offshore drilling rig
  • Dry riser, a pipe used to deliver water to firefighting systems that is normally kept empty (dry)
  • Riser cable, a type of communications cable used to connect multiple floors in a building
• Riser card, a printed circuit board which extends connectors away from another board
• Riser, a skateboard component which increases the space between the wheels and the deck
• Riser, the center section of a recurve bow
• Parachute riser, strip of webbing joining the harness to the rigging lines
• Riser (casting), a reservoir in a manufacturing mold

People

• Larkin T. Riser (born 1949), Louisiana sheriff
• Matt Riser (born 1984), American college baseball coach
• Neil Riser (born 1962), a member of the Louisiana State Senate (United States)

Other uses

• Riser, side of a terrace (geology)
• Early riser, a person who wakes up early in the day
• Riser (album), a 2014 studio album by Dierks Bentley
  • "Riser" (song), the title track