Verb
ride the wave (third-person singular simple present rides the wave, present participle riding the wave, simple past rode the wave, past participle ridden the wave)
(idiomatic) To take advantage of a profitable period.
There was a time when I felt I should do everything that was offered to me, you know, ride the wave. Christian Slater
I may have been the only candidate in America who failed to ride the wave of anti-establishment anger to victory. Mickey Kaus