I really enjoy surfing down here in Florida!  Have you ever surfed?
I have tried surfing, both with a board and without a board. I'm on the mid-Atlantic, and our waves are not always great.
Yeah, I agree that the waves are not ideal.  How do you surf without a board?
It's called body surfing. It's just the act of catching a wave and riding it to shore. 
Interesting!  I have never tried that before!  When was surfing created?
History of surfing
The riding of waves has likely existed since humans began swimming in the ocean. In this sense, bodysurfing is the oldest type of wave-catching. Standing up on what is now called a surfboard is a relatively recent innovation developed by the Polynesians.The influences for modern surfing can be directly traced to the surfers of pre-contact Hawaii.
Polynesian origins.
The art of surfing, known as "heʻe ʻana" ("heʻe" means "to surf", and "ʻana"
Monkey Board").
The quirky, textured writing extended to episode titles, which included such oddities as "How Much a Pound is Albatross?" and "Ever Ride the Waves in Oklahoma?", the latter causing a sensation as a 'surfing story' where Buz oddly berates a surf bum for existing without purpose. Other episode titles were drawn from a wide range of literary sources, such as Shakespeare ("A Lance of Straw", "Hell is Empty, All the Devils are Here")