I enjoy surfing with artificial waves.
Surfing is interesting! I've never been. How do you surf artificial waves?
Well since I am not near an ocean, I have to utilize the wake from a boat in a lake or artificial waves in a wave pool.
I see! I know people who use a wave pool for wakeboarding. How long have you been surfing?
Only for a couple years, not near as long as the  native peoples of the Pacific. They surfed waves on alaia, paipo
Wow! I bet they have been surfing for a while. I bet it takes a lot of skill to surf!
It is not easy and involves riding a wave, regardless of whether the wave is ridden with a board or without a board
oh! I didn't know you could ride without a board! I see lots of movies where people are surfing in California!
boarding, when a surfer rides a wave on a bodyboard, either lying on their belly, drop knee, or sometimes even standing up on a body board. Other types of surfing include knee boarding, surf matting (riding inflatable mats), and using foils. Body surfing, where the wave is surfed without a board, using the surfer's own body to catch and ride the wave, is very common and is considered by some to be the purest form of surfing.
Three major subdivisions within stand-up
the surfboard. Artificial waves of this kind provide the opportunity to try surfing and learn its basics in a moderately small and controlled environment near or far from locations with natural surf.
Another artificial wave can be made through use of a wave pool such as Kelly Slater's Wave Co. and NLand Surf Park in Austin, TX. These wave pools strive to make a wave that replicates a real ocean wave more than the stationary wave does. In 2018, the first professional surfing tournament in a wave pool was held.