I love surfing - riding the ocean waves on a board is so freeing
Oh, I would LOVE to surf! Tell me about your board...or boards?
You can start learning by body boarding - by riding on your belly or knee before moving up to stand up
Good idea. I imagine it takes a while to get the hang of standing up. When did you learn?
I learned when I was a child and young and bendable at Torrey Pines State Beach near San Diego
Ha! What a beautiful place to learn. Have you surfed anything besides oceans?
Surfing
Surfing is a surface water sport in which the wave rider, referred to as a surfer, rides on the forward or face of a moving wave, which usually carries the surfer towards the shore. Waves suitable for surfing are primarily found in the ocean, but can also be found in lakes or rivers in the form of a standing wave or tidal bore. However, surfers can also utilize artificial waves such as those from boat wakes and the waves created in artificial wave pools.
The term "surfing"
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