I just learned how to surf this summer. It's when you stand on a board and ride along a wave towards the shore.
That's neat! Are there different types of surfing?
Not that I know of, but I do know you can surf in a lake or a river as well as the ocean.
Wow, I have a lake near where I live. I gotta try that. Where did surfing originate?
I'm not sure but the term surfing just means "riding a wave" with or without a board.
Can you do tricks on a surfboard?
No, I can hardly get up on the board, much less do tricks.
What is the largest wave a surfer has ridden?
Garrett McNamara
Garrett ‘GMAC’ McNamara (born August 10, 1967) is an American professional big wave surfer and extreme waterman known for breaking the world record for largest wave ever surfed at Nazaré, Portugal, surviving a monstrous wave at Jaws, and riding tsunami from calving glaciers in Alaska.
Biography.
Biography Early life.
McNamara was born on August 10, 1967 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts and spent much of his childhood in Berkeley, California. In Berkeley, McNamara, and his younger brother Liam McNamara,
Aida Edemariam, of "The Guardian", Winton says about surfing "I can afford to blow the morning off and go for a surf. I think, 'oh god, I'm nearly 50, you know? If I can get another 10 or 15 years of surfing - that's fine. I've worked hard, I tell myself, as I'm throwing the board in the car. I owe it to myself. A bit of water over the gills. That's my reward. I'm happier