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?
I have ridden on artificial waves from boats and in wave pools
I think it's wild that you can also surf lakes! I once talked to someone who said they'd surfed all of the Great Lakes....sounds cold!
Surf break
A surf break (also break, shore break, or big wave break) is a permanent (or semi permanent) obstruction such as a coral reef, rock, shoal, or headland that causes a wave to break, forming a barreling wave or other wave that can be surfed, before it eventually collapses. The topography of the seabed determines the shape of the wave and type of break. Since shoals can change size and location, affecting the break, it takes commitment and skill to find good breaks
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