I love to paddleboard in the ocean waves
I've never done that before, but it sounds like fun. I am not near any ocean currently :(
Yes.  I have only done knee or belly paddleboarding but never surfing.  Unfortunately I am not near the ocean either
I have tried surfing before briefly a few years back, I wasn't very good at it though! Surfing is difficult.
Yes.  Surfing is challenging!  There is a place near me which can create artifical waves to practice surfing
Oh yeah I have seen such places before, but I have never tried it. I assume it is expensive to practice?
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"
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