Surfing
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Surfing is a surface water sport in which an individual, a surfer, uses a board to ride on the forward section, or face, of a moving wave of water, which usually carries the surfer towards the shore.
Mavericks Surf Contest 2010
1858 illustration of "surf-riding" in Hawaii.
Caballitos de totora, reed watercraft used by fishermen for the past 3000 years at Huanchaco, Peru, known for its surf breaks
A woman holding her surfboard about to surf in Morro Bay, California
Surfboard
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A surfboard is a narrow plank used in surfing. Surfboards are relatively light, but are strong enough to support an individual standing on them while riding an ocean wave. They were invented in ancien
Surfing
…often surfed on their belly and knees, while modern-day surfing is most often stand-up surfing, in which a surfer rides a wave while standing on a surfboard. Body surfing, in which the wave is caught and ridden using the surfer's own body rather than a board, is very common and is considered by some surfers…
A rack of boards in Waikiki during a surf competition.
A chart showing various shapes of the bottoms of surf boards.
A woman standing on a board riding the wave.
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