This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surfing


00:02:07 1 Origins and history
00:04:58 2 Surf waves
00:07:36 2.1 Wave intensity
00:07:59 2.2 Artificial reefs
00:09:02 3 Artificial waves
00:11:03 4 Surfers and surf culture
00:13:45 5 Maneuvers
00:18:10 5.1 Terms
00:18:36 6 Learning
00:20:55 7 Equipment
00:24:44 8 The physics of surfing
00:25:03 8.1 Wave formation
00:27:25 8.2 Wave conditions for surfing
00:29:25 8.3 Surf breaks
00:30:08 8.3.1 Headland (point break)
00:30:37 8.3.2 Beach break
00:30:58 8.3.3 River or estuary entrance bar
00:31:19 8.3.4 Reef break
00:31:50 8.3.5 Ledge break
00:32:16 8.4 Jetties and their impacts on wave formation in the surf zone
00:32:40 8.4.1 Type 1 jetty
00:33:33 8.4.2 Type 2 jetty
00:34:51 8.4.3 Type 3 jetty
00:35:11 8.4.4 Type 4 jetty
00:35:30 8.5 Rip currents
00:37:13 8.6 On the surfboard
00:38:21 9 Notable locations
00:38:32 10 Dangers
00:38:41 10.1 Drowning
00:39:50 10.2 Collisions
00:40:42 10.3 Marine life
00:41:09 10.4 Rip currents
00:41:52 10.5 Seabed
00:42:33 10.6 Microorganisms
00:43:05 10.7 Ear damage
00:44:11 10.8 Eye damage
00:45:04 10.9 Spinal cord
00:45:49 11 Gallery



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SUMMARY
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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 refers to the act of riding a wave with a board, regardless of the stance used. There are several types of boards. The native peoples of the Pacific, for instance, surfed waves on alaia, paipo, and other such craft, and did so on their belly and knees. The modern-day definition of surfing, however, most often refers to a surfer riding a wave standing up on a surfboard; this is also referred to as stand-up surfing.
Another prominent form of surfing is body 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 surfing are stand-up paddling, long boarding and short boarding with several major differences including the board design and length, the riding style, and the kind of wave that is ridden.
In tow-in surfing (most often, but not exclusively, associated with big wave surfing), a motorized water vehicle such as a personal watercraft, tows the surfer into the wave front helping the surfer match a large wave's speed, which is generally a higher speed than a self-propelled surfer can produce. Surfing-related sports such as paddle boarding and sea kayaking do not require waves, and other derivative sports such as kite surfing and windsurfing rely primarily on wind for power, yet all of these platforms may also be used to ride waves. Recently with the use of V-drive boats, Wakesurfing, in which one surfs on the wake of a boat, has emerged. The Guinness Book of World Records recognized a 23.8 m (78 ft) wave ride by Garrett McNamara at Nazaré, Portugal as the largest wave ever surfed.