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Wikipedia: Surfing is a surface water sport in which a person (the surfer) rides a board (the surfboard) on the crest of a wave as it carries the surfer towards the shore. Two major subdivisions within stand-up surfing are longboarding and shortboarding, reflecting differences in surfboard design including surfboard length, and riding style. 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 higher speed, a speed that is generally, but not exclusively a speed that a self-propelled surfer can not match.
![[Photo of plastic cord attached to surfboard and velcroed around surfer's ankle]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Surf_Leash_s.jpg "Photo of plastic cord attached to surfboard and velcroed around surfer's ankle")
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![[A picture of Surfing]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/1999_Surf_C3_A0_Waikiki_Beach_Honolulu_Hawa_C3_AF_s.jpg "A picture of Surfing")
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![[Photo of surfer catapulted into the air with feet higher than head at 45 degree angle to surface]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Surfer_in_santa_cruz_14_s.jpg "Photo of surfer catapulted into the air with feet higher than head at 45 degree angle to surface")
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![[Big wave breaking]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Big_wave_breaking_in_Santa_Cruz_s.jpg "Big wave breaking")
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from Mila Zinkova |
from Mila Zinkova |
![[Photo of man bent over surfboard rubbing bar of solid wax against the board with palm trees and ocean in...]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Waxing_a_surfboard_s.jpg "Photo of man bent over surfboard rubbing bar of solid wax against the board with palm trees and ocean in...")
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![[Drawing showing cross]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Wavemodel_s.jpg "Drawing showing cross")
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from Jatlas2 |
![[Surf in Punta de Lobos, Pichilemu, Chile.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Surfer_in_Punta_de_Lobos_2C_Pichilemu_2_s.jpg "Surf in Punta de Lobos, Pichilemu, Chile.")
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![[Photo of surfer wiping out with arms outstretched and body parallel to surface]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/A_surfer_at_the_wave_s.jpg "Photo of surfer wiping out with arms outstretched and body parallel to surface")
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![[Photo of surfer catapulted from now-inverted board]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/A_surfer_in_the_air_s.jpg "Photo of surfer catapulted from now-inverted board")
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![[Photo of wave breaking in turbulent waters]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Surfer_in_Santa_cruz_11_8_9_1_s.jpg "Photo of wave breaking in turbulent waters")
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from Mila Zinkova |
from Mila Zinkova |
![[A surfer at the Cayucos Pier, Cayucos, California]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Surfer_at_the_Cayucos_Pier_2C_Cayucos_2C_CA_s.jpg "A surfer at the Cayucos Pier, Cayucos, California")
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