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!
That is pretty cool!  Yeah there are surf breaks where waves can break by a coral reef or a rock or shoal that forms a wave
There's a fantastic book called Barbarian Days that you would probably love -- it made me WANT to surf