Surfing is a surface water sport in which 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. Waves suitable for surfing
are primarily found on ocean shores, but can also be found in standing
waves in the open ocean, in lakes, in rivers in the form of a tidal
bore, or in wave pools.
Longboards are pretty much any big boards between 8’ and 12’. There are
some typical features that you’ll find on them. Usually, you’ll find
longboards with square or rounded tail. In terms of fins, they were most
popular with singles for quite some time. Nowadays, you can find
longboards with all kinds of configurations such as tri-fin, 2+1, etc.
Longboards are much wider than other boards and have more volume than
pretty much any boards out there, giving them tons of buoyancy.