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. 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.
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