This is a standing wave. There are standing-wave parks now in some areas of the world. I've never ridden one, so I don't know the difference between that and ocean surfing, but the first I learned of them I had an instant fantasy about owning a home near a river, so I could make one for myself. =D

Man or Astroman? carved-out and rode the punk-surf-space-schtick for years and is still goin' strong-The future of rock and roll will be carved-out in garages and basements once again, this next wave fleshed and transcribed from small home-studios through YT, ITunes-hits, and WOM.
Radio is dead, rap/hip-hop is as deflated and over-cooked in an oven of unwatched souffles, and pop and country???.....Complete shit without a soul. Time for another fat wave of rebellion and focused anger at establishment in music.

Whoa...as in throw a bunch of people into churning surf then introduce the out-of-control outboard motor on a Zodiac?
Hard to see the sponsorship deal for that one.

Johnson and Johnson? (Bandaids?)

And snowboarding, surfing, wingsuits, free diving and extreme underwater ironing (that's a thing.. look it up)

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I'm kinda torn on these. On the one hand, that's some pretty *skilful surfing.

On the other, it's kinda sad that surfing videos with women all seem to spend half their time gazing lustfully at girls in bikinis (see the rozy ad for how bad this can get *related=http://videosift.com/video/New-Roxy-Ad-Sexploitation-or-Not-You-Decide)

OK... I surf, or used to before i moved to the mid-west (Stupid move, I know)
But that was the sickest thing I've seen in a long time. Just absolutely amazing.

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I have a smartphone, but I dont use it much. Well I do use it much, but 99% of the time as a desk clock/alarm clock. Much prettier and far less power consuming than one of these radio clocks, plus a bigger display and many more options as a clock. Of course I also use it as a smartphone, but very rarely. For example I dont use it to spend my time in the doctors waiting room. I do check my emails when I am out, but only when I have free time, as in taking a break. The most important uses for me on a smartphone are not really usable anyway. Surfing on the Internet is far too clunky with a tiny touch screen and having to turn on GPS and waiting 10 mins for it to get a fix makes using it stupid too. I wont keep GPS on permanently after all this NSA crap and because it simply sucks the battery dry even quicker.

my daughter played with a girl for hours in the surf and then one of these got that girl... she screamed bloody murder and 15 or 20 mins later she had some serious welts on her legs and arms

I encountered many bad storms crossing the Atlantic on the QE2. The worst was so bad that, stupidly venturing to the stern, my band mate and I witnessed the ship surfing on a wave which was, at least, 10 feet above the ship. We listed severely many times, and it was all jolly good fun until one list which saw the piano come out of its metal securing feet, and the roulette tables flying against the wall. But she didn't come back and kept on listing to port - strange as it seems, all I could think of was the "Poseidon adventure." and how I would orientate when she flipped over. The laughter had stopped and we just looked at each other waiting, and hoping, that she would right herself. Seriously, we were scared to death. The next day I passed the Captain and said; "I honestly didn't think the old girl was going to recover from that list." He didn't smile, and in the typical British manner replied; "Actually, neither did I."

Happy Birthday surf!