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This article focuses on stand-up surfing. For other uses see Surfing (disambiguation)

A surfer in Oahu	A surfer at Santa Cruz, California
Surfing in Hawaii	Surfing in the North Shore of Oahu

Surfing is the act of riding down a breaking wave, gathering speed from the downward and forward movement. Most commonly, the term is used for a surface water sport in which the person surfing moves along the face of a breaking ocean wave (the "surf". However, surfing is not restricted to saltwater, but can sometimes take place on rivers, using a standing wave.

The main use of the word "surfing" is for riding waves using a board on which the surfer stands. This is sometimes called "stand-up surfing", to distinguish it from bodyboarding, in which the individual riding the wave only partly raises his upper body from the board surface, and from bodysurfing, where no board at all is used.

Two major subdivisions within contemporary stand-up surfing are longboarding and shortboarding, reflecting differences in surfboard design and riding style.

In tow-in surfing (most often, but not exclusively, associated with big wave surfing), a surfer is towed into the wave by a motorized water vehicle, such as a jetski, generally becgggggggg ause standard paddling