Bodysurfing

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Bodysurfing is the art and sport of riding a wave without the assistance of any buoyant device such as a surfboard or bodyboard. Bodysurfers typically equip themselves only with a pair of swimfins for optimized propulsion.

Some practitioners carry or wear a small planing surface on the hand to aid with positioning on the wave face: Hand Paddles, Hand Guns, Wave Blades, Redwings and others are used to gain extra speed across the face of the wave. Bodysurfers tend to have a minimalist attitude toward wave riding condsidering their sport to be more pure than other forms of riding waves. The lack of floatation allows a bodysurfer to ride the wave under the surface of the water. Some surfers in Hawaii have stated they use bodysurfing as conditioning for big wave riding.

One of the most famous bodysurfing spots in the world is The Wedge (surfing) in Newport Beach, California

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