Bodysurfing

To really learn how to boardsurf you should understand what the ocean will do next and there's no better or easier way to learn this than by body surfing. Get some good fins and try the Wedge in Newport. Gliding into a nice left or right breaking wave by swimming into the wave as it gets ready to break, then feel the wave pick you up and then slide down the face and just enjoy the rush.
President Barak Obama is a great bodysurfer; who would have thought the United States would have a President who is an active body surfer?