Robert makes some good points. I for one have always been the biggest advocate for people owning their sport. It is not truly surfing, whether riding a skim board or a surf board. Wake Surfing just happens to be the best way to describe the activity at the moment. As far as the styles go, they are worlds apart, and it is not a effect of the board alone but it is a large part. The board dictates style (and lack there of) to a large degree. There are different degrees of fluidity and control that are on opposing ends of the spectrum for each 'style' type. And in-between are countless hybrids where the style of riding has as much to do with skating as it does surfing. For those that actually surf, it tends to be cut and dry. Of course, those that surf also, know how to install fins properly and how to take care of a surfboard, and countless other differences. Boat culture and surf culture only merge in this medium, but they do not overlap or mix.....
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