Surfing is a sport and a beach lifestyle. Riding the face of a breaking wave as it approaches shore, surfers ride longboard and shortboard surfboards, kneeboards, body boards and even just their own bodies, known as body surfing. Tow-in surfing is the next realm of big wave surfing where the surfer is towed into the wave by a jetski or boat, and is able to ride waves bigger than possible with traditional paddle surfing.