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Paddleboarding vs Surfing
This is the sport of paddle boarding. These two people are on a paddle board.
And, of course, surfing is a sport, too. This is a woman on a surfboard.
The boards look very similar, but the sports are very different.
One thing about paddle boarding is, that it is slow…
…but surfing is fast. Surfboards have to go fast on waves for surfers to continue surfing.
One similarity is that people fall off of both of them.
This is a paddle. People use paddles to move on the water when riding their paddle boards.
This woman is paddling on her knees. Some people stand up and others don’t.
People don’t use paddles on surfboards. They just stand up and ride the waves.
They wait for a wave, and then they stand up, and they go with the wave.
It is possible to ride waves on a paddle board, too, but…
… most people ride paddle boards in calm water.
Often, people explore on a paddle board. They go in calm water. They can’t ride surf boards in calm water.
Another difference is that people can jump on surfboards. Surfing is faster and more extreme than paddle boarding.
They mostly just stand on paddle boards.
One similarity is that dogs can ride on both surf boards and paddle boards.
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