Surfing Without The Surfboard

We love reading about the innovative and ambitious - attributes shared with The Wild Geese all those years ago - and today we stumbled across this gem: Bodysurfing.

Simply put, this is surfing without the surf board. Instead, surfers equip themselves with specialised 'swimfins' which optimize propulsion and help to help direct the surfer. In the video below, Matt Larson shows us how its done.

We're sure this will push Men of Action to their limits. Over at Haraka Haraka Haina Baraka, Mark Lukach outlines just how challenging bodysurfing can be:

'Bodysurfing is no joke. I love it, but I also speak as a guy who grew up swimming competitively, and I still coach swimming and water polo. Surfing at Ocean Beach is an exhausting experience; bodysurfing at Ocean Beach ratchets the physical demands up a notch'

Aaron Lieber demonstrates Bodysurfing over at ESPN

We're going to keep our eyes peeled for those people who put bodysurfing into action.