I have never done it before. Surffing that is.
The water up here is way to cold to even try, and it smells horrid.
I once tried to pass a slower rider on the surf side and was hit by a sneaker wave that sucked me nearly 10 feet out into the surf and soaked me to skin in stinking nasty foul dead creature infested parasite sea water. Thank god my DS had a sealed Air Box at the time and kept running. I tell you what, I learned an important lesson that day. Leave the surf to the guys who like it.