The word "surf" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it as a verb, to express the action of riding the waves on a board, or as a noun to refer to the Internet or the sport of surfing. For example: My summer vacation plans include lots of lazy days spent surfing at the beach. OR I spend a lot of time browsing the web, surfing for interesting articles.
020 8392 5858; simpsontravel.com 7. Taghazout This laid-back fishing village, 20km from Agadir, has been a surfing destination since the late 1960s, but news of the quality of its surf breaks has started to spread and, as a result, accommodation options are improving.
We tried it out at the 40 Knots surf school at Nonsuch Bay, which co-hosted the island's first kite-surfing festival earlier this year.
Climbing out to one of the lookout points for a surf check we look through a small gap in the beachside trees to a view revealing the dark bumps of the swell.
And it's just a short (but steep) walk from Flamands beach, which has magnificent waves that roll in off the reefs, clapping and hissing, and then racing up the sand in protruding fingers of surf.
The surf can get a little high here, so watch the kids.
But if you insist, you can learn to surf (surfincomporta.com), or hire a canoe in the Sado Estuary nature reserve, which is home to dolphins, flamingos and nesting storks.
The coastline hereabouts is marvellous and a lunchtime surf is a real possibility.
The Australian flag – with its Union Jack – has become central to that celebration, fetishised into patterns on our boardies and bikinis, stubby holders, car mirror covers and surf mats.
After a few more bends, we emerged into bright sunshine on a sandy arc of a beach, deserted except for the crabs scuttling away in the surf.
The call not to click is spreading as, perhaps, we belatedly learn that the freedom to surf confers a responsibility.
If you're feeling very adventurous, you can dabble with Tor, a network of virtual tunnels that allows individuals to surf the web and communicate anonymously.
