Surfing has a specific meaning, where you ride the forward part of a wave and the movement of the wave behind your hull propels the boat forward. Sailing in fr

Surfing has a specific meaning, where you ride the forward part of a wave and the movement of the wave behind your hull propels the boat forward. Sailing in front of a weather system to get optimal wind for your sails is not surfing. Imprecise language is sloppy and problematic for people with a functional vocabulary. Surfing is a technique used in sailing and this isn’t the same thing.