i want to surf but i cant swim
Well you can learn! Surfing can done with or without a board and it takes practice! Native people in the Pacific do it all the time.
i love how The Hawaiians referred to surfing as he'enalu, which means “wave sliding.” 
Yup, wasn't that saying discovered by Joseph Banks on the HMS Endeavor where his ship stayed in Tahiti? 
i think so, WWII led to the invention of chemicals and materials that helped revolutionize the construction of surfboards.
Oh a surfboard shaper! Someone who builds and designs surfboards by hand!