I love to paddleboard in the ocean waves
I've never done that before, but it sounds like fun. I am not near any ocean currently :(
Yes.  I have only done knee or belly paddleboarding but never surfing.  Unfortunately I am not near the ocean either
I have tried surfing before briefly a few years back, I wasn't very good at it though! Surfing is difficult.
Yes.  Surfing is challenging!  There is a place near me which can create artifical waves to practice surfing