Prepare for a wild, wind-in-your-hair ride over the waves -- all totally worth it when you are close enough to smell a whale's breath.
Actor Woody Harrelson is often seen skimming over the waves near his ranch on Maui's North Shore ("He's a hazard, " one observer says), and actress Leslie Bibb has also given it a try.
No British pier has gone as far as the Pier Shops at Caesar's in Atlantic City, where, in the shadow of a gigantic Roman-style casino, an enclosed street of glittering boutiques winds over the waves.
Volkswagen vans clog parking lots near the beach as their owners, paunchy middle-aged surfers, gaze out over the crashing waves.
Spreading the area of air pressure over the jet staggers the sound waves and decreases the intensity of the boom.
Along the coast path, walkers stroll through thickets of gorse, stopping occasionally to raise their binoculars skywards or peer gingerly over the cliff edge into the foaming waves 90m below.
Just a stroll down from Dr Zalloua's genetic lab, the Mediterranean Sea shimmers in the evening sun, its waves splashing over the ancient harbour of Byblos.
In the current issue of the McKinsey Quarterly, W. Brian Arthur, an external professor at the Santa Fe Institute, warns that technology is quickly taking over service jobs, following the waves of automation of farm and factory work.
Spithill was at the helm of Oracle's first 72-foot catamaran in October when the twin hulls dug into the waves and the boat tumbled stern over bow.
The hydraulic compression of the waves compressed me over a period of three seconds until I heard three bones fracturing in my shoulders.
It experienced waves of migration over the past century from countries such as Italy, Portugal, Japan, Germany, Korea and the Middle East, all of whom brought their cuisine and culture with them.
Wind-driven swells slapped over the tops of breakwaters and turned waves into a churning froth under piers at points such as Redondo Beach and Manhattan Beach on the Los Angeles County coast.
As I write this, Hurricane Isaac is lazily meandering along the Louisiana coast, pushing up storm surge waves over marshes and against levees, and dumping copious amounts of rain across the region, including New Orleans and its suburbs.
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The air was smooth and the air waves silent while we enjoyed the simple joy of flying over yet another landmark city.
One night after Sandy, I saw footage on the news of a beautiful beach-side house at the Jersey Shore that was leaning over as though its third floor was trying to whisper to the waves.
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Setting sail from Syria in 2008, The Phoenician covered 32, 000 kilometers over two years, battling everything from six-meter waves off the Cape of Good Hope to Somali pirates.
He loves the idea of the waves but he hates falling over and he really hates getting salt water in his eyes.
Over the past three decades, they came in waves, working long hours in sweatshops, construction sites and assembly plants, enduring poor working conditions in order to save a little cash to remit home.
According to Dr Smit, the multiple layers were the result of waves from the impact sloshing around in the primitive Gulf of Mexico and passing over individual sites several times.
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The Pew Center conducted two waves of polling over a seven-day period between September 8 and Tuesday.
The bow dipped in the first few standing waves, which splashed over it.
Like ancient Polynesians who set off over the horizon in their sailing canoes without a clue where they would land, the first kitesurfers pushed out through the waves without knowing how to sail broadside to the wind.
In 1979 a force-ten gale struck unexpectedly in the waters off Fastnet, crashing 40-foot waves over small vessels.
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The problem is that the intensity of the radio waves needed to charge mobile phones and laptop computers over long distances might be hazardous to human health, and regulators would be unlikely to approve.
But as tourism to the neighbouring city of Santa Marta increased, backpackers discovered Taganga, and soon the number of gringos began to compete with the number of locals, dive shops opened up all over town, and the sound of thumping reggaeton began drowning out the sound of waves crashing against the shore throughout night.
The waves lapped more frequently on the sand behind my house, rocks rolling noisily over themselves.
Waves of gleaners sift the sweepings of Hanoi's streets, just as children pick over the rubbish of Maputo's main tip.
Amid waves of grass in red and green and the hush of the tide, the sun set over the hills.
Chief bulwark for the Ospreys against the waves of red shirts was open-side Marty Holah, regularly disappearing into a ruck to turn over Scarlets possession, while Alun Wyn Jones and Collins tackled their hearts out.
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