yeah, surfing IMO is different since your trying to be one with the water,surf and energy it produces.so your bound to go nose to nose with big fishy dudes n such LOL fucking Jelly fish. check this little fucker out. I saw a show where two people just touched it out of the water for literally a second and they were in the hospital for a week roughly and one was MAXED out on morphine and still was in serious pain.LMAO!@ alll fuckered up man
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irukandji_jellyfish