"It was almost two years of work before I went out to Jaws for the first time,” said Gomez, who was already a Stand Up Paddling (SUP) world champion when she decided to commit to big wave surfing.

While it may or may not be true that if everybody had an ocean they’d be surfing like California, it is true that with a water pump, some copper tape, and a few scraps you can make a surfing simulator ...

I can’t speak to the outdoor version; I assume it’s also wobbly — and with waves, breaks and possible sharks, also wet and precarious. If none of those are your thing, and even if they are, Surfset is ...