This is an advanced skill and normally people will train in Free Flying prior to taking up Sky Surfing.

Sky surfing is a type of skydiving in which the skydiver wears a board attached to his or her feet and performs surfing-style aerobatics during freefall.

According to the Judge Dredd D20 RPG Oz was where the sport of sky surfing began.

Over the past few months we have published a number of articles on hang gliding, or as some people call it, SKY SURFING.

Sky surfing is at the far edge of danger on the continuum of the increasingly popular sports known as "extreme," which started with showy, risky moves on skateboards and mountain bikes.

Parachuting disciplines such as BASE jumping or those that involve equipment such as wing suit flying and sky surfing have a higher risk factor due to the lower mobility of the jumper and the greater risk of entanglement.

So in a world where extreme sports - from bungee jumping to speed rock climbing to sky surfing (sky diving with snowboards) - are the outdoor passions of the moment, an old European pastime involving a mountain that once had a bit of Victorian-era chic is at center stage again among the adventuring set.