I don't mean to sound like a spoil sport, but...
I also don't expect any mc rider to understand, but...
Top surfers I know universally HATE the exhibitionist idiot perverting wave riding, their "Sport of Kings". You're wondering "why?" If it has to be explained, you won't understand it. But I'll try.
The short answer is surfing is one thing. Motorcycle riding is another. Siamesed together, do you get a cool, flash, new, hybrid, crossover, blah, blah, sport? Of course not. What you get is NEITHER one thing or the other. And certainly nothing new of interest.
If you haven't put years into surfing, it may be easier to look at it from the point of view of a bike rider, using an exaggerated example. (It's a poor one, but I hope you get the point anyway...)
Imagine some exhibitionist jive ass adding a surfboard to the top of a motorcycle? He can stand on it and, shifting his weight left and right, steer the contraption. To accelerate and brake, he uses a hand control attached by a wire to the motor and brakes below- similar to that used on a "surf jet" or motorized surfboard (also intensely disliked by surfers).
Not hard to imagine, is it? Because it COULD be done. And it WOULD be "different". But does that make it a "really cool idea"? Of course not. An aberration, unworthy of either surfing or motorcycle riding. If you're honest, you know as well as I: Real bikers would HATE it.
Hey, even "better"? Give the rider a hula hoop, flashing lights, a sequined suit and a sound system. "Groovy", huh?
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