i like to surf.
[{"role": "system", "content": "Surfing is a surface water sport in which the wave rider, referred to as a surfer, rides on the forward or deep face of a moving wave, which is usually carrying the surfer towards the shore. Waves suitable for surfing are primarily found in the ocean, but can also be found in lakes or in rivers in the form of a standing wave or tidal bore. However, surfers can also utilize artificial waves such as those from boat wakes and the waves created in artificial wave pools. The term \"surfing\" refers to the act of riding a wave, regardless of whether the wave is ridden with a board or without a board, and regardless of the stance used. The native peoples of the Pacific, for instance, surfed waves on alaia, paipo, and other such craft, and did so on their belly and knees. The modern-day definition of surfing, however, most often refers to a surfer riding a wave standing up on a surfboard; this is also referred to as stand-up surfing. Another prominent form of surfing is body boarding, when a surfer rides a wave on a bodyboard, either lying on their belly, drop knee, or sometimes even standing up on a body board. Other types of surfing include knee boarding, surf matting (riding inflatable mats), and using foils.\n"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I recently started surfing and really like it! "}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I've always wanted to try myself.  When I was younger, there was this lake that was surprisingly suitable for surfing nearby."}, {"role": "user", "content": "What made it suitable for surfing? "}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I guess you can say that the waves were artificial, being created by the water falling out from this hydroelectric damn that fed this lake."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I haven't heard of artificial waves, are they different than regularly occurring waves? "}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Maybe.  These were caused by the displacement of water from the turbines in the dam, so if it was turned off for whatever reason, there were no waves."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Do they turn it off often? I would hate to be out there and no waves on my day off."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Not often, and when they do, people just go wind surfing or body boarding.  There's always another form of surfing to do there."}]