Ok, here's the breakdown of the price
Entrance to Sunway Wet Park : RM 27.90
Rental of Body board : RM 10.00, refundable deposit of RM 20.00
Rental of Surf board : RM 20.00, refundable deposit of RM 30.00
The surf pool is only open during weekends and public holidays. Session for body boarding is from 3.00pm to 4.00pm and limited to 20 person per session. While for surfing is from 5.00pm to 6.00pm. For surfing, you need to register first at the rental booth at 3.30pm because there's a limit of 12 person per session and this quota is usually filled by regular surfers, so be quick. In each session, you'd be given about 20 waves which will be signalled with a loud horn.
Body boarding and surfing is not an easy feat. I can swim, but still find catching the wave a mammoth task. 'Catching' here means having the wave pushing you, while it makes it way to the beach, with you on it. Took me a while to think about the physics but here goes
1. There's a limit to the force of a wave, so if you're too heavy to push, the wave will just duck under you. To prevent this, you need to lessen the force needed to push you by moving at a similar speed as the wave. To do this, you need to paddle in the same direction as the wave is going. In bodyboarding, you can paddle with your hands and feet but with surfing, you can only to paddle with your hands.
2. Next, comes the hard part. Duck diving. When the wave is approximately a couple of feet behind you, with both hands on the top part of the board, transfer you upper body weight to the board by pushing the tip slightly under water. Then, when you feel the wave hitting your back, guide your board with your dominant knee. At this point, the wave should push you all the way to the beach. If you manage reach the beach, congratulate yourself. You've just caught your first wave.
The next step is standing up. I'm yet to be able to do that. Wiped out after wiped out took my breath away. Tired, but I'm not defeated yet. Clearly I need more education and practice. I'll conquer this eventually.
