FILE PHOTO: Lauren McLean tests the waves on a surfboard at the still under-construction Surf's Up indoor water and surf park in Nashua, New Hampshire November 15, 2013. Surf parks have been around for decades but a surge in the sport's appeal and rapid advances in wave-making technology, have triggered new construction in unlikely places like South Dakota, Quebec, Sweden and Russia. Using proprietary designs meant to emulate waves formed in nature, companies are racing to bring the ocean sport to the landlocked masses. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
(Reuters) - Landlocked Mongolia has become the latest country to join the International Surfing Association, taking the world body's total membership to 106 nations on five continents.
Surfing, which traditionally needs only a beach and some waves, can now be enjoyed inland and even indoors thanks to wave machines and is due to make its Olympic debut in Tokyo next year.
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