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While SIMA does not currently conduct its own participation study, the numbers reported by the Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association (SGMA) are widely accepted by the surf industry. SGMA’s 2007 Superstudy of Sports Participation shows there to be approximately 1.7 million surfers in the United States.
