Tack or Gybe?
A. If you are trying to get hard to windward, Tacking is always taking you in the right direction; but while you are static at the midpoint, you can be buffeted by waves and are getting nowhere. Experienced surfers almost always Gybe because the board remains in motion, and the loss of downwind distance can be recovered by getting onto the new tack faster, and more efficient sailing on the next tack.
