Skysurfing is a type of neither surfing not only diving. It's actually a sort of skydiving. The skydiver is one who does skysurfing. The diver wears a board to his feet and does aerobatics very much life surfing. All this is done during the free fall. Surfboards are rather bigger. As compared the boards used in skysurfing are a little smaller. Skysurfing requires a lot of patience and practice.
The diver is doing a rope walk in the sense that he has to attend to two things at a time. Learn to control the board and also to adjust the body position to open the parachute. As one learns the tricks by and by there are a whole lot of things to do. Loops, rolls and helicopter spins. But these are more of an advanced skills which are not so easy to master. And for that the diver needs the basic skills first.
Surfing is quite a dangerous game. But it gives you an experience of a lifetime. The diver of course needs to be quite healthy to perform all the tricks; be them the begineer or the advanced.
As far as the places for skydiving is concerned, they should be clear of obstacles like houses, colonies, trees, big skyscrapers, mobile towers or even lakes.