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Iain Fairley
Jun 8, 2000, 3:00:00 AM6/8/00
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Hi,
I got my first longboard last summer after a few years of
shortboarding. Whilst most of the time I love it, I find it hard
to get out back in decent sized waves. Can someone please explain
how to duckdive or whatever you use to avoid getting slammed by
the white water.
Cheers,
Iain.
I got my first longboard last summer after a few years of
shortboarding. Whilst most of the time I love it, I find it hard
to get out back in decent sized waves. Can someone please explain
how to duckdive or whatever you use to avoid getting slammed by
the white water.
Cheers,
Iain.
Peter Amschel
Jun 8, 2000, 3:00:00 AM6/8/00
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Dude:
1. Wait for a lull in the sets. If you paddle out at the right time you
can paddle out quick and not even get wet.
2. Try to get one of the last waves in the set. If you catch the first
wave in the set, you will become intimately familiar with the other waves
of the set as you paddle back out.
The Nose King
1. Wait for a lull in the sets. If you paddle out at the right time you
can paddle out quick and not even get wet.
2. Try to get one of the last waves in the set. If you catch the first
wave in the set, you will become intimately familiar with the other waves
of the set as you paddle back out.
The Nose King
In article <8hp2sl$j6c$1...@sshuraab-i-1.production.compuserve.com>,
10135...@CompuServe.COM says...
Ron Taylor
Jun 9, 2000, 3:00:00 AM6/9/00
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Iain Fairley <10135...@CompuServe.COM> wrote in message
news:8hp2sl$j6c$1...@sshuraab-i-1.production.compuserve.com...
> Hi,
>
> I got my first longboard last summer after a few years of
> shortboarding. Whilst most of the time I love it, I find it hard
> to get out back in decent sized waves. Can someone please explain
> how to duckdive or whatever you use to avoid getting slammed by
> the white water.
Simple answer Iain, you don't. Learn to turtle-roll instead.
Ron Taylor
Runxoverruny
Jun 9, 2000, 3:00:00 AM6/9/00
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>. Can someone please explain
>how to duckdive or whatever you use to avoid getting slammed by
>the white water.
>how to duckdive or whatever you use to avoid getting slammed by
>the white water.
1. Turtle.
2. Take advantage of the speed of the board.
3. Watch for what the more experienced longboarders do.
Slope
Schmid/Hughes Clan
Jun 10, 2000, 3:00:00 AM6/10/00
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Turtle = As you're paddling toward the whitewash, grab the rails with your
hands, & wrap your legs around the board too. Then roll, so you're on the
board, upside-down, under water. It's still more of a bummer than a
duck-dive on a shortboard, but it's all you can really do with so much more
board. It's kind of fun if the wave's strong enough, because, it'll flip
you over the longway, and you'll end up sitting on your board, facing the
shore.
hands, & wrap your legs around the board too. Then roll, so you're on the
board, upside-down, under water. It's still more of a bummer than a
duck-dive on a shortboard, but it's all you can really do with so much more
board. It's kind of fun if the wave's strong enough, because, it'll flip
you over the longway, and you'll end up sitting on your board, facing the
shore.
Iain Fairley <10135...@CompuServe.COM> wrote in message
news:8hp2sl$j6c$1...@sshuraab-i-1.production.compuserve.com...
> Hi,
>
> I got my first longboard last summer after a few years of
> shortboarding. Whilst most of the time I love it, I find it hard
> to get out back in decent sized waves. Can someone please explain
> how to duckdive or whatever you use to avoid getting slammed by
> the white water.
>
> Cheers,
> Iain.
Peter Amschel
Jun 12, 2000, 3:00:00 AM6/12/00
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In article <96078520...@ns.idl.com.au>, mad...@idl.com.au says...
>
> "Peter Amschel" <amsc...@pe.net> wrote in message
> news:MPG.13a9c2584...@news.pe.net...
> > Dude:
> > 1. Wait for a lull in the sets. If you paddle out at the right time you
> > can paddle out quick and not even get wet.
> > 2. Try to get one of the last waves in the set. If you catch the first
> > wave in the set, you will become intimately familiar with the other waves
> > of the set as you paddle back out.
> > The Nose King
> >
> >
> >
> You forgot one..........
> Look for the rip !
> madrat
>
>
>
That's right, dude; thanks.
Pete A.
Nose King of Santa Barbara
>
> "Peter Amschel" <amsc...@pe.net> wrote in message
> news:MPG.13a9c2584...@news.pe.net...
> > Dude:
> > 1. Wait for a lull in the sets. If you paddle out at the right time you
> > can paddle out quick and not even get wet.
> > 2. Try to get one of the last waves in the set. If you catch the first
> > wave in the set, you will become intimately familiar with the other waves
> > of the set as you paddle back out.
> > The Nose King
> >
> >
> >
> Look for the rip !
> madrat
>
>
>
That's right, dude; thanks.
Pete A.
Nose King of Santa Barbara
SURFGEO
Jun 15, 2000, 3:00:00 AM6/15/00
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for smaller waves, lean forward, grab the rails about 1foot from the nose, and
thrust yourself as if duck diving. in smaller waves you can just let your legs
and lower body sail in the whitewater, about halfway through thrust forward
with your arms, and the board is right where you want it and you can
immediately resume paddling.
thrust yourself as if duck diving. in smaller waves you can just let your legs
and lower body sail in the whitewater, about halfway through thrust forward
with your arms, and the board is right where you want it and you can
immediately resume paddling.
for med waves, same as above, but wrap your legs around the board for extra
grip.
big waves - bail
surfgeo
http://www.surfgeo.com
Schmid/Hughes Clan
Jun 16, 2000, 3:00:00 AM6/16/00
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bAiL?!
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GlassShack1
Jun 21, 2000, 3:00:00 AM6/21/00
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Iain, About two
years ago while making boards at a local shop I was turned on to longboarding
by the guys working there. Having never ridden anything longer than 6'4 boards
I had the same problem your having. After some big days I learned that you can
duck dive a 9' 0 but, only though the wall of the wave not white water. For
white water try the turtle for the wall just move up on the board when you put
your knee to the board the wave will push the tail down and shoot you through
the backside of the waveI hope this helps.
surfn1
years ago while making boards at a local shop I was turned on to longboarding
by the guys working there. Having never ridden anything longer than 6'4 boards
I had the same problem your having. After some big days I learned that you can
duck dive a 9' 0 but, only though the wall of the wave not white water. For
white water try the turtle for the wall just move up on the board when you put
your knee to the board the wave will push the tail down and shoot you through
the backside of the waveI hope this helps.
surfn1
your...@gmail.com
Jul 1, 2014, 2:02:33 PM7/1/14
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I'm s short boarder. So I don't know anything about longboarding.
Everybody on the net seems to advise turtling, but I never, ever see experienced longoarders turtle. Is turtling only be used by newbies?
To get through a large wall of white water, experts seem to use these 2 techniques:
1 get lots of speed and punch through while keeping lots of space between your body and the board for the foam to pass between you and the board.
2 if you can't get speed and punch through, get off the board, grab near the front of the board and somehow not let white water take you.
-when I try this, I'm doing something wrong because I just get towed back by the white wash.
Everybody on the net seems to advise turtling, but I never, ever see experienced longoarders turtle. Is turtling only be used by newbies?
To get through a large wall of white water, experts seem to use these 2 techniques:
1 get lots of speed and punch through while keeping lots of space between your body and the board for the foam to pass between you and the board.
2 if you can't get speed and punch through, get off the board, grab near the front of the board and somehow not let white water take you.
-when I try this, I'm doing something wrong because I just get towed back by the white wash.
Feigel
Sep 13, 2014, 8:49:48 PM9/13/14
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[Default] On Tue, 1 Jul 2014 11:02:33 -0700 (PDT), your...@gmail.com
made a point of writing:
Depends entirely on the wave you're trying to get through. I mostly
just time a last big paddle stroke and force myself through the wave
on my board. But that depends on timing, position, size of the wave
and how it's breaking. I also turtle because it can work too.
Wrapping my arm around the nose and dipping myself and the board into
a breaking wave also works. Alas, sometimes nothing works ...
--
"One thing I like about surfing, you don't have to win to be a winner." - Terry "Tubesteak" Tracy
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Wax-up and drop-in on Surfing's Golden Years: http://www.surfwriter.net
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made a point of writing:
just time a last big paddle stroke and force myself through the wave
on my board. But that depends on timing, position, size of the wave
and how it's breaking. I also turtle because it can work too.
Wrapping my arm around the nose and dipping myself and the board into
a breaking wave also works. Alas, sometimes nothing works ...
--
"One thing I like about surfing, you don't have to win to be a winner." - Terry "Tubesteak" Tracy
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Wax-up and drop-in on Surfing's Golden Years: http://www.surfwriter.net
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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