62mac said...

Dam those longboarders

62mac said...

Dam those longboarders

I highly doubt I have the longboarding capabilities of the blokes here, but here's some things I find work for me.

I bend my back ridiculously like the shape of a banana. If it is a fat mellow wave, then sit further forward but arch your back right up and paddle. At the last moment, throw yourself forward and it will slide down the wave face.

Oppositely, if the wave is a bit sucky for the mal, I do the reverse. Sit where you normally would, and at the last moment, sort of pause and rear back like a banana to kind of semi-stall the mal right before you snap to you feet.

On top of this, angle of attack is so so important on a longer board. It isn't a short board where you can take of late and just smash the back foot down and she'll be right. It isn't a short board where you can take off left, not like what you see and rip it right simply by twitching. The longer board really wants to glide onto the shoulder. Sit further out the back than you normally would, and semi hunt down the wave. You've got the paddle speed... just work on putting the plank in the right position in the wave (the shoulder).

Hope this helps somewhat, like I said though, I'm not the best surfer by any means!

Legion said...

Just arrived at the depot today. Need to schedule a time to pick it up.