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Bigger board, kind of, can i dive deep with it?
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Mon Jul 10, 2006 7:56 pmby LovintheSurf
hey so im just beginning to learn how to surf, im 17, and i have been using my friends 7'7'' funboard so far and i cant duck dive with that thing and its a bitch gettin out, anyway so now im finally gettin a board of my own, and its a 6'10'', i weigh 170 ish, so i wonderin will i be able to duck dive with that size??, its shortboard style to, not funboard
sorry if its a dumb question or anythin, its comin from a former bodyboarder =(
Re: Bigger board, kind of, can i dive deep with it?
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Mon Jul 10, 2006 7:59 pmby drowningbitbybit
LovintheSurf wrote: its a 6'10'', i weigh 170 ish, so i wonderin will i be able to duck dive with that size??,
Easy
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Tue Jul 11, 2006 4:31 amby Dec
yep, I use a 6'10" and there's no problem duck diving. Just needs a bit more push than the conventional 6'6"..etc
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Wed Jul 12, 2006 3:35 pmby bluesnowcone
u could duck dive my 6,10 so i cant see why shouldnt be abel to.
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Thu Jul 13, 2006 3:19 amby LovintheSurf
aight thanks guys, but instead of buying my friends 6'10'', i bought his 7'4'' cause its in better condition, and a little easier to ride. ill probably take it out tomorow , or the day after and ill see how it is!
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Sun Jul 16, 2006 7:23 pmby Beachbum
I have a 7"4 as well, funny thing is I cant duck dive with it either since maybe since I dont weigh so much
. Anyways I want to start duck diving since turtle rolling seems to take to long and requires a lot of time and energy.
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Mon Jul 17, 2006 5:41 amby LovintheSurf
yah i just got my 7'4'' and ive taken it out about three times now, and im actually pretty happy. It easier to ride cause its bigger, but not to big. And i can duck dive with it, well not very good anyway. I still need to get the actual technique down better, but i can get the board underwater, and about 50 percent of the time get past the wave without gettin pushed back to the beach. so ill just keep practcing untill i get it 100 percent down.
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