Surfing Waves

Hi

I got this new 6'4" tiki custom magic carpet im 13 and 5'3" ish i just wanna know how to turn cause when i try i just fall off

Cheers

drowning the floor is yours........

surferdude_scarborough wrote:drowning the floor is yours........

Oh, i feel bad now...

He's only a wee youngster. Someone give him a real answer.

Okay, I'll start...

Look where you want to go, turn your head amd shoulders towards where you want to go, but dont lean too much towards where you want to go - thats probably why you fall off.

Check this post out https://surfing-waves.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7465

cheers helped alot

https://surfing-waves.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6547

aye fair nuff

that topic is a good one

my advice: dont think about it too much just look with ur head body then feet will follow. also with the leaning issue its not so much a lean as putting your weight over towards the rail which is carving into the wave. it will click one day.

surferdude_scarborough wrote:
it will click one day.

hes right, i used to struggle when turning, but now i just do it without thinking about it

kinda like learning to walk

BEND YOUR KNEES! seriously, bending your knees gives you a lower sentre of gravity, helps you balance, blah blah blah, so don't forget to bend your knees...... and if you think you're bending them enough, bend them a bit more

if you want to do big powerful carves you need speed
i'm 13 and have a better and more powerful cutback than my friend's dad who has been surfing for 30+ years i've been surfing for 1 1/2
you need speed and then you just look where you want to go and turn your shoulders and follow through, it's not one burst of power, you don't really push with your legs you get the power from the speed and your board. hope that helps

Cutbacks after 1 1/2 years : 0
I better get practising.

im oping to get out like at least twce a week till bout april then ill be going out near every night then in summer break ill be out everyday there is surf do u reckon ill be able to cutback by then?

man i envy you so much, everyday when i come home from school i check the surf cams and then check magic sea weed and some other forcasting sites, and most of the time theres nothing.

surfdaisy06 wrote:Cutbacks after 1 1/2 years : 0
I better get practising.

i agree, watch out kelly slater

miamisurfer wrote:if you want to do big powerful carves you need speed
i'm 13 and have a better and more powerful cutback than my friend's dad who has been surfing for 30+ years i've been surfing for 1 1/2
you need speed and then you just look where you want to go and turn your shoulders and follow through, it's not one burst of power, you don't really push with your legs you get the power from the speed and your board. hope that helps

I bet your dads friend used to be able to rip better

No I think he always sucked. But I do have a pretty nice cutback if I do say so myself.