dropping in backwards
Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 6:35 pmwhats up with all this bids i see with longboarders paddling in backwards? they like turn once they've caught the wave
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Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 6:35 pmPosted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 7:23 pmiv done it a few times and its bloddy hard to do, basicly you got to catch the wave late because the fins have to be out of the water, then you pop up make the fins go in the water and it turns, like if you push your board backwards it turns.
Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 7:26 pmshowing off
Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 7:30 pmsurferdude_scarborough wrote:showing off
just cas shortboarders cant do it
Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 7:35 pmi bet theres one somewhere who can
Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 7:36 pmprobably, but until you find him i say thay cant do it 
Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 7:56 pmoo i get wat u mean..so like paddling with the fins infront of you wen paddling for wave.. I done this once on a Bic 7'9
Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 11:56 amI can do it
no, I can't really.
no, I can't really.
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 2:14 amNot that uncommon here in So Cal, it's called a Helicopter. I've seen Longboarder and Shortboarders doing them. I'm not particularly interested in doing one myself, I prefer trying to achieve the glide, hanging 5 or 10 or most importantly, getting in the keg.