I took a wave fairly far in and began to try and paddle out through the channel i was making zero progress so i tried padling parralel to shore but made no progress either. Then i tried paddling towards shore and yep made no progress. In the end i just sat on my board twiddling my thumbs for a few minutes and just like that i paddled back out with ease.

That has never happened to me before or since so what on earth could possibly cause that.

