Surfing Waves

when do you think it is accepitble to tow in

Are you refering to your own skills levels or as to wave size that makes paddling in not feasible? Also there is quite a bit of small wave tow in for aerials.

KS

not my ability just in general as far as when it would/should be considered wimping out

Not sure I'd consider it wimping out, theres a maximum size anyone can paddle into (25-30ft or so I think - see the eddy etc), bigger than that if you want to surf it you need a tow.

I personaly couldnt see myself out in conditions that need it but IMO whatever gets you your stoke.

what i mean is when do you think it becomes unrealistic too paddle in and if you can paddle should you even think of towing

Think about what gets you stoked.

id love to do some tow in surfing, but only at like a safe place to do it lol, i dont realy want to be surfing mavericks or anything just yet

tow in when you cant paddle in, you could also view it as a completley different sport so i wouldnt consider it wussing out

Also you wouldn't learn to tow in on big waves as your tow partner needs to learn to tow too. So you'd starting out on much smaller waves, stuff you'd normally paddle into just like laird and co did with the inflatable at sunset many years ago.

KS

the purpose of tow in surfing is so they can ride big waves. when the waves are huge you cant really wait for and catch waves near the drop zone. its just too dngerous and it probably wouldnt work anyway. honestly i dont really understand the physics of big waves but its different than smaller ones. they do move faster and you cant paddle that fast to catch it. also it depends how the wave breaks and if the drop in zone is reachable or not. obviously paddling through whitewash is out of the question.

if you just watch some tow-in surf vids you can just tell those guys wouldnt have been able to catch the waves otherwise. the bigger the wave is the slower in creeps up

i have a huge amount of respect for people who tow in to monster waves, but i dont think you should be towing into a 15 ft wave (not hawaiin meserments)

joem wrote:i have a huge amount of respect for people who tow in to monster waves, but i dont think you should be towing into a 15 ft wave (not hawaiin meserments)

and why not

if you want full day surfing, i doubt you would be able to paddle into 15ft waves over and over and over again......

i would rather be towed in.....

Joem, do you actually ride "Big Waves"

just wondering how the question came about

fare enough no, but if you tow into a 15 fter then it should be considerd a differnt sport

joem wrote:i have a huge amount of respect for people who tow in to monster waves, but i dont think you should be towing into a 15 ft wave (not hawaiin meserments)

size isnt everything, look at chopes

even when it isnt on a huge scale like jaws or dungeons people need to be towed into it just due to its heaviness and speed

then its a differnt sport