Surfing Waves

Posted: **Mon Sep 17, 2007 7:10 am**

i can duck dive my 6'2'' short easily, but when it comes to my 5'8' 20.5 wide, and 3'' thick fish, I keep getting tossed by waves when trying to duck dive. Does anyone else have problems duck diving their retro fish boards?

Posted: **Mon Sep 17, 2007 6:04 pm**

never ridden one, but i know the nose and size would be hard to get under

Posted: **Mon Sep 17, 2007 6:14 pm**

I don't really find duck diving my 5'8" Fish much different than my 6'6" shorty, so I don't really know what to tell you.

Posted: **Mon Sep 17, 2007 6:16 pm**

i have a retro 7'2 single fin that is 3 inches thick and wide at the nose but really skinny at the tail - its actualy kind of a weird board. I just find you need to really make comitted duck dives and drive as deep and hard as possible. I just shift my weight as far up to the nose as possible to sink and then drive down. I tried it in overhead waves and it seems to work fine.

Posted: **Mon Sep 17, 2007 6:18 pm**

yea, knowing the board helps, most boards are different to duckdive as well as surf, although it looks harder to duckdive a fish to me

Posted: **Mon Sep 17, 2007 11:02 pm**

i have a not very bouyant 5'11 shortboard which can be a bugger to duckdive just coz it sinks so easy. i often get too deep to soon and start coming back again at the wrong time.

Posted: **Mon Sep 24, 2007 12:34 pm**

I learned the hard way this weekend that it's hard to duck dive a softboard. I tried and got a smack in the face from it. Oops.

Posted: **Sun Dec 16, 2007 7:00 pm**

hahaha, it happens.

Surfing Waves

duck diving.

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