how to practice the duckdive

by **TReMoR** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 6:27 pm

i do understand basically how to do it.. but the waves around here have been fairly calm and i just get through without having to do anything.. how should i practice? is it possible to practice it without a breaking wave ahead of you?

by **drowningbitbybit** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 10:43 pm

Yup.
The bit that you're practising is sinking you and the board and then the 'scoop' forward, so you can practise on flat water.

by **parrysurf** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 4:30 am

https://surfing-waves.com/forum/view ... hp?t=12188

good tips and vids here

by **the.ronin** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 6:45 pm

Absolutely you can practice without a wave. It's better with a buddy so he or she can tell if you if you fully submerged yourself. The deeper you go the better.

I also sometimes duck dive in place to cool off if I wore a suit and it's too hot.

by **pkbum** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 8:30 pm

the.ronin wrote:Absolutely you can practice without a wave. It's better with a buddy so he or she can tell if you if you fully submerged yourself. The deeper you go the better.

I also sometimes duck dive in place to cool off if I wore a suit and it's too hot.

I tried that and bunch of people were laughing at me :oops:

by **the.ronin** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 9:08 pm

pkbum wrote:
the.ronin wrote:Absolutely you can practice without a wave. It's better with a buddy so he or she can tell if you if you fully submerged yourself. The deeper you go the better.

I also sometimes duck dive in place to cool off if I wore a suit and it's too hot.

I tried that and bunch of people were laughing at me

Hahaha for real??? I do it all the time. :lol:

by **pkbum** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 2:03 am

I decided not to do that from that day.. made a fool out of myself. lol i bet those life guard were also laughing there asses off.

by **TReMoR** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 4:02 am

ill go try that

thanks

by **LOLRuss** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 4:20 am

Practice in whatever small waves you've got. The important thing is that you get the movement and the timing, and that doesn't need big waves.

by **Beachbum** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 2:49 am

ya just paddle really hard and the momentum will help you out big time.

by **phish** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 2:41 am

ugly: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CeQyYOU ... re=related

Oh man that is funny...

by **Thibb** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 4:00 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUs4mjdDHNE&feature=related

Even better: watch the duck go over the falls and wonder why they ever decided to call it duck-diving...

by **808sluggo** » Sun Aug 10, 2008 9:05 am

if u wanna do something at home try pushups that helped me alot to push the board down

how to practice the duckdive

how to practice the duckdive

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