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how to practice the duckdive
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Sat Jul 26, 2008 6:27 pmby TReMoR
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?
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Sat Jul 26, 2008 10:43 pmby drowningbitbybit
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.
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Sun Jul 27, 2008 4:30 amby parrysurf
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Sun Jul 27, 2008 6:45 pmby the.ronin
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.
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Sun Jul 27, 2008 8:30 pmby pkbum
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
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Sun Jul 27, 2008 9:08 pmby the.ronin
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.
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Mon Jul 28, 2008 2:03 amby pkbum
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.
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Mon Jul 28, 2008 4:02 amby TReMoR
ill go try that
thanks
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Mon Jul 28, 2008 4:20 amby LOLRuss
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.
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Tue Jul 29, 2008 2:49 amby Beachbum
ya just paddle really hard and the momentum will help you out big time.
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Fri Aug 01, 2008 2:41 amby phish
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Fri Aug 01, 2008 4:00 amby Thibb
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...
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Sun Aug 10, 2008 9:05 amby 808sluggo
if u wanna do something at home try pushups that helped me alot to push the board down