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Can you turtle roll a shortboard/fish?
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Sat Feb 22, 2014 5:36 amby ngreene
I'm really good at long boarding. I know how to turtle roll very well. However, I also have a 5'8 fish and I don't know how to duck dive at all with it. I am 95 lbs, 14 years old. Can I turtle roll with it?
Re: Can you turtle roll a shortboard/fish?
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Sat Feb 22, 2014 7:20 amby oldmansurfer
I used to turtle roll with my short board long ago so I figure why not? It's better than duck diving if you will be pounded anyway because it puts the board between you and the wave and takes the brunt of the pounding.
Re: Can you turtle roll a shortboard/fish?
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Sat Feb 22, 2014 8:30 amby jaffa1949
Absolutely
Re: Can you turtle roll a shortboard/fish?
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Sat Feb 22, 2014 9:20 amby drowningbitbybit
I turtle roll a shortboard occasionally if for one reason or another I don't think I'm going to make the duckdive. Works fine. It's a bit slower than a duckdive (for me at least), but if you're great at turtle rolling and rubbish at duckdiving, then go ahead and roll
Re: Can you turtle roll a shortboard/fish?
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Sat Feb 22, 2014 7:16 pmby Surf Hound
100%. At 95lbs that is your best bet but I would wager by next year you will be duck diving that board like a pro.