Duck diving
Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2015 5:11 amHi I have been surfing on a longboard and doing turtle rolls. I was thinking of getting a 7'2 fun-board and was wondering if I could duck dive on it. I'm 115lb or ( 51kg I believe)
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Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2015 5:11 amRe: Duck diving
Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2015 9:00 amIt's a skill,you have to develop, but yes?
Re: Duck diving
Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2015 9:35 am115 lbs. Duck dive a 7'2" ? Probably not likely. Duck dive a molded epoxy 7'2" Nope, not going to happen.
I am 120 lbs. and a 6'4" fish is about my max. Sometimes I get blown back badly.
I am 120 lbs. and a 6'4" fish is about my max. Sometimes I get blown back badly.
Re: Duck diving
Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2015 7:37 pmConsensus seems to be no, so keep up the turtle roll.
Re: Duck diving
Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2015 10:52 pmMrsnikayy wrote:I was thinking of getting a 7'2 fun-board and was wondering if I could duck dive on it. I'm 115lb or ( 51kg I believe)
Nope.
Or at least not properly - you'd be able to do a 'duck dip' to break through weak waves, but no way could you sink it properly. No matter how good your technique, that pesky physics of flotation will get in the way.
Re: Duck diving
Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2015 12:41 amHave been in turtle roll hell today as I tried to get my 8'4 out back.. Tried getting more forward on the nose a bit to sink it through the water as I was finding it being thrown up in front of me and then away to the side when I tried to just muscle through.. Ended up surfing backwards past all the guys killing themselves laughing as the angle made me catch it perfectly in REVERSE!