Advice and Tips for Short boarding?
Posted: Sat Nov 02, 2019 6:08 pmAs for my first ever post on this forum, which I have already viewed at a lot, i’d like to ask for some advice that has seriously bugging me for a while: How can I seriously progress with my short-boarding?
For my experience, I got addicted to surfing starting at 15yo in July of 2018. Within less than a month after that, I was paddling into my own waves. Currently I can effectively go down the line and perform a bottom turn front side and backside, as well as very shallow top turns. This was with a 7’0 fun board.
Now, I moved onto a 6’2 Puddle Jumper RP by Lost. It has plenty of volume (42.75L) while still being agile on bigger and smaller days. The only other experience I had on a shortboard was my friends 5’6 fish that he allowed me to use, which were on very small days, riding straight in the whitewater.
Anyway, the last surf session I had was a video coaching lesson. It also happened to be my first ever time paddling out on a shortboard in 3-4ft steep offshore waves, with a good amount of closeouts and short rides. There were a hefty amount of wipeouts but was able to take the drop and go down the line on a few of these waves, including a few baby turns on the whitewater (I was behind the section a lot, as there where a lot of close outs, and also this being the first time).
I was told that I did really good for it being one of the first times I was ever on a shortboard, including the tricky conditions that where going on. There were a few mistakes that where pointed out to me. I had a narrow stance, which made it awkward to perform turns, and weighted on my back foot a lot, which made me wipeout a lot when dropping in. I was also hesitating, not paddling enough, as well as tired and a little afraid.
Since there was video footage taken, I would like some feedback to see what I can further improve on, as that was 3 weeks ago. However, I have not stopped after that, as I often use a surf skate down my neighborhood road to Improve on my technique. Anyway, i’m extremely curious to see all of my wrongdoings and what I can do to improve. (Also, if I didn't do something right while posting this, let me know).
Here is the link to my channel where I uploaded the videos of me during the coaching. Some of them are me making the drop, and some are me wiping out, as i'm very curious to see what I should have done to not wipe out.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJLQ7qeGEU6BhfeGPzpl3Aw?
Thanks to everyone reading this!
For my experience, I got addicted to surfing starting at 15yo in July of 2018. Within less than a month after that, I was paddling into my own waves. Currently I can effectively go down the line and perform a bottom turn front side and backside, as well as very shallow top turns. This was with a 7’0 fun board.
Now, I moved onto a 6’2 Puddle Jumper RP by Lost. It has plenty of volume (42.75L) while still being agile on bigger and smaller days. The only other experience I had on a shortboard was my friends 5’6 fish that he allowed me to use, which were on very small days, riding straight in the whitewater.
Anyway, the last surf session I had was a video coaching lesson. It also happened to be my first ever time paddling out on a shortboard in 3-4ft steep offshore waves, with a good amount of closeouts and short rides. There were a hefty amount of wipeouts but was able to take the drop and go down the line on a few of these waves, including a few baby turns on the whitewater (I was behind the section a lot, as there where a lot of close outs, and also this being the first time).
I was told that I did really good for it being one of the first times I was ever on a shortboard, including the tricky conditions that where going on. There were a few mistakes that where pointed out to me. I had a narrow stance, which made it awkward to perform turns, and weighted on my back foot a lot, which made me wipeout a lot when dropping in. I was also hesitating, not paddling enough, as well as tired and a little afraid.
Since there was video footage taken, I would like some feedback to see what I can further improve on, as that was 3 weeks ago. However, I have not stopped after that, as I often use a surf skate down my neighborhood road to Improve on my technique. Anyway, i’m extremely curious to see all of my wrongdoings and what I can do to improve. (Also, if I didn't do something right while posting this, let me know).
Here is the link to my channel where I uploaded the videos of me during the coaching. Some of them are me making the drop, and some are me wiping out, as i'm very curious to see what I should have done to not wipe out.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJLQ7qeGEU6BhfeGPzpl3Aw?
Thanks to everyone reading this!