Surfing Waves

Just got a coulple of questions.

1- I was about to drop in a wave and i hear this weard whistling that sounded like a demented cat or something i look up and see a guy pumping down the line i realised i was about to unkowingly drop in on his wave so i pulled out. Is there some kind of freakish surfer code or is this an isolated bizaar way of atracting someones attention It worked though.

2- Is there a correct way to bail your board i do not mean when duckdiving or anything like that but if someone is heading straight for you. Yesterday i was just paddling out and i see a guy heading for me so i go to paddle in the opposite direction but guess what he changes direction and carries on heading straight for me. As soon as he realised what happened he attempted to turn out but it was too late i just bailed my board and dived under. I felt the bottom of his fin scrape along the top of my head it was real close. However beacuse i bailed my board he fell straight into it grazing his forehead (no board dammage ). What if anything should i have done different?

3 - I have two boards a 7.4" thruster and a 7.8" funboard while my funboard was getting a ding repaired i used the thruster. When my funboard was finished i found i couldnt ride it as well as the thruster. I think maybe because im still a learner and have got used to the thruster but still surely i should find it easier to ride the bigger funboard

Sounds like a close call. I think each situation like yours that requires bailing will be fairly unique so any outcome that doesn't result in dinged heads or bodies and preferably boards as well is good.

KS

the guy was just whistling to get your attention so you didn't drop in on him!

bailing the board...nah what happened was just bad luck lol. In general, just paddle away from the surfer (even if it is into the whitewater)

finally, I guess it just depends on what board youve been practicing on...its the same for any sport...

1. yeah, the guy was just getting your attention. I usually yell out "heads up!" if I notice the guy or girl don't look behind them to see me coming.

2. Depends on where you were/he was. If you're close enough to the wave, you should dive through the wave and he should come down off the face to go around you. Otherwise angle to one side or the other (in front or behind) or if the wave will break before you get close to it, just stop.

I guess I'm confused what you mean by paddling in the opposite direction. Hopefully you didn't turn tail and try to paddle back to shore, effectively dropping in on him.

In the worst case, turn turtle and keep the board between you and the person who's gonna smack into you. You don't want to get cut open by a skeg.

3. It's all about balance and position. You need to re-learn where you should sit on the funboard.

You'll get a sharp "Yo!" from me if your dropping in :)


Just dig your legs in and pull back....

Round here it's usually an "OI!" or "Hhheeyyy!" (yeah, drawn out and loud).

A good "heads up" yell is an important skill to develop.

Apparently Mick Fanning is a big "Hhheeyy!" fan... Superbank locals dive for cover when they hear him scream it

-doug

When you paddle out make sure you paddle to the left or right of the person so you paddle in on an angle and you won't have to worry about oncoming people. You probably just paddled strait into the spot. I always paddle really fast when I see a guy coming for me from the direction they are coming from so they can pass you without a problem.

1. yh the guy was telling you it was his waves so dont drop in.

2. yh try not to bail your board, of if you do try and hond on to it or as far dont the leash so stop it flying around.

3. thats stumepd me, the group of ppl i surf with, i let em hav a go on my longboard and they cant surf it atall which makes no sense, but i can surf there shortboards cas thats the bakground i came from.

Bluesnowcone,
Can you stop hogging the herb and pass it along so everyone can have a toke?...perhaps then we can decipher your spelling and the true meaning of your message....

ok il let everyone hav a quik puff from me bong, then u lot can understand me, il try and read it befor i send it to make sure it makes sense.

has anyone actaully surfed stoned Having a paranoid attack or laughing frenzy could be amusing. I know a guy who drinks two beers before he surfs (prett strong stuff as well) needless to say he has been surfing for a year and cant pop-up mmmmm wonder why

there is a post about surfing while on drugs some where

isaluteyou wrote: I know a guy who drinks two beers before he surfs (prett strong stuff as well) needless to say he has been surfing for a year and cant pop-up mmmmm wonder why

But does he care? No, because he's "having the beshtest time, wiv me matesh, Im having sho mulch fun, I love you guysh, you're my besht friendsh" (:splash:)

something similar happened to me... a guy was coming toward me on a wave, and i had nowhere to paddle to. needless to say, i slid off my board and into the water. after the wave, he proceeded to paddle toward me. i apologized, but he was enraged that i had let go of my board, and gave me a totally unreasonable talking to. so unreasonable, in fact, that another surfer even told him to take a hike. it totally ruined the session.

so the question is, to hold on to the board, or to let go??

Always hold onto your board.

Ditching it just creates a menace for everyone other than you. It's like jumping out of your car on a busy road and letting it zoom off, uncontrolled.

If you're worried someone's gonna slam into you (and really, in all my years of surfing, I've never had this happen to me), then just roll, hold onto the board and go turtle.

Usually, if you keep paddling, though, you should have no problems unless the guy coming down the line has no clue what he (or she) is doing.

My biggest complaint is coming down the line to find people sitting inside on their boards, staring at me racing towards them, like deer in headlights.