Surfing Waves

im quite new to surfing so was wondering what you guy's do to improve your paddling ??

its quite flat around here at the moment so was thinking of just going out on the board and paddling around !!! i know sounds stupid right !!


or should i wait till the waves come ???

go paddle around when its flat. you'll be much more in shape when you do get some waves. unfortunately im wedged inland so i dont get to paddle unless there are waves n im at the beach.

stupid? hell no?

I went out for about an hour on a TOTALLY flat day (I mean, it wasnt even rippling, the sea was like a mirror) just to practise sitting on my board.

I quite enjoy going for a paddle when its flat too!

i do it all the time, just go out and paddel from peir to peir or rock to rock or something, also do exercised that work your pectorials and your back muscles cas thoes are the muscles you use

Cool, will start to do this then :)

i Go to the gym about 2-3 times a week and work mainly on my upper body
Rowing, pec deck, bench press, seated row, pretty much anything that envolved my arms :) so this should all come in handy ?

surferdude_scarborough wrote: im wedged inland so i dont get to paddle

Pah. You dont need to paddle

Also - any kind of cardio activity that keeps you in shape and conditioned for 3+ hours of exercise.

drowningbitbybit wrote:Pah. You dont need to paddle

i remind you im not riding a veritable toothpick of a board! but youre right my 6'8 takes very little paddling indeed

when the surf is flatter than flat i take my board out attach the leash and go snorkling. Pretty fun