by Oldie » Fri May 27, 2016 11:31 am
by oldmansurfer » Fri May 27, 2016 4:14 pm
by oldmansurfer » Fri May 27, 2016 5:19 pm
by icetime » Fri May 27, 2016 6:22 pm
by oldmansurfer » Fri May 27, 2016 6:52 pm
by waikikikichan » Fri May 27, 2016 8:53 pm
Oldie wrote:1)Paddling out, positioning for Waves and catching Waves works fine, but I struggle to do early takeoffs.
2)It has come to a point where as soon as I feel ready to take off and see all that nose in front of me, I freeze.
3)But I wonder if it would help me ease my mind and get more relaxed if I went shorter and wider with the Addvance 7.6 that has almost as much volume as my longboard
by Oldie » Fri May 27, 2016 9:36 pm
waikikikichan wrote:Oldie wrote:1)Paddling out, positioning for Waves and catching Waves works fine, but I struggle to do early takeoffs.
2)It has come to a point where as soon as I feel ready to take off and see all that nose in front of me, I freeze.
3)But I wonder if it would help me ease my mind and get more relaxed if I went shorter and wider with the Addvance 7.6 that has almost as much volume as my longboard
1) That means you need to work on timing with your current board. You said you are in good physical shape, so you must be able to paddle correctly ? If not, then work on that too, but timing and positioning are more important than power and Float volume.
2) Why do you freeze ? Because you see the nose go under. Remember, where you look is where you go. Look down go down. Your attempt to stop pearling, leads to pearling. You should be looking up and out. Out of sight, out of mind. Don't look at the nose.
3) You said you have a problem with early take offs. Not sure what you mean ? If you meant getting to your feet quickly when the wave steepens , then you mean Late Take Off. If that's the case, a shorter board might not get you in early enough ( with your timing,positioning problem ). The tail will get picked up by the wave jacking up and you'll get flipped over like a pancake.
by waikikikichan » Fri May 27, 2016 9:52 pm
Oldie wrote:3. No I actually meant not taking off early enough and for me that was more the freezing issue, but good hint with timing and positioning.
I understand I can fix my issue with improving my technique and your advice for this has ben excellent. I can stay with my longboard and i probably will. Independent of that, do you think the Addvance 7.6 would work?
by icetime » Fri May 27, 2016 10:10 pm
by Oldie » Fri May 27, 2016 10:42 pm
Still not clear on what you mean by not taking off early enough. Do you mean the physical popping up to your feet ? Or the time you start paddling ?
by Oldie » Fri May 27, 2016 10:44 pm
icetime wrote:Pearling is also caused by you not arching your back before a popup, the position of arching your back moves your weight back to the tail pulling the nose from under the water, when you're on the board and taking the drop keep your weight a little bit lower on the back of the board as if you were carving then once you reach the bottom push your weigh back forward and turn, that's how I do it atleast.
by waikikikichan » Fri May 27, 2016 10:53 pm
Oldie wrote:I think I paddle early enough. But between feeling the acceleration of the wave and getting to my feet, i just hesitate too long. The pop up as such, according to my coach, is fast enough and correct, just too late.
by icetime » Fri May 27, 2016 11:34 pm
by Oldie » Fri May 27, 2016 11:39 pm
by icetime » Fri May 27, 2016 11:49 pm
Oldie wrote:I hesitate because of my many nosedives, and thought that a shorter board could help me get more trust and overcome this hesitation.
"Dumpy quick beach break" describes the North Sea well....
I have not discussed this with my coach yet. We just meet a few days per year and he is 800km away, so unfortunately no constant observer,
by oldmansurfer » Sat May 28, 2016 12:36 am
by icetime » Sat May 28, 2016 7:54 am
oldmansurfer wrote:The thing that is interesting to me is that many surfers independently develop their own theory of pearling. Often several themes regularly appear. The thing is you are riding a relatively flat board on a curved surface and changing the board from a vertical position to a horizontal one. It really amazes me that we can takeoff and drop down a wave. It looks so simple yet it's very complex. You will develop a feel for it eventually. On a steep wave there is too much decisions to make to think "Now let's see, should I put more pressure on my back foot or...angle the board or...both?" By the time you think it all out it is too late.
by dtc » Sat May 28, 2016 8:10 am
by Big H » Sat May 28, 2016 8:48 am
by Oldie » Sat May 28, 2016 1:42 pm
dtc wrote:However one area where longboards can struggle (in my experience! Some of the guys here are much better at longboarding than I'll ever be and probably will disagree) is short period waves (ie the time between waves) where the waves aren't very big (under chest high faces). The problem with longboards is that it takes a while to turn them and get them up to speed - they are long and heavy and require more effort. And if you are only starting your paddling mere seconds because the wave arrives because the wave period is so short, then you just cant get the speed up in time to stop perling. The smaller waves can mean that your nose is then near the flats (flat water in front of wave) and just digs in. Note that here I am talking about under 6-7 second period; above that time and the period of the wave is not an excuse
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