Surfing Tips

Surfing Tips

[Forecast]

• http://www.cwb.gov.tw/V7/forecast/fishery/tide_1.htm
• https://www.windyty.com/
• https://www.windyty.com/?25.006,121.553,1
• http://www.imocwx.com/cwm/cwm_ljp.htm
• http://www.windguru.cz/int/
• http://www.windguru.cz/int/index.php?sc=346751&sty=m_favo
• http://www.cwb.gov.tw/V7/forecast/fishery/tide_1.htm
• http://magicseaweed.com/China-Surf-Chart/61/?imageScale=swell&chartType=HTSGW
• http://magicseaweed.com/Wushi-Surf-Report/844/
• http://www.surfline.com/surf-forecasts/taiwan/yilan_72185/uyy

[Catching Waves]

• keep head still
• algin head, shoulders and hips with the mental center rod
• rotate around rod slightly to remain balanced laterally
• keep elbow high when about to enter water
• enter high and stay high
• quiet entry, finger tips first
• keep hand and forearm in a vertical position from the start of stroke
• deep catch over the barrel drill
• Slight roll from rail to rail
• recovery arm is led by elbow instead of hand
• prevent drag from hand
• increate stroke power
• kicking to raise the lower body to reduce moving resistance
• dropping head down, put pressure on chest area
• dropping the head brings the body and board more parallel to the surface thus reducing resistance
• drop head during the time you need the most acceleration
• Heavy/Steep Drop
• Take off
• fluid one movement take off. Plant feet super quick.
• Weight the inside hang on the deck. Lean your body into the wave. Optional for grabing the rail
• Stay compressed longer than normal
• get down the wave with inside rail, no air under board, adding extra pressure on your toes (front side)
• - where on the board
• - paddle speed, 3 power paddles then stop/drop

[Cutback]

• http://surfedukators.com/surf-cutback/
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmiotynMuvc&feature=youtu.be
• How to do a cutback
• Take off, move the back foot a liitle back
• Drive off the deep bottom of the wave
• Eye the part of the wave where you'll cutback;
• Come off the button with really heavy on the back foot
• Shift your weight from toeside to heelside using your back foot
• As you coming to the face, you swift you weight equally to the front
• Use your front foot to control the board's transition from rail to rail without losing speed;
• Look over the shoulder and make sure you don't bury the nose of the board;
• Release the rail when you've decided what to do next;
• Hit the lip of the breaking wave, or return to the surf line

[Surfboard]

• http://www.bicsportsurfboards.com/products/allround-surf,3,61/6-7-shortboard,478.html
• http://stokegear.jp/jbc-7-9.html

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