10 Ways to Improve Surfing Skills

1. Equipment

Be honest with yourself! If you are level, when you sit on the board, the horizontal line will reach your chest, and the board will be too small for you! The board you are looking for is able to catch the waves without struggling. Even if the waves slow down, you will not sink into the water. The top masters also need to spend a certain amount of time to find their own "magical board", so don't stay too long on the same board. Always try new styles of plates and different sizes. The perfect wave in your heart is there, but you have to find it out

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Quiver brand surfboards: fish plate / short board / HYBRID / long board

2. Flexibility

When many people surf, the standing board is too high. This is because the legs, buttocks and back are too stiff. If the body's center of gravity can not be lowered, it can't be done powerfully. Controlling the wave board and strengthening the body's extensibility can let you Easily lower your body's center of gravity, keep your back straight, and center your body on your feet. Take an ordinary squat, but the posture is correct. This will stretch and strengthen your strength in that position.

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A surfing girl from Hawaii in surfing

3. Fitness

Finding a training schedule that is right for you depends on the individual. It can also be a daily surfing. One thing I need to warn is that I don't need to train myself as a type of male who is full of developed muscles. I don't need to go to the gym to fight with a bunch of fitness equipment. This will make the body harder and it will not benefit surfing. Surfing is an outbreak of physical energy in a short period of time. For example, the flexibility and flexibility of the body, and the speed and power required for practice are time-consuming. There is no short cut to go. Just start slowly, do some exercise to adjust body weight step by step, and then slowly increase the intensity of exercise

Kolohe uses a skipping rope to warm up his body Image: T Sherm

4. Warm up before surfing

Proper warm-up may be the hardest thing for you to do. When you are warming up on the shore, there are already surfers surfing on the sea. At this time, you must be very hard to hold back the urge to go surfing immediately. Although you may miss a few waves due to warm-up, you will soon make strong moves on the waves you really want to follow, and you can avoid damage.

A complete warm-up is usually 5 to 10 minutes. When warming up, think about what you need to do during the surf - squat, twist your body, jump, jump and land on the board. Find a set of fixed movements that suits you and you can sweat slightly afterwards, and Feel quick and agile. You will feel different and hope that this different feeling will make you addicted.

Surfers warm up before the game

5. Find your own wave

Too many people just blindly stroke the water to the periphery, but they can only watch the waves breaking in front of themselves. Do not do this. Before diving into the water, first judge the wave, or find a wave that you would like to surf. Go straight to that area and then head back to find a corresponding easily identifiable landmark on the shore. If you insist on surfing in that area, you will be surprised to find that you can catch that much wave.

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6. Rhythm

Sometimes we are too excited to relax ourselves, and slowly getting into the state of surfing to control the rhythm is also important for every surfing. Try to breathe slowly as you pull out of the water, releasing your tension throughout the day. Find a place you like to start surfing slowly from there, smooth down the wave. As the surf moves forward, you gradually increase your movements.

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7. Standing posture on the board

So far, the most common mistake when surfing is stance. The best standing point on the board is usually located very close to the end of the board and is the quickest and most flexible part of the board. This position is usually the place behind the tail fin among the 3 tail fins. After finding this point , Adjust your forefoot to the appropriate place. Another common mistake is to put too much emphasis on the front foot. If you want to use the stress point behind the board, your body's center of gravity is about 55% on the front foot and 45% on the back foot. Yes, sometimes you need to move your feet. Sometimes you need to move your center of gravity forward, but what I mentioned above is the basic actions

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8. Method

Try to keep surfing within 2/3 of the distance. If you want to avoid always dropping directly to the bottom, it's best to take a balanced approach to the coastline and stay as high as possible. Starting from that place, when you want to rush, it's just falling somewhere in the middle of the wave, or turning at the bottom and hitting the waves too close to the bottom usually slows you down and misses the turn The timing. Using this rule as a guide can help you do more turns and get more speed

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9. Standing lower / Lower arms posture / Prepare posture

Stand lower during the entire surfing session. This is not as simple as those of professional surfers. It requires a certain amount of training and strength and it is difficult to maintain. There are obvious advantages to lowering the posture, that is, stability and strength and that the connection between the body and the board is tighter and the cooperation is smoother. The other thing that keeps the body close to the board is to lower the arm position as close as possible to the sides of the body (while back surfing, the front arm is close to the body and the back arm is straight behind).

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10. Heel to toe

Well, now let's put a little weight on the foot close to the end of the board. You are now in the wave, waiting for the opportunity. Lower body, arms hanging on both sides of the body. Now start with some small turns and complete the rhythm conversion by converting the force between the heel and the forefoot. Let the hips and shoulders drive the king of the board forward, just like jumping on a skateboard. With the same gameplay on the surf, you can also get more speed, center your feet, and you will rush more smoothly.

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