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Duckdiving — From: Josepi 1 Subject: Re: Wave Ducking (curse it!) Wave ducking seems to be quite on the talk these days in this newsgroup. (I think I started it!!?) But I got quite some cool tips, of which the best is most probably to improve your paddling so that you can paddle fast out [...]
Full Story»Technique
Here’s an amalgam of technique pointers culled from the Coastalsurvey Water Closet, er, Library of Knowledge: * Look where you will start the turn; know where you will finish the turn * Come back to your balance position between turns * Synchronize the amplitude of your turns with the wave’s speed — you can’t hack [...]
God is a Kook!
Newsgroups: alt.surfing Subject: God is a kook! Date: Sun, 07 Jul 1996 I’m sitting outside at my local beach break this morning in this crappy little wind swell, barely longboardable, all by my lonesome. This guy with a beard wearing a neon fullsuit (water temp’s pushing 70) paddles out on a Merrick chip with about [...]
Surfing at Night
From: “Bonzer” Newsgroups: alt.surfing Subject: Re: surfing at night Date: 18 Sep 1996 Anybody else have experience surfing at night? Surfing at night is pretty awesome under the right conditions. Senses a little screwed up due to the shadows, eyes trying to adjust to the differences in reflection of lights from the shore, roads, moon, [...]