Beginner surfers learn to catch waves by learning the timing. Most beginners don’t find it intuitive like everything in the internet world has become. Most beginners instincts are the same and they are wrong.
First, the surfer has to know how to lay on the board. It can’t be casual. The feet have to be at the back of the board and together to prevent pearling (nose of board under water). The body has to be straight as a pencil. The body has to be exactly in the middle to prevent the board from tilting.
The surfboard is not a boogie board. With boogie boards, people jump into the wave as it arrives. With a surfboard riding foam waves, you have to mount and start paddling at least 20 feet before the wave arrives.
Paddling is easy at first and then the surfer looks back. When the wave is a few feet away, the surfer paddles hard and when the wave hits the board an additional hard three strokes.
Beginner Surfers Learn How to Paddle
Paddling is also conditional upon how strong the surfer is, whether they paddle correctly, and how big is the foam wave. Kids and people with no arm length or strength can’t paddle hard and will have difficulties. The paddling has to be fast with short strokes and up to the forearms when its time to paddle hard. If the wave is a big foam wave, then the surfer starts earlier and paddles longer after the wave hits.
Surfers make the mistake of grabbing the board when the wave hits instead of paddling which results in getting flipped. The surfer paddles until they feel the nose rise to the surface and the board begins to plane. Putting hands on the board too soon results in the nose going under. This is the mistake 90% of beginners make.
Selecting the Right Wave
Selecting the right foam wave is important for beginner surfers. There should be a straight line of foam arriving without any bumps or other waves coming at angles in front of it. The surfer has to be sure the wave is not going to arc just as it arrives. This requires watching where the waves are breaking and getting in the right spot.
Catching waves is not easy to learn and results in most beginners crashing often even after they have learned to ride the board.
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