There are at least 3 Ways Short Board Surfers Catch Waves. Once you become an advanced surfer your enjoyment and focus becomes about catching waves and improving your maneuvers. You think about waves and you think about catching the best waves of your life.
Most competitors say the most crucial part is catching and dropping into the pocket. Once they are there, the rest is standard. Points are certainly won by where the wave is caught and the magnitude of the wave. Then a surfer is expected to survive it and perform artful maneuvers.
The surfer learning to catch waves begins with little ones and rides down the face. He learns not to pearl (nose under water). The type of wave determines whether he can ride down the face or turn into the pocket right away. The steep wave often has to be ridden straight down before a bottom turn can be made.
Surfers start with practicing riding down the face. They learn to turn into the pocket and at the beginning, just drive the wave until it dies. The first maneuvers are the bottom turn into the pocket, then accelerating on the wave, and the cut back.
As surfers advance they want to catch the waves at the apex. This is where the foam comes over first. This is where the most power lies. This gives them the right of way on the wave so other surfers have to back off.
Surfers as they learn may catch the wave after the apex has formed and is unfurling. As it goes, it has less power. At the corner, the wave is more gentle and the surfer can catch it for a shorter ride as long as no one else is on the wave. This is a good way to start getting the feel of bigger waves.
On close out waves on sand bar beaches like Oceanside, surfers want to catch the wave and point the nose to the pocket before popping up. This gives them a head start on the falling lip. On these waves, only a few maneuvers might be possible before the whole wave collapses, so getting into the pocket quickly is important.
The surfer studies the waves before he goes in. He looks at the other surfers catching waves. He decides where he wants to position and the waves he wants to catch. He judges what type of waves are breaking that day. He may select the board he wants out of the few he may have brought in his car. Are the waves peaky and fast? Are the waves forming slowly? Are the waves giving nice rides to right or left? Are the waves closing out giving riders only a few carves? He then sets his strategy.
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