Advanced Surfer Pop Up and Feeling Your Feet
As beginner surfers improve and want the challenge of real waves and smaller boards, they must learn the advanced surfer pop up and feeling their feet. Many beginner surfers start with 9′ or 8′ soft tops but have the ambition to ride real waves on a smaller board.
There are three characteristics of smaller boards over high volume boards. The smaller board is more difficult to paddle because it sinks into the water. The smaller board requires riding real waves to get power. The smaller board will feel very unstable compared to a soft top.
Why and When to Learn the Advanced Surfer Pop Up
The advanced surfer pop up is quicker than the beginner pop up I teach new students. The beginner pop up is moving one foot at a time on the board. In a real waves, especially if they are close outs like in Oceanside, the surfer will want to be up faster. The advanced pop up is the right technique.
The advanced pop up starts with paddling to catch the real wave. The surfer places his hands on the board in a man’s push up position flat next to his rib cage. Then he pushes and brings the front foot under his chest to a spot in front of his body while the back foot rests behind him. The pop up puts him square on the board in a “pushing the box” posture with both hands in front and the hips and shoulders parallel to the beach. Avoid having a trailing arm like a snowboarder.
Turning the Focus on the Feet
As soon as the feet hit the board, the surfer has to move into a focus of his feet controlling the movement of the surfboard. On a shorter hard board, the first maneuver is moving the nose of the surfboard up and down the face so the board picks up speed to avoid the falling lip. Two or three pushes is usually enough to begin the first maneuver.
The surfer wants to immediately feel his feet and guide the board so it doesn’t not get squirrely. The feet have to land correctly so balance is equal on both sides of the center line. The butt has to be over the center line and not hanging over one rail. However, if the surfer is pushing the board to the pocket instead of going down the face, his butt will move to one rail or the other depending on whether he is going face side or back side.
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5 Steps to Improve Surfing Performance
3 Ways to Catch Real Surfing Waves
Training to Ride the Surfing Short Board
Short Board Surfing Techniques
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