Basic Surfing Short Board Maneuvers set the stage for advanced tricks. These maneuvers can be learned on soft tops surfing real waves as well, but surfers move to short boards for better carving.
The first technique advancing surfers learn is catching real waves. This is a art and science in which the surfer never stops learning. Waves differ on reefs and sand bar beaches. Waves vary from slow forming waves that can be seen from a distance and steep peaky waves. Sand bar beaches usually experience short peaky waves that break steep and often close out quickly.
The First Short Board Maneuvers
The short boarder learns to ride down the face and make a bottom turn into the pocket. The bottom turn is a carve in which the surfer turns his eyes in the direction of travel and then his head and upper torso turn in unison. The turn causes a torque down the body that reaches the feet and turns the board. He places pressure on the toes or heels, whichever are on the side the carve is going. The surfer pops up square to the front to the front of the board and then executes a carve to front side or back side.
As soon as the short board surfer is in the pocket he accelerates to stay ahead of the falling lip and gain speed for a first maneuver. Accelerating is pushing the nose of the board up and down the face with the front foot. Two or three pumps is considered adequate for the first trick.
The Cut Back is a Basic Maneuver
The cut back is the most common maneuver. The cut back reverses direction so the surfer can get back into the power of the wave. The surfer turns his eyes down the face of the wave and reverses his upper torso to make the carve. He pressures the toes or heels, whichever are on the downside of the wave. Cut backs are used for style. They are used to stall waiting for the power or a barrel.
The cut back is used to rip the lip after the surfer bottom turns up the face. At the top, the surfer executes a cut back, sprays the lip with the tail of the board, and returns to the bottom of the wave. This maneuver can be practiced with a soft top but is difficult and contributes to the reason surfers go to shorter boards.
After the basics, surfers start learning 360’s, reverses, and aerials. By the time you are at that point you are advanced plus. Have fun.
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