New students often ask Does Snowboarding or Skateboarding Help Surfing. People who like boards are a special category of athletes who enjoy finding how many boards they can use. There are similarities in learning balancing, edge control, and carving.
I find that most skateboarders after learning the pop up resort to their skateboard skills to balance and carve a surfboard. Snowboarding is the same. However, both sports create a muscle memory stance that is disadvantageous for surfing and hard to correct. In both sports, the rider has a trailing hand and the butt over one of the rails.
The Difference in Body Posture on a Surfboard
In surfing, placing a butt over one rail and riding with a trailing hand causes the surfer to fall off on the butt side. The surfer stance for beginners should me like “pushing a box”. I say, stand with feet shoulder width apart and both hands in front as though pushing a tall box. This makes the hips and shoulders square to the front and the weight equal on both sides of the center stringer. Then the board goes straight. This also sets the balance correctly for carving.
The best that snowboarders and skateboarders can often do to stay on the board is move the hand opposite the front foot to the front instead of trailing. They still ride with their butt over one rail as set in their muscle memory, but the hand in front keeps them on the board. Then they want to learn to turn their hips square just a few inches to get them square to the front.
The leg conditioning and coordination help with surfing. Surfing is much more aerobic because of the paddling. Riding a chair up a mountain and boarding down is work, but nothing compared to paddling for a few hours. Surfing also requires upper body strength and flexibility for popping up. Surfing is the only board sport where you start lying down. The pop up is a big learning curve from other board sports.
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