Surfing Soft Tops from Foam to Real Waves is a great path for progress. Everyone who has not surfed underestimates the technicalities and learning curve for surf progression. The surfboard is a very simple tool. Operating it for optimum performance requires operator expertise.
The fundamentals for advanced surfing are learned on high volume boards riding foam waves. Until the basics are understood, the advanced techniques cannot be implemented. Strength, stamina, flexibility, technique, judgment and courage are all part of the advanced package.
Progressing from Foam to Real Waves on a Soft Top
The beginners starts riding foam waves that break close to shore. They learn how to time waves. This may seem simple, but if you watch people who have not had a lesson, they rarely stand up. They try to jump on their boards before the wave has arrived. Its not pretty. Catching waves is timing. The surfer watches the wave approach, starts moving his board to get momentum, and paddles hard when the wave is pushing the board.
Standing up on the surfboard is a sequence of smooth and powerful moves. It takes strength, flexibility, and coordination to stand up on a moving surfboard delicately balanced to provide optimum performance. Not keeping the board in balance while popping up and taking the final stance results in a fall. The beginner catches the wave and then places his hands in a man’s pushup position. He pushes and brings his back foot under his butt so he can stand on the rear leg. Then he brings the front foot forward.
His final stance is balanced weight on the right and left side of the middle stringer. If the surfer’s weight is right, the board will go straight to the beach with no work. This has to be perfected in foam waves because real waves are more difficult. When the surfer can ride to the beach, he can start paddling out to ride bigger foam waves and small real waves. He is learning to be comfortable in the ocean and selecting waves to ride.
The soft top surf board can take the surfer through this process and then the basic maneuvers of real waves. The surfer learns to catch real waves down the face, to point the board toward the pocket before popping up, and to catch waves at the corners for easiest entry. He learns to bottom turn, cut back and accelerate. All this can keep a surfer busy learning for a year before he needs a hard board.
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