The Basic Surfing Short Board Maneuvers are learned after the surfer starts catching and driving real waves. Real waves can be ridden down the face and into the foam as a start. Then the surfer wants to turn into the pocket and ride until the wave dies.
The surfer can turn into the pocket in a few ways. Depending on the types of waves he can catch the wave and before popping up, push the nose toward the pocket and then pop up. This places him in the pocket right away. He can point the board toward the pocket as he catches the wave and when he pops up he is dropping into the pocket.
Learning the Bottom Turn
The third is the bottom turn into the pocket after going down the face. The surfer turns his eyes and upper torso toward the direction of travel and a little pressure on the toes or heels, whichever is on the side of the carve. The rail digs in and the board carves into the pocket.
The next maneuver for short boards is to gain speed. They will move the nose of the board up and down the face with their front foot. This creates more speed to make maneuvers and tricks easier as well as escaping the falling lip. Long boards can just drive for speed but a short board has to be accelerated.
Learning the Cut Back
The third basic maneuver is the cut back. As the surfer runs out of power in the pocket he wants to reverse direction back to the falling lip where the wave has the most power.When he arrives at the lip, he reverses again to ride the wave longer. The cut back is turning down the wave face. The surfers eyes turn down first and the upper body rotates toward the bottom and the toes or heels on the downside get pressure.
The cut back is also used to rip the lip. The surfer drives down the pocket and bottom turns up the face. Near the top, the surfer does a cut back to sweep the tail across the lip and go back down the wave. Once the surfer is back in the pocket, he accelerates a few times to gain speed for his next maneuver or trick.
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