SUP surfing: Moving your feet to turn

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Slatz
Slatz
NSW
182 posts
NSW, 182 posts
15 Jun 2017 6:28am
I get asked a lot about how to turn a SUP when surfing, and my answer is always "Move your feet more"
It doesn't matter if you are on an 8ft board or 14ft board, if you simply stand there in the centre of the board, you will not be able to get the most out of your turns.
I thought I would tape a gopro to the tail of my 10ft J-Hawk noserider to see how much footwork I actually do. This day was around head high on a sucky right hand reef break (with no one out)
The gopro ended up being under water more than I would have liked (will need to make up a higher mount) but you can still get the idea of how much my back foot moves from rail to rail during turns.

JEG
JEG
VIC
1469 posts
JEG JEG
VIC, 1469 posts
15 Jun 2017 7:42am
thanks Surefire Boards for the knowledge and nice sup boards range
Emeboy
Emeboy
NSW
399 posts
NSW, 399 posts
15 Jun 2017 9:30am
That's a cool perspective... gotta move those feet!
Zeusman
Zeusman
QLD
1363 posts
QLD, 1363 posts
15 Jun 2017 11:08am
Excellent stuff Mick!! You should do more of these from different camera angles. And how's that begging but with the logo!! I thought I was at Hoyts for a second!
LucBenac
LucBenac
432 posts
432 posts
15 Jun 2017 10:31am
Nice tutorial. Thanks.
MickChard
MickChard
VIC
183 posts
VIC, 183 posts
18 Jun 2017 9:40am
Awesome stuff .... Its so hard to make sure you on the tail too ... Esp when its cooking its like the last thing u think about
mpg56
mpg56
NSW
14 posts
NSW, 14 posts
18 Jun 2017 11:21am
Thanks for the reminder Surefire. I had a fun session yesterday keeping that in mind and it definitely helped. Also when I get back on the prone longboard I find the sup surfing has somehow helped my basic style.
Souwester
Souwester
WA
1267 posts
WA, 1267 posts
18 Jun 2017 1:59pm
Great little vid mate, it definitely is something that you feel makes a massive difference when you get it right.
Slatz
Slatz
NSW
182 posts
NSW, 182 posts
20 Jun 2017 6:32am
Thanks guys, I appreciate it.
I didn't actually know I moved my feet around that much. Sometimes it doesn't take that much movement, as you can see around 43 secs I move it over towards the rail a little more to fully engage the bottom turn
Then on wave 2 at 1:07 secs I move my back foot over to the rail to set up bottom turn, then at 1:12 I move it again only a few mm which might seem pointless and not worth it, but it is based on feel and knowing what you want the board to do.

The more you start to move around the more comfortable you will get and the more you will be able to manoeuvre your board around.

I have just bought a gooseneck gopro mount so will film some more once it arrives and hopefully the camera will stay out of the water more.
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