Starting to get the hang of the various turns on the longboard and in the smaller stuff feel quite capable of where I have to put the feet on the board to get it to stall, race along, cutback etc.. However when it is bigger I tend to always go the biggest bottom turn I can muster then head to the upper section for a floater, top turn or stall.

Is it just a matter of surfing bigger stuff more to get more moves under my belt. I would love to be able to slow down on the bigger stuff and get sharper turns and play a lot more on the face rather than just gunning the bottom turn and going to the top.

Im also discovering more and more that the F/B is an awesome board, I have been experimenting on getting up to the nose on my backhand, its a scary thing when I think about it as when I fall of the board is always under me! Feels great to sit in the upper part of the wave though, such a mint view. My mate had a go on the F/B on the weekend and wants to buy one straight away ha ha, spreading the stoke.

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Souwester said...

Starting to get the hang of the various turns on the longboard and in the smaller stuff feel quite capable of where I have to put the feet on the board to get it to stall, race along, cutback etc.. However when it is bigger I tend to always go the biggest bottom turn I can muster then head to the upper section for a floater, top turn or stall.

Is it just a matter of surfing bigger stuff more to get more moves under my belt. I would love to be able to slow down on the bigger stuff and get sharper turns and play a lot more on the face rather than just gunning the bottom turn and going to the top.

Mate first up I just love your out n out attack in destroying the wave [}:)]
I think we have the same mind set

Ok I think you may need to take a another line at take off,less angle will slow you down a tab.

mac

Ha ha yeah I think its just natural to see the shoulder taper down on take off, race to the the bottom, dig the rail and start your way to the top to try and catch the lip.

I will give the less angled take off a shot, could change the whole way I see a wave. On the backhand it feels really good to stay up on the top, keep both of my feet facing more front on and just trim the top part, could do that all day. It looks a bit old school but feels awesome just standing there while the wave face just flies along.

One of the things I really enjoy seeing a guy do on a mal are rail to rail turns (I hope I have that terminology right), especially just after they've taken off and shot straight across the face then hooked it right back into the critical section and tried to recover again. Even if they don't make it, I still admire the attempt.

I just think is looks so much better on a mal than a shorty because you know there's so much more mass to overcome.

Yeah it does look impressive doesnt it. Really must need a long high wall and perfect timing. I experimented on the weekend getting along the face and lifting my knees which takes you to the higher part of the wave, then I kind of tried opening my shoulders and extending my front leg (dropping the back leg) to take the board from the top to the bottom again. Have not quote got the wieght distribution right, its so easy to bog a rail, or not catch the rail, and eat it.

Watching the guys who do it well, they keep their wieght central to the board which gives them the balance and abiltiy to keep the board under you at all times and not extending past where you are on the face.

Man that sounded technical! Hope it makes sense, cos Im not even sure after reading it