Beginner Surfers Learn Maneuvers on Soft Tops
Beginner Surfers Learn Maneuvers on Soft Tops and can begin in foam waves. Maneuvers are getting the board to carve and executing tricks.
Start the first maneuvers/carves in foam waves. While riding straight and balanced, turn the eyes in the direction of the turn and then the upper torso. Place very little pressure on the toes or heels on the side of the carve. This should influence the board to turn.
Maneuvers are meant for real waves. After the surfer catches a real wave down the face, he does a bottom turn into the pocket. Soft tops do these well. They just can’t carve as sharp because of the fat rails. Speed facilitates the carve.
The bottom turn is the same as the carves in the foam waves. Carve with first the upper torso and then the toes or heels on the side of the carve. Don’t lean the butt into the carve or it will cause a fall. Once into the pocket, the butt can ride the wave side rail as the surfer tries to keep the rail into the wave.
The next maneuver is the cut back. This is reversing the direction. The surfer turns his eyes down the wave and his body rotates away from the wave face. The surfer is going to return to the lip where the power of the wave is initiated.
The cut back is also used to rip the lip. Difficult on a soft top board. The surfer carves up the face with a bottom turn and then does a cut back to get back down the face, brushing the tail over the lip to cause a spray.
The final maneuver which can be executed on a soft top is to accelerate. The surfer pushes the nose of the board up and down the face with his front foot. This gets the surfer ahead of the falling lip and makes other maneuvers easier because of the speed. Coming out of a maneuver or trick, the surfer always accelerates a few times.
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