How to Progress to the Surfing Short Board
Beginners enthused with surfing start to wonder How to Progress to the Surfing Short Board. The short board is at the end of the spectrum and takes time to reach. No point in buying a short board as your first short board.
The beginner learns several fundamentals surfing the soft top in foam waves. He learns timing of catching waves. He can perfect the pop up in easy circumstances. He becomes comfortable in the ocean and begins the courage curve. He gets stronger with frequent visits to the water.
The next step is paddling out through foam waves to catch bigger waves and start hunting for small real waves. In a sand bar beach like Oceanside, CA, the waves break outside and often reform inside with smaller waves. These are great for the beginner.
Getting into Real Waves
The surfer learns to ride real waves down the face. He can also point the board toward the pocket after he has caught a real wave and then pop up. This minimizes pearling (nose under water), a great fear of all beginners. Finally, he can learn to catch the corners which is a good way to become acclimated to bigger waves. The corner is the wave unfurled after the main force has broken (apex).
The surfer needs to learn maneuvers. He bottom turns into the pocket. He learns the cut back to get back to the power of the wave. He learns to accelerate by moving the nose of the board up and down the face with his front foot. These can all be learned on an 8′ soft top.
Moving to Hard Boards
At this point the surfer could entertain a hard board. The first would be a fun board at 7’6″ long with 21″+ wide and 2 3/4 ” thick. After mastering the same wave catching and improving the maneuvers, he could move 6″ shorter maintaining the width and thickness.
Technically when he arrives at 6’10”, he is riding the short board. The short board is good for maneuverability and ducking waves. It is harder to paddle, needs more power to catch waves, and is trickier to ride. Go slowly so you don’t lose the fun.
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