Short Board Surfers Improve Wave Catching with a few strategies. Once a surfer is catching and riding waves on a short board, they can consider themselves advanced. What do advanced surfers work on?

Improving wave catching is a life-long endeavor. In Oceanside, waves are steep because it is a sand bar beach and waves lose stability quickly. Reefs help waves grow larger, hold shape longer, and provide longer rides. The beach you ride has a big influence on the waves you see.

A short boarder on a sand bar beach often gets only the drop and two rips. Sometimes the surfers just want to outrace the lip to get a longer ride. Accelerating for a longer ride and getting more maneuvers is important. Accelerating is moving the nose of the board up and down the face with the front foot.

3 Main Techniques for Wave Catching

The first technique is riding down the face and carving with a bottom turn into the pocket. The surfer lets the wave roll under the surfboard. As the tail rises, the surfer paddles hard and maybe kicks to get moving down the face. As the board drops, the surfer can execute the pop up.

A second technique is to push the nose toward the pocket before popping up. This is good for getting ahead of the falling lip if the wave is not too steep. On sand bar beaches this is a common technique. With reefs, waves hold form longer and it is easier to get down the face and bottom turn.

A third technique is catching the corners. Intermediates who don’t want to ride down a steep face, or on days when the face closes out too fast, or on waves too big for the surfer’s capabilities, he heads for the corner where the wave is moving slower and not as steep. The surfer paddles at a 45-degree angle toward the beach and as the wave rolls under the surfboard, continues to ride at that 45-degree angle.

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