Skateboarders and Snowboarders Love to Surf
Skateboarders and Snowboarders Love to Surf because it is another board sport. Wake boarders and skiers are also led to surfing, because there is something special about gliding over surfaces on a board.
Surfing is different than other board sports because surfers begin lying down. It makes all the difference. Getting to the stance is the first challenge of surfing. In other board sports, the participant is already standing and turning with balance and controlling speed is the challenge.
The Basics of How Surfing Differs From Other Board Sports
Surfers learn the pop up to get to a standing position. This requires technique and timing. The other sports don’t help surfers with this process although athleticism is always a bonus.
The surfer needs upper body strength and more flexibility than other board sports. Stamina is generally the same. The surfer has to put their back foot under their butt and flat on the surfboard to rise to the stance. Most people cannot touch the ground easily without bending their knees which is a hindrance for surfing.
Then the surfer rises with shoulders and hips square to the front. Snowboarders and skateboarders ride with one shoulder back and are used to putting weight on the heels. This would cause the surfer to fall off the butt side of the board. In surfing all the weight must be centered on the board.
Where I see a similarity in the sports is once a surfer is up and riding the wave. Then the other board sports give the surfer a feel for moving and balancing. Surfers love to snowboard because the carving plays well in the snow. Surfers learn balance and carving from skateboarding because for an advanced surfer, the motions are the same.
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