What Are Surfing Short Board Maneuvers
People advancing in surfing want to know What Are Surfing Short Board Maneuvers. The short board is a tool for helping surfers accomplish carves they can’t achieve with higher volume surf boards.
The long boards and 8′ soft top surf boards can all ride in the pocket of a real wave. The long boarder likes to step to the rear of the board to lift the nose and make a carve. The shortboarder wants to stay still and do sharp carves using his body and feet for torque.
The Main Short Board Maneuvers
The short board catches a real wave as the wave peaks. The surfer paddles into the wave and performs a bottom turn into the pocket. The bottom turn is accomplished by rotating the upper body in the direction of travel and letting the twist torque down to the feet. The surfer places a little pressure on his toes or heels to push the rail into the wave .
This same bottom turn is used to escape a falling lip when the wave is closing out and the surfer wants to get over the top and to the back of the wave. It is also used to ride up the face in the pocket to rip the lip, do 360’s, or aerials.
The maneuver to get speed in the pocket is called accelerating or pumping. The surfer moves the nose of the board up and down the face to gain speed. Accelerating is performed before each basic maneuver because short boards perform better with speed.
The cut-back is reversing direction. It is a reverse bottom turn in that the board direction of travel is reversed. The surfer turns down the wave and carves with upper body rotation exerting pressure on the toes or heels to reverse direction. It is also performed riding up the face to rip the lip and ride back down the face.
These three basic maneuvers can keep the surfer practicing for a long time until he perfects them. They lay the ground work for all the advanced tricks.
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