Anyone surf?

[WildHorse]

``

 

[buck]

Originally posted by: scott
Add suggestions (as if you needed more words):

Never go surfing alone.

Never let your board get between yourself and the oncoming wave, even momentarily in shallow water near shore.

It's hard trying to learn in the soup. It'll be easier, faster, smoother & true fun later on the unbroken wave face.

Bodyboard your surfboard a lot in the whitewater to build sense for how your fore/aft position affects the board.

When you get tired of that, try pushing up and hopping to both feet all in one motion. What fails=trying to ease up gradually on one knee. That's not the way. It's a hop all the way up onto both feet. You'll get it right.

Surfing makes you hungry, take food.
It's fun exploring new spots.
Helps to keep binoculars in car to check for waves/crowds without having to walk out there.

Always leave the beach a little cleaner than you found it. The small amount of trash you pick up as you leave probably won't make a dent. Still, your symbolic act breeds good attitude among others who see you. We're the modern-day custodial Indians respecting the shore.

Remember,
Never go surfing alone.

Learn to correlate weather with waves at your spots. Generally, best waves are on the back side of a passing low pressure zone.

I kid you not...never go surfing alone.

Unless the waves are good and no on is out. :evil:


The rest are great rules of thumb for beginners.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Originally posted by: buck


Better yet, Rip Curl came out with a wetsuit that has heated coils.


GL OP:

Hope you stick with it.
Surfing's the source. lt can change your life. Swear to God.

I had no idea about cold weather kit like that.

LOL at the Point Break quote.

Surfing's for little rubber people that don't shave yet.

That was a great post Scott :thumbsup:

I think surfing alone is something that is situational though. Provided you are an experienced waterman, and where you are surfing is not a dangerous spot and/or conditions are not particularly dangerous.