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How should a longboarder ride a wave

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Created by Macaha > 9 months ago, 5 Aug 2019
Macaha
QLD, 21900 posts
5 Aug 2019 12:20PM
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question

Al G
NSW, 7663 posts
5 Aug 2019 12:31PM
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With his longboard preferably

Macaha
QLD, 21900 posts
5 Aug 2019 12:33PM
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Al G said..
With his longboard preferably


boom

but how?

justaddwater
NSW, 707 posts
5 Aug 2019 1:02PM
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Macaha said..

Al G said..
With his longboard preferably



boom

but how?


With STYLE !!! Including Trim grace and flow IMO.

SP
10979 posts
5 Aug 2019 11:27AM
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Anyway they want.

It's not what you do but how you do it.

Al G
NSW, 7663 posts
5 Aug 2019 1:53PM
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Macaha said..


Al G said..
With his longboard preferably




boom

but how?



Maybe a few traditional moves thrown in with how your own style is is good,I tend to ride mine a bit to much like a shortboard sometimes

Macaha
QLD, 21900 posts
5 Aug 2019 2:15PM
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Ok thanks for the tips I'll give them a go.

laceys lane
QLD, 19803 posts
5 Aug 2019 2:37PM
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Al G said..

Macaha said..



Al G said..
With his longboard preferably





boom

but how?




Maybe a few traditional moves thrown in with how your own style is is good,I tend to ride mine a bit to much like a shortboard sometimes


Amen .
Haha

justaddwater
NSW, 707 posts
5 Aug 2019 3:01PM
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laceys lane said..

Al G said..


Macaha said..




Al G said..
With his longboard preferably






boom

but how?





Maybe a few traditional moves thrown in with how your own style is is good,I tend to ride mine a bit to much like a shortboard sometimes



Amen .
Haha


Whoops ,I missed the most important part

Al G
NSW, 7663 posts
5 Aug 2019 3:35PM
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laceys lane said..

Al G said..


Macaha said..




Al G said..
With his longboard preferably






boom

but how?





Maybe a few traditional moves thrown in with how your own style is is good,I tend to ride mine a bit to much like a shortboard sometimes



Amen .
Haha


515
809 posts
5 Aug 2019 2:41PM
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Check out some of the "Duct Tape " during the Vans contest
One dude did fin first take off.
Plenty toes on nose but cross step and good old stand on tail bottom turn hit the lip

Macaha
QLD, 21900 posts
5 Aug 2019 4:50PM
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515 said..
Check out some of the "Duct Tape " during the Vans contest
One dude did fin first take off.
Plenty toes on nose but cross step and good old stand on tail bottom turn hit the lip


sweet I'll give take a go

glide77
246 posts
5 Aug 2019 3:04PM
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Trim & Flow are key...also the position on the wave, aiming to stay in the pocket. Whatever manoeuvres suit your style are fine but the aim to stay in the pocket.
Finally the cross step is quintessential with long boarding and should be the aim of any aspiring slider....even just one cross step forward and back is good enough...just get it into your game!

Macaha
QLD, 21900 posts
5 Aug 2019 5:41PM
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Cool I'm add that to my back tatt.


laceys lane
QLD, 19803 posts
5 Aug 2019 6:48PM
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You should ride a longboard like you are cheating.
Well. Thats how i feel when i got that 10 ft seaplane again

Macaha
QLD, 21900 posts
5 Aug 2019 7:10PM
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laceys lane said..
You should ride a longboard like you are cheating.
Well. Thats how i feel when i got that 10 ft seaplane again


You just stick to your shortboarding mate and try to stay injury free rest up I've got a new nick name for you, it's called Crime Safe haha you got some

Macaha
QLD, 21900 posts
5 Aug 2019 7:49PM
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Crime Safe is the mesh they use on fly screens and also used to plug up holes in guts

Cuttlefish
QLD, 1332 posts
5 Aug 2019 11:00PM
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I do know around here when its head high seeing anyone riding a noserider go anywhere near the nose of the board is rare. The board is simply used as a high volume wave harvester for trimming straight across the wave.

Macaha
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6 Aug 2019 4:49AM
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Cuttlefish said..
I do know around here when its head high seeing anyone riding a noserider go anywhere near the nose of the board is rare. The board is simply used as a high volume wave harvester for trimming straight across the wave.


Thats great information

Cuttlefish
QLD, 1332 posts
6 Aug 2019 6:00AM
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Macaha said..



Cuttlefish said..
I do know around here when its head high seeing anyone riding a noserider go anywhere near the nose of the board is rare. The board is simply used as a high volume wave harvester for trimming straight across the wave.





Thats great information




Observation actually.
Now take that observation and think about whether a change in the board design they are using in overhead waves could be improved over a noserider. Less width in the nose and probably overall, less foam, lower swing weight and so on. Maybe easier steep take offs, different feel, maybe more fun.

Macaha
QLD, 21900 posts
6 Aug 2019 6:15AM
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Yeah I was out on the weekend a guy I sold a 10 noserider to was all over it wave after wave after wave I had the wrong board with me got me thinking, I went home and canceled a order I had placed it was a smallish board volume is king in those conditions.

obct
NSW, 3487 posts
6 Aug 2019 6:45AM
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Like it's the last wave you'll ever ride

MichaelR
NSW, 855 posts
6 Aug 2019 11:08AM
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obct said..
Like it's the last wave you'll ever ride


Ain't that the truth. Ride them how you like to ride, fast, loose or smooth and stylish. So long as it gives you a grin.

Al G
NSW, 7663 posts
6 Aug 2019 1:20PM
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Ride them like Obct,very stylish style

surfanimal
NSW, 1643 posts
6 Aug 2019 6:17PM
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The way that makes you, as an individual, the happiest without worrying about what anyone else thinks.

It's not a team activity and if you derive pleasure from doing it in whatever way you can, not only are you better for it, those around you benefit from it too.

chrispy
WA, 9675 posts
7 Aug 2019 4:36AM
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I think a longboarder should surf like HI and co

How people surf ,i do not give a **** if they are not messing with my time through bad manners and arrogance

Also anyone pointing a go pro at their crotch should be banished from the ocean



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