Ever get WAY too much speed?

[cjs2002]

This happened to me today for the first time. I took off on a set wave and once i began my bottom turn i was carrying so much speed that I felt out of control. My board wasn't feeling skippy or squirrely; in fact it felt totally locked in and solid but I just couldn't handle how fast I was going. To be quite honest I'm not even sure how to put this speed into perspective other than I was going so fast that I no longer wanted to be on the wave. I had the entire wave in front of me with good shape, but I was going so fast that I was nervous to continue down the line so I just rolled off my board into the face of the wave like a total loser I would give anything to have that one back and see what would have happened if I decided to stay on the board.

Again, nothing like this has ever happened to me. I've been out in big waves, and I doubt this was the biggest wave I've ever caught (though it may have been close) and every other wave after that during the same session felt totally normal speed-wise.

This wave was a complete outlier in my surfing history.

Has this happened to anyone else before? What might have caused this outrageous increase in speed?

 

[Aruka]

What board

 

[Duffy LaCoronilla]

This happened to me today for the first time. I took off on a set wave and once i began my bottom turn i was carrying so much speed that I felt out of control. My board wasn't feeling skippy or squirrely; in fact it felt totally locked in and solid but I just couldn't handle how fast I was going. To be quite honest I'm not even sure how to put this speed into perspective other than I was going so fast that I no longer wanted to be on the wave. I had the entire wave in front of me with good shape, but I was going so fast that I was nervous to continue down the line so I just rolled off my board into the face of the wave like a total loser I would give anything to have that one back and see what would have happened if I decided to stay on the board.

Again, nothing like this has ever happened to me. I've been out in big waves, and I doubt this was the biggest wave I've ever caught (though it may have been close) and every other wave after that during the same session felt totally normal speed-wise.

This wave was a complete outlier in my surfing history.

Has this happened to anyone else before? What might have caused this outrageous increase in speed?

 

[Duffy LaCoronilla]

For the record, no. I’ve never gone “too fast” on a wave.

 

[cjs2002]

What board

6’4 Sakal chief with AM2s. I don’t think this was a board/fin thing as I’ve been riding this board in big waves for a few years. And all other waves felt normal. Must have just hit some weird inertia

 

[Aruka]

Im not sure ive experienced exactly what youre describing. When i feel like im going "too fast" its usually that sense that im somewhat out of control. Like, im on the wrong board and it wont hold an edge or something.

Going really fast while feeling in control is pretty much the primary sensation I am chasing in surfing.

Maybe you were in a bad stance or off balance or something?

Sometimes our subconcious brain is dumb and unhelpful but its just trying to keep us alive.

 

[oeste858]

Im not sure ive experienced exactly what youre describing. When i feel like im going "too fast" its usually that sense that im somewhat out of control. Like, im on the wrong board and it wont hold an edge or something.

Going really fast while feeling in control is pretty much the primary sensation I am chasing in surfing.

Maybe you were in a bad stance or off balance or something?

Sometimes our subconcious brain is dumb and unhelpful but its just trying to keep us alive.

What he said.

 

[000]

saw a homeless guy looking like he was on way too much speed today
he was trying to look like a badass throwing terrible karate kicks at light poles
looked 70 but was probably 50

 

[estreet]

Maybe you were in a bad stance or off balance or something?

Sometimes our subconcious brain is dumb and unhelpful but its just trying to keep us alive.

You're like the surfer whisperer or something.

I was in overhead surf today and I still had to pump.

 

[menobrah]

only thing better than going too fast on a surfboard is channeling all that momentum into a bottom turn to lip smash..

 

[cjs2002]

only thing better than going too fast on a surfboard is channeling all that momentum into a bottom turn to lip smash..

It was a fight or flight situation. I was so close to hitting that lip…I really just didn’t know why I had all that speed haha

 

[DeLeon]

This happened to me today for the first time. I took off on a set wave and once i began my bottom turn i was carrying so much speed that I felt out of control. My board wasn't feeling skippy or squirrely; in fact it felt totally locked in and solid but I just couldn't handle how fast I was going. To be quite honest I'm not even sure how to put this speed into perspective other than I was going so fast that I no longer wanted to be on the wave. I had the entire wave in front of me with good shape, but I was going so fast that I was nervous to continue down the line so I just rolled off my board into the face of the wave like a total loser I would give anything to have that one back and see what would have happened if I decided to stay on the board.

Again, nothing like this has ever happened to me. I've been out in big waves, and I doubt this was the biggest wave I've ever caught (though it may have been close) and every other wave after that during the same session felt totally normal speed-wise.

This wave was a complete outlier in my surfing history.

Has this happened to anyone else before? What might have caused this outrageous increase in speed?

Welcome!! Now chase that dragon!!!

This happened to me today for the first time. I took off on a set wave and once i began my bottom turn i was carrying so much speed that I felt out of control. My board wasn't feeling skippy or squirrely; in fact it felt totally locked in and solid but I just couldn't handle how fast I was going. To be quite honest I'm not even sure how to put this speed into perspective other than I was going so fast that I no longer wanted to be on the wave. I had the entire wave in front of me with good shape, but I was going so fast that I was nervous to continue down the line so I just rolled off my board into the face of the wave like a total loser I would give anything to have that one back and see what would have happened if I decided to stay on the board.

Again, nothing like this has ever happened to me. I've been out in big waves, and I doubt this was the biggest wave I've ever caught (though it may have been close) and every other wave after that during the same session felt totally normal speed-wise.

This wave was a complete outlier in my surfing history.

Has this happened to anyone else before? What might have caused this outrageous increase in speed?

Welcome!!! Now chase that Dragon!!

 

[trifish]

6’4 Sakal chief with AM2s.

I think I might need that board

 

[GromsDad]

This happened to me today for the first time. I took off on a set wave and once i began my bottom turn i was carrying so much speed that I felt out of control. My board wasn't feeling skippy or squirrely; in fact it felt totally locked in and solid but I just couldn't handle how fast I was going. To be quite honest I'm not even sure how to put this speed into perspective other than I was going so fast that I no longer wanted to be on the wave. I had the entire wave in front of me with good shape, but I was going so fast that I was nervous to continue down the line so I just rolled off my board into the face of the wave like a total loser I would give anything to have that one back and see what would have happened if I decided to stay on the board.

Again, nothing like this has ever happened to me. I've been out in big waves, and I doubt this was the biggest wave I've ever caught (though it may have been close) and every other wave after that during the same session felt totally normal speed-wise.

This wave was a complete outlier in my surfing history.

Has this happened to anyone else before? What might have caused this outrageous increase in speed?

Does your "surfing history" begin when Covid started by any chance?

Seriously though, I got a Sharpeye Disco two years ago that would generate crazy speed and would give me a sensation that the board was levitating. Like it was going too fast and creating lift like a foil. I hated that. It took trying about 5 different sets of fins before I got that board dialed in so it would not do that.

 

[surfwhere]

Instead wrong, you might have done right. If you're able to replicate it, adjusting fin size like gromsdad said can help you with what you can do next. A liitle less drivey fin could pull that speed down a hair to give you more options off the top.

 

[surfwhere]

 

[jkb]

Chase that speed.

Become comfortable with it.

Learn to increase your reaction time.

Smash lips

 

[cjs2002]

Does your "surfing history" begin when Covid started by any chance?

Seriously though, I got a Sharpeye Disco two years ago that would generate crazy speed and would give me a sensation that the board was levitating. Like it was going too fast and creating lift like a foil. I hated that. It took trying about 5 different sets of fins before I got that board dialed in so it would not do that.

Not a Covid surfer

Yes that feeling of levitating is similar to what I felt as well.

 

[Duffy LaCoronilla]

Not a Covid surfer

Yes that feeling of levitating is similar to what I felt as well.

Draw out your bottom turn more next time.

 

[urchined]

Only time I remember “too much speed“ was my first time on a TKF after a life on tri fin HPSBs. Shoulder-HH beach break and I could barely stay on the board for the first few waves. Bar of soap feeling. Once I dialed that TKF I‘ve never been back to full time hpsbs.