Dear erBB council of elders, the ultimate authority on acceptable surf gear:
I am a recent convert to front foot traction, please do not discontinue my account and ban me from the board!
A little backstory. Ever since I moved from a tropical locale to one that requires a 4/3 all year round, I’ve had a weird habit of dragging my front foot in the wax when I pop up. I thought this was due to maybe bad technique or getting old/weak, but last year I went on two vacations to tropical environments and I had no issue with this at all. So to try to fix this, I thought let’s get rid of all this wax between my feet and just put a traction pad on.
Well the results are in, and although my pop-up still sucks, my toes no longer get stuck in the wax and problem solved! Therefore, I’m replacing the wax on all of my boards with traction.
oddly enough, I also feel like the front traction gives me both better grip, and easier ability to move my foot around. (Also, I won’t admit it publicly, but I do like the clean look of a front traction pad better than dirty wax.)
I am a recent convert to front foot traction, please do not discontinue my account and ban me from the board!
A little backstory. Ever since I moved from a tropical locale to one that requires a 4/3 all year round, I’ve had a weird habit of dragging my front foot in the wax when I pop up. I thought this was due to maybe bad technique or getting old/weak, but last year I went on two vacations to tropical environments and I had no issue with this at all. So to try to fix this, I thought let’s get rid of all this wax between my feet and just put a traction pad on.
Well the results are in, and although my pop-up still sucks, my toes no longer get stuck in the wax and problem solved! Therefore, I’m replacing the wax on all of my boards with traction.
oddly enough, I also feel like the front traction gives me both better grip, and easier ability to move my foot around. (Also, I won’t admit it publicly, but I do like the clean look of a front traction pad better than dirty wax.)