I was talking to a couple of adult learners yesterday. The surf was very walled up and they were not able to make it out on their long boards. They told me they just worked on "White Water Drills". What the F are white water drills?!?
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White water drills???
- Thread starter nolibos
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I got caught inside today by about 20 waves in a row. Felt like a white water drill.
Ha!
I used to train by taking my waterlogged 10'6" tanker to Torrey on big windy closed out days and try to make it outside without losing it. I became a master at turtling. It was brutal but great training.
Something a surf school would use to teach fundamentals. So that means trimming the board, learning how to change direction, etc.
Same, friend said meet me at duck dive beach. I shoulda watched for a while before I paddled out. 2 waves 100 duck dives.
“Roll overs” = turtles = on a long board are great white water drills. Cardio. Shoulders / arms
How to get out of those situations OR just turn around, lay out on your board and head for the beach. In the white water. Regroup, watch the waves and use your head …. Timing. Wave movement.Intuitions.
Longboards have so much flotation. One has to learn how to manage that much flotation and not struggle OR like most do, let the board go, get dragged underwater by your leash and come up spitting water, trying to get your board under control and paddling back out to the line up.
Holding onto a longboard is the best thing you can do. It’s your flotation device, It’s there with you, not dragging your twenty yards down the beach underwater.. If a surfboard is coming at you fin up, roll, grab the nose with both hands and pull the nose over your head and protect it with the board. You may, get your fingers bashed, maybe, but your head will be in one piece.
Tie one end of your leash to a pilling and just paddle your board in between the pillings and try to hold your position. LOTS of wave action going on under a pier. It may Look stupid, but one can gain knowledge from doing so.
How to get out of those situations OR just turn around, lay out on your board and head for the beach. In the white water. Regroup, watch the waves and use your head …. Timing. Wave movement.Intuitions.
Longboards have so much flotation. One has to learn how to manage that much flotation and not struggle OR like most do, let the board go, get dragged underwater by your leash and come up spitting water, trying to get your board under control and paddling back out to the line up.
Holding onto a longboard is the best thing you can do. It’s your flotation device, It’s there with you, not dragging your twenty yards down the beach underwater.. If a surfboard is coming at you fin up, roll, grab the nose with both hands and pull the nose over your head and protect it with the board. You may, get your fingers bashed, maybe, but your head will be in one piece.
Tie one end of your leash to a pilling and just paddle your board in between the pillings and try to hold your position. LOTS of wave action going on under a pier. It may Look stupid, but one can gain knowledge from doing so.
Never preferred the turtle technique and never found it as effective as the 'bulling 'technique where I grab the nose of the board under my arm and dive down with it. Nose goes under and the rest if the board is pushed under by the white water. No turning the board or your body upside down.
And for the record I hate and wont do 'whitewater drills'. I'm not a glutton for punishment in that regard, it's just stupid.
And for the record I hate and wont do 'whitewater drills'. I'm not a glutton for punishment in that regard, it's just stupid.
I just don’t like when you start going end over end and your body starts getting torqued away from the board, wrenching your back. Happened a few times the past few weeks.
I googled it and it's a kayaking thing. Those two dopes forgot that they're actually kayakers.
Maybe that was the plan for the woman walking down with an all black soft top when I drove away this afternoon.