Bottom turn takes to long when im surfing?

Question

OK so i have a really good bottom turn but a lot of the waves I'm surfing break too fast so i cant take the time to get to the bottom of the wave to start my bottom turn so right when i take off I'm supposed to already be going down the line and then once the wave starts to break do my cut back but i need advice on how to do that

Answer 1

If the waves are breaking fast just paddle diagonally towards the shoulder and then do some turns and stuff once you are out of the pocket.

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Answer 2

think of your turns like riding a swing at the playground. Off the bottom, you want to be lightest and off the top you want to become heaviest. Think of yourself in the bottom turn as a spring coiling up as you draw out the turn, then release the spring and jump up to the top of the wave.

Take off on the wave at an angle towards the shoulder. Dane Reynolds often does an immediate pump when he stands up before his first bottom turn giving him more speed to make it around the first section to insure that he gets to the open face for a maneuver.

The cutback will get better with experience. No one can tell you how to do it. you have to learn what it feels like. For me, I start with a drawn out bottom turn, go to the top of the wave with enough speed, put the board on a rail, turn my head around to look where I'll be going and the body follows.

Answer 3

if a wave is breaking fast, you'll never get a good bottom turn in (if at all). on fast breaking waves, just go down the line and get speed until you are able to cut back. you dont have to bottom turn to do a cut back.

are you trying to do a snap off the top?  

Answer 4

idk..