What should i learn in surfing after catching a wave?

Question

I have surfed maybe 5 or 6 times and just started catching my own waves..what's next?

Answer 1

Practice getting to your feet in one fluid motion. Not going- one knee.... both knees then standing.  This is the most important thing to master..

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Answer 2

standing up??

you kinda get one knee first then bring up the second and use your arms to push you up.. you will get it

Answer 3

taylor is wrong

dont ever get into the habit of standing from your knees first

you will lose your balance and fall

try putting your hand on the sides of the board and quick jump up and try to put both feet on the board

after that, try turning

Answer 4

stand up sliding your front foot up along the stringer while doing a pushup keeping your back foot over the fins.

pump for speed, like the swing at the playground you want to be light off the bottom, heavy off the top. Push your weight off your back foot leading with your front foot to go up and then shift your weight onto your front foot to come back down again.

cutback, as you ride the face of the wave with your weight on the front foot you will need to turn back towards the steeper part of the wave to keep your speed. Do this by shifting your weight to your back foot over the fins and leaning into the turn.

You can't really tell/teach a person how to surf. You have to go out there and find out what it feels like.

Answer 5

stand up

Answer 6

Well, you start to stand up. After you've managed to stand up quickly in the white wash (the foamy white part of the wave that has already broken), then you can try catching waves that haven't broken yet. Try to ride along the unbroken part of the wave, parallel to shore. Once you can ride the wave to the side without falling, try to begin doing maneuvers (tricks) if you are using a longboard, try moving your board up and down the wave, or walking the nose. If you're on a shortboard, try to move your board up and down the wave, but try and carve up the wave a little more.

After you master the basics (riding the wave parallel to shore) then you can really begin to do manuevers and go out into the lineup.

Answer 7

you should try practicing on bigger waves after you start standing.

There are many little techniques to practice. And that comes in time. (for instance, duck diving)

I'm still not too great at duck diving, and I've been surfing for a long time.

Answer 8

First I would recommend getting into shape because surfing uses very specific muscles you may not be using now.

You need to do push-ups and bench presses to build your chest muscles, (pecs), so you can push yourself up to stand.

Next you need to do pull-ups or lat pull-downs to work the muscles along your sides, (lats), that you will use to paddle.

A little running will build your cardio and legs muscles.

Then I would take a couple of lessons to get the basics down.

After that it's just going to take time in the water.

I always recommend that beginners get a longboard, (at least 9' long), as these are the easiest to catch waves with and balance on to stand up.

And finally this site has a great article called 'Learn How to Surf in One Day' that I think is terrific:

http://www.BeachTrading.com

Good luck and have fun!!  :-)

Answer 9

The pop up: stand up in one fluid motion... Then begin turning down the line and see how long you can ride the wave for.

Answer 10

Micheal o is correct, dont start going on your knees because when I started I would do that, and I was so comfortable doing that, I really couldnt stand up because I was so used to it, but she is wrong about lossing your balance, easier, but dont wanna get used to it.

And to stand up, put your hands on the side, and for you, you might want to just grab the rail and make sure your feet are far apart and bend your knees, so do a quick fast pop up and just relax, do a squat so your crouched, and put your arms out and keep your balance, once you can master sanding up, when you paddle for a wave turn you board to the side where the wave brakes last then start paddleing, but dont turn it to much or you will pearl it to the side(fall) so only turn it a little.