well, sometimes you have to protect the innocent

Or maybe not so innocent...

@@madmaxmedia any person on a surfboard cannot be considered innocent

Is a longboard able to surf all the same waves as a shortboard?

Alphalpha Cuunt pretty much just a different feeling.

Very good advice! I've always been fairly fit and healthy - but even just adding *some* stretching and exercise to my life, has made surfing (and all other aspects of life), so much better. 🙂

commentoria - exactly what I was thinking. Looked super fun actually

If I can feel that I am definitely going to catch the wave then I keep my back arched and head up. But if it's touch and go whether or not I will catch it, then I put my head and chest down so that there is more weight at the front of my board. I have noticed this from GoPro footage and also I often wear brown zinc and I get a brown splodge mark on the nose of my board from my chin jamming down. However, if you do drop the head it's important that as soon as you feel that you've caught the wave you must get the head up. In these cases I will put my chicken wing hands further back on the board so my thumbs are touching the 2 bottom ribs and I press the shoulder blades together. Otherwise I find it results in a collapsing, below par pop up. On a longboard I generally always keep my head and chin up, but sometimes on my shortboard when the waves are tricky to catch and there are strong offshores I will be paddling frantically and kicking my feet and I will slam my chin down. So my answer to your question is that I think it's better to try to always keep head and chest up, but there are going to be occasions especially on shortboards and fish shaped boards when you will want to get the head down. Hope that helps! Good luck

@@helenbowditch231 thank you, it does help. I only longboard, so this would explain why I keep pearling so much. I will adjust my posture. Cheers.

@@hrburrell Your head is use as pendulum. If the wave is hollow, then arch back, if is mushy/weak/choppy then set it forward. Overtime it'll come naturally.

use a shorter board.

Emiliano Alcaraz it’s Playa Carmen next to Santa Teresa in Costa Rica

Thank you!!!

yes it is beautiful, it's Playa Santa Teresa in Costa Rica

Yes absolutely! Especially the cobra / upward dog bit. Where they differ I suppose is that the sun salutations don't have a twist element, and you don't want to stick the butt in the air when popping up. People who do yoga and especially the sun salutations tend to find popping up much easier than the non-yogis. I try to always do a few sun salutations before every surf session because I find it the perfect warmup

the hips don't lie!

There are 4 main reasons why we nosedive, think of it as the 'nosedive quadfector'. The most common reason is lack of speed. If you are not paddling at at least the same speed as the wave you are trying to catch then you will probably nosedive. Second reason is positioning, if you try to catch the wave when the wave face is at a 90 degree steep angle then unless you are Kelly Slater you will probably nosedive. Try to position yourself so that you catch the wave when the wave face is at a 45 degree angle. Have a protractor in your head. Thirdly, if you are lying too far forward on the board then this a recipe for a nosedive. Finally poor posture with the shoulders down and the legs apart will probably result in nosediving. So my advice is paddle fast, check your positioning, be in the sweet spot of the surfboard, and have good posture. Good luck!

It's called "pearling". The one sole reason you pearl is because you have your body trimed wrong on your board. You need to find the magic spot of trim. It may be slightly further back on long period swell. Farther forward on short period swell.