Nov wrote:If you need to push on the nose of your board for speed you must have a fairly weird board,
A Blast 4fin pintail ain't a bit weird tomost kneelos.
try just sliding your left (or right if your goofy) knee up so you can plane better.
With a foot up on deck you can shift weight MUCH faster, and with more leverage, than moving yer stumps around, and allows you to kneel a bit farther back on the board.
btw, I kept putting my foot up coming off dk bodyboarding, feels awful now!
I rarely flop a foot up; depends on the wave and my mood. Normal double-knee works just fine, and leaning fore and aft is almost always enuf to rim out as needed. YMMV
Flippered, or flipperless ... ?
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Rob wrote:Nov wrote:If you need to push on the nose of your board for speed you must have a fairly weird board,
A Blast 4fin pintail ain't a bit weird tomost kneelos.
Yeh it is, it's got 4 fins!!
try just sliding your left (or right if your goofy) knee up so you can plane better.
With a foot up on deck you can shift weight MUCH faster, and with more leverage, than moving yer stumps around, and allows you to kneel a bit farther back on the board.
What about turning?
But if so, at least I know for sure I was the one wearing the jockstrap ...
Ahhhh that makes you a crossdresser
Jokes Rob
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Nov wrote:Rob wrote:Nov wrote:If you need to push on the nose of your board for speed you must have a fairly weird board,
A Blast 4fin pintail ain't a bit weird tomost kneelos.
Yeh it is, it's got 4 fins!!
try just sliding your left (or right if your goofy) knee up so you can plane better.
With a foot up on deck you can shift weight MUCH faster, and with more leverage, than moving yer stumps around, and allows you to kneel a bit farther back on the board.
What about turning?
But if so, at least I know for sure I was the one wearing the jockstrap ...
Ahhhh that makes you a crossdresser
Jokes Rob
Nov, yer all right in my book, mate. 
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freaks
I'm a freak, but that's why I need flippers with my size 5 feet! It's amazing that I can stand up at all ... !surfhorn wrote:Maybe Olympic swimming has the answer:
Australian swimmer Thorpe has size 17 feet
US swimmer Phelps has size 14 feet.........and a 73 inch wingspan.
Maybe we should all be freaks of nature.........
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Yesterday we took the typical Sunday going-to-the-beach drive to Jones Beach, West End II (LI, NY). As expected, the jetty wasn't working, and a dropping tide and onshore winds pushing a 2' windswell. A beauty of a day, the sun was high in a cloudless sky and the water was still a toasty 70F so I got a salt bath ... definitely a time to go fliperless! It was quite fun, with a few good connecting rides. Even got a few "crouching standup" rides, too.
Going back ther again this afternoon, too.
Going back ther again this afternoon, too.
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mornin,
Since my boards are pretty narrow,fins are a nusiance.But,whe I figure what my next board will be,going for wider will solve the problem-Some of these spots break ''out there'' and a long swim with flips will make for a easier swim.
Since my boards are pretty narrow,fins are a nusiance.But,whe I figure what my next board will be,going for wider will solve the problem-Some of these spots break ''out there'' and a long swim with flips will make for a easier swim.