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How to Maneuver the Surfing Short Board
Surfing has essentially four types of surf boards. There is the short board, the mini long board or fun board, the soft top learning board, and the long board. Each has a different volume which is...
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What’s the Trick to Ride the Surfing Short Board
Most of my students would love to start off immediately riding the short board and rip like they see the advanced surfers on the outside or in the movies. It looks so easy. And it is after time....
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Timing the Wave in Surfing Oceanside
As I progressed from intermediate towards advanced, the most difficult lesson on my sandbar beach was learning to time the wave. Having just spent two days surfing Terra Mar at Carlsbad, (a reef break)...
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The 4 Difficulties of Surfing on Short Boards
Many surfers in Oceanside have been inspired to learn the sport after seeing the movies and videos of short boarders ripping and shredding. To most people these days, this is surfing. In the past, even...
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Learning to Maneuver the Surfing Short Board
Oceanside is a great place to learn surfing on a short board because there are a lot of close out waves which therefore have steep faces. The short board needs the high arc to get the power from the...
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Why is the Fun Surf Board Fun?
Most commonly the Fun Surfboard is 7’6″ long, about 21+” wide and 2 5/8 to 2 3/4″ thick. The short surfboards stop at about 6’10” at which point longer boards become mini longs. The long board starts...
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Learning to Surf on the Short Board in Oceanside
Oceanside is a great beginner beach and short board break. The long boarders have greater luck going where there is a reef and more open faces. The breaks at Oceanside like many sand bar beaches tend...
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Learning to Surf on the Short Board
When I teach surf lessons in Oceanside on short boards, there are a few things students have to consider. Moving from surfing high volume boards or long boards to shorter boards creates a number of...
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Moving from Surfing a Soft Top to a Short Surf Board
When I teach surf lessons in Oceanside, we begin with a high volume 8′ soft top board. There are good reasons. Anyone under 200 pounds will find this board easy to paddle, easy to pop up, and easy to...
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Surfing Better with the Short Board
When I teach Oceanside Surf Lessons, new students begin on an 8′ soft top and catch foam waves. A key technique is the pop up going from prone to a standing position. On a foam wave, once you are in...
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Progress from Surfing Soft Top To Short Board
When I teach Surf Lessons in Oceanside, we begin with a high volume 8′ soft top board. There are good reasons. Anyone under 200 pounds will find this board easy to paddle, easy to pop up, and easy to...
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How Surfers Move from Long Boards to Short Boards
When I teach surf lessons in Oceanside on short boards, there are a few things students have to consider. Moving from surfing high volume boards or long boards to shorter boards creates a number of...
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