'Anyone tried 3d printed fins? I'm still a kook so I doubt I'll be able to feel any difference, but it came out pretty decently I think';

'Pic related, now without self doxx';

'>>185762
are lessons a meme? When I first tried snowboarding I took an intro lesson and it kind of felt like a waste of time. All they did was show you the basics and sent you on your way - the rest was good old fashion trial and error.

Well if that's the case why not just look up the basics online and then hop in the ocean?

>>186042
pretty neat.';

'>>186107
I didn't take lessons but I knew surfers and would constantly pick their brains my first few months. I also bodyboarded a long time so was already comfortable navigating a line up and catching waves (although it took some adjusting to what I was used to).
For a pure beginner I think you could just get a board, hit the white wash and give it a go. Focus on getting to your feet and staying on the wave as it pushes you. Once you can do that consistently you're ready for some unbroken waves.
Lessons probably would have helped my progress in parts, but I would literally have needed years of it as I seem to get stuck at random progression levels.';

'>/r/surfing
>Once again, redditors find an interest or hobby but find that they actually have no talent for it, so rather than becoming experts and it, they instead become experts about it, and smugly copypaste sarcastic non-answers which are updootable to validate their 'expertise.'
where do you go for actual surfing discussion and q&a? I like /xs/ but its a slow board';

'Anywhere good to surf this coming season on the east coast?';

'>>186107
Most lessons are an absolute meme in my experience. I’m talking about what I’ve witnessed and experienced in Morocco, Phillippines, Indonesia, Spain, Portugal and France. It was usually just instructors making sure nobody drowns and nothing except pop ups was explained whatsoever. In poor countries it’s mainly impoverished guys who realised it’s better to push fat Germans into white wash and pocket some tips and have a chance at some tourist pussy than slaving away in some dystopian factory job 60 hours a week to barely be able to afford basic sustenance. Many of them don’t even really surf. In Australia, where I live, you get washed up surfers who never become pro and random backpackers being instructors and doing an okayish job at ensuring the Germans don’t drown. But you can also pay people like Occy or Margo or other ex pros a couple hundred dollars per hour to actually couch intermediates into progressing into advanced territory. They will perfect your turns, teach you how to generate speed off your bottom turns, barrel riding etc. Totally not a meme but very pricey.

>>186201
Yeah that sub sucks dude. I also am interested in finding a good forum for waveriders. Anyone?';

'its hard to progress when you can't do it every day';

'>>186315
I moved to a town with abysmal surf (1ft closeout 99% of the time) that gets super crowded anyway to be with the love of my life. Might break up soon';

'>>186315
I've been going out 4 or 5 times a week and i think im getting worse';

'>>186650
Kek I know the feeling. Been a bit over a year for me. Some days I do well, some days it's a nightmare from beginning to end.
A couple weeks ago I was surfing on low tide and it was quite sucky, I nose dived 5 waves in a row when bottom turning. Was good fun.';

'>>186036
pretty cool idea I haven't heard of them before but would make sense that they would run good.
>>186107
I've been surfing for 20 years lessons are a little bit of a meme but there is only one thing you actually need to learn and thats the pop up everything after that is somewhat easy. You can practice it at home I haven't watched this shit but may be helpful
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rz-ucDwjVU
>>186201
>>186290
I got banned on that sub for calling out that tranny so would also like one I can make a discord server or a forum if we can get enough people to join that isn't newfags posting themselves falling off.
>>186315
I've heard a surf skate is a good way to get ahead but also IKTF.';

'What are you guys riding at the moment? Here's my quiver';

'There are good forums out there but most members have been posting for 10-15 years and newfags rarely fit in. I won't post any here, find them yourself and if you are not a kook in 2-3 years it'll be your home.';

'>>186858
They all look the exact same';

'>getting comfy surfing little waves
>don't catch them all but catch a handful
>see good forecast and paddle out
>head-high waves
>get absolutely dunked on my the ocean
Those things are scary as shit. Are you really supposed to pop up while you're being catapulted out of the ocean? I felt like I was pitched way forward on the peak looking over a cliff and trying to lean back to level off, but either end up nosediving kamikaze style or shooting off at a million miles per hour and dragging along trying to pop up for like 10 seconds. Before I felt like I could paddle in and pop up when it felt like the board had been "put in gear." But the last times I just start front flipping';

'I ran into someone and dinged my board. I had to bail to avoid some guy and thought I did, checked on him and he was all good. 15 minutes later I realised a chunk of my rail was missing. Idk who was at fault, probably mixed.. but damn I hate crowds.';

'absolute beginner kook here.

Should I be catching the white water when starting out?

I've had a few sessions surfing the white water and starting to get more consistent in my pop up.
Went out with an experienced friend today, tried catching unbroken waves and got destroyed. Feeling demotivated.

At least now I've discovered surfers of bali.';

'whats the best time of year to surf in santa cruz';

'>>187207
>not hyper optimizing your quiver around head high to slightly overhead surf
ngmi
I never really sure anything bigger than double overhead so each of those are for varying conditions from the waist high to double overhead range.
|>>187210
No you are supposed to catch before it throws over you took off too late. Once you master getting up you can take off under the lip of the wave but its very difficult.
>>187408
Yes catch the white water. You can practice getting the pop up on land its definitely worth it just pretend paddle into the wave and push up. Once you got the pop up everything else is significantly easier.';

'>>187421
What sizes? All epoxy? I've been through two boards now and am thinking of getting a new one. My current board is a 6'6x3"x22". Comfy in overhead surf but any bigger I struggle a little if the take off is critical. What is the ideal next step to surf a bit more difficult waves (mostly rip bowls or shallow sand banks)? Just try find a board with those sizes a bit smaller (FB marketplace is 99% likely where ill buy)? Also want to do some better turns, can only really carve and kind of do floaters now.';

'>>187408
Why are surfer chicks so annoying, incidentally?
>>187421
I meant that they're all white. Seems like high level surfers hate colorful boards for some reason';

'>>185762
The biggest filter in surfing is conditioning. It’s hard for a beginner to achieve the fitness levels they need to progress. Many beginners spend most of their time on their feet jumping into whitewash which can be challenging from a fitness standpoint but not impossible. But that doesn’t produce the fitness results your body needs to be able to paddle into a line up and catch the waves from sitting on your board. Just holding the board between your legs and maneuvering it takes a bit of minor muscle conditioning. Even when just sitting in your board you’re by ing a ton of energy. I guess what I’m saying is, it’s a very hard sport to progress at because the level of fitness you need to do it successfully is high and can only be gained by doing it but doing it and failing is no fun so people give up.';

'>>187428
Bend your back knee and straiten out your front leg. The quickness and amount of pressure will control if u do a snap or a carve. You just have to feel where the transition is and get your weight back on your front foot takes trial and error to get right. It’s crucial that your shoulders stay over your knees. Basic athletic stance.';

'>>187421
thanks mate';

'>>186042
From what I've heard, they don't work. The material is too brittle.';

'>>187644
This and checked.
>>186042
I would cast a mold of the fin and then make a fiberglass piece out of it.
I know, it's a lot of work... But once you have the mold you can make a lot of fins with it!';

'>>185762
PUERTO RICO
>PUERTO RICO
PUERTO RICO
>PUERTO RICO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZFoKUcMXQw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TebODmBajAc';

'how do i cope with being a permakook? I just don’t seem to get better after surfing 3 times a week for 4 years. Like how do I escape this? barely do a cutback and definitely not top to bottom or consistently building speed. Still fall off and pop up to my knees every session too. Should i just buy a boogie board or something?';

'>>189130
Its impossible to say but I would guess two things, your body position is probably quite square. I see lots of people permalocked into the pooman stance. Or you can't read waves too well, which takes a bit of time and experience.';

'I told myself I'd go out every day, but is it worth just dicking around in whitewash when there's no swell? I don't want to reinforce any bad habits that I'll have to unlearn on unbroken wave days';

'>>189710
I think swimming / bodysurfing helps you understand waves and the oceans movements better.';

'what sites do you guys use to read articles? I know most of the major surf mags are all dead now, haven't been into the scene since 2007.';

'>>190545
Articles in general are dead, anon. Have you been out of the world since 2007 too?';

'>>189130
3 times a week for 4 years
>has a cutback
>gets to surf constantly

man im so jealous i can backside hack but frontside is honestly very mid and good waves are few are far between';

'>>189696
>>190593
I guess I should get over myself. Thanks guys.';

'>>190665
Just focus on riding the wave and less on tricks. Being able to cruise, build speed and rid in the pocket > a kooky turn. Try surf different types of waves, variety will force you to focus on developing different parts of your surfing.';

'some stuff the never gets talked about i feel like beyond the most obvious feel free to reply to this post with other stuff i'd love to know what you guys have been sitting on with tech
>paddle the speed of the wave
>don't grab rail on takeoff
>hands under chest basically just under the nips
>angling your hands the direction you want to take off so hands pointed right to prompt you into turning in

stuff like
>frontside comes easier if you turn your leaning hand (supination) and you look up (and pronation) to turn back down

does anyone do this kinda of bullshit or';

'>>190748
I meant to say leading hand

also I thought
>angling your hands the direction you want to take off so hands pointed right to prompt you into turning in
was pretty tech

stuff beyond
>look where you want to go
is kinda what i meant, sorry for trashing the thread with spam';

'>>189696
Nta but tightened up my pop up this week and it's crazy how much more control I have standing straighter compared to my old püpermensch stance. Is there a lot of lean in a typical bottom turn, sort of like countersteering on a motorcycle/bike? I can turn but I've usually outrun the wave by the time my turn is finished';

'>>190545
Swellnet has good articles';

'>>190823
U going down the line already?

My sense is you are standing too tall and not bending at the knees.

U need 2 be able to pump down the line. Turns will come after that';

'>>191489
This is definitely a problem I need to consciously keep reminding myself of. Especially on steeper take offs.
Most waves I ride a rarely use my tail pad. The few times my foot ends up there I feel too far back on the board and tend to stall almost. But I have noticed when it's there I have much sharper turning ability. My few successful turns tend to have been with it there. Idk what to do with this info but it's something I'm picking up. I'm also interested in a new board but no idea what. Don't want to jump onto a shortboard just yet.';

'Once again, I have been humbled by the low tide dredging sandbar';

'>>190545
what articles do you want to read anon?
>>189130
have you got one of those surf skate boards? Slowing it done and working on
1. foot placement
2. Generating speed
3. Posture
will probably do wonders for your surfing. Another thing is surfing is largely driven by your right hand if you're natural and left hand if you're goofy. Where the hand goes you go.
>>190748
I grab the rail on backside waves if its steep on takeoff. The backhand seriously drives surfing.';

'I'd like to get into surfing, done it a few times when I was younger and really enjoyed it.';

'>>192335
so fucking do it bitch you're going to literally die one day';

'>its crowded
>shit tide
>no banks
>can't be fucked
>>192402
>ah fuck it I'll go
NTA but that post snapped me out of bitch mode';

'Fuck SUPs. All my niggas hate SUPs';

'>>192460
whats SUP';

'>>192430
Same, anon. I've been slacking on dawn patrol this week but went put again finally
>forecast has predicted morning waves all week
>keep waking up and going to check, keeps being absolutely nothing
>driving home after work, see a bunch of tourists on foamies catching whitewash
>fuck it, better than nothing
>actually catch some waves

>';

'>>192460
i thought that was just a lake/river thing
are there paddlefags on the ocean?';

'>>192923
>>192430
Nice one anons. I treat it like going to the pub now I just stop in paddle around even if it's shit just relaxs me and makes it feel like life isn't a waste of time. Any other office fags here? Surfing is the only thing keeping me sane at the moment.';

'>>193071
>office fag
im lucky enough to have my office and my apartment both within a 5 minute walk from each other and the beach, but my stress is creeping up now that the waves are all gone for the season. no better way to get through the day than catching some sweet waves before going in to work, though';

'>>192927
Yeah, they hide like 50ft behind the lineup and then cut off everyone and paddle back before the set ends and do it again. The worst are the hydrofoil fans though, since they do the dame thing but with a giant machete under their board';

'>>193321
whats a SUP and paddlefag?';

'>>193399
Software Upgrade Protocol';

'>>193321
got to use them in your favour, buddy.
tip: they see the set coming before anyone does.
so you KNOW when you have to drop in on them.
just shun them regardless afterwards.
nobody likes them, they go away.';

'>>193417
:(
>>193399
pls tell me';

'>>193528
Sexual Underage Penis
>>193202
same anon we are heading into winter im in the south of nz and its cold as fuck down here.';

'>riding a 7'6 55L minimal for past 6 months or so
>can catch most waves I want, addicted to the SWOOP
>find a shitty old 6'6 45L pointy thruster for cheap
>actually get a couple waves with it
>holy shit its like having my mouse on maximum sensitivity
>absolutely useless on smaller days
>paddling is wobbly as shit unless its glass
as a 75kg hungry skeleton am i trying to move forward too fast? it feels like it takes a ton of power to get this thing going, but it feels really cool when im up. still trying to find the right balance point, and it seems like i need a lot of gravitational help to catch a wave. or is my paddling just actually still shit?';

'Everyone said you need to go out and push yourself in bigger surf to progress and I wrote them off. Then I went out and pushed myself in bigger surf, caught a few but didn't feel too triumphant or better for it. Then my next surf somehow I felt like I progressed 6 months worth. My confidence was way higher and every wave I caught came easy, take off was simple and I rode decently (for my level). Came in very happy with my progress. So I guess those fags were right.
>>194858
Maybe you need to adjust your positioning a bit? I found minimal to similar sized board made catching waves easier for me, but I also went boogie to minimal. The smaller board felt closer to home.';

'>gf drags me to the beach because she wants to "surf"
>there's literally no waves, not even skimboardable

Teaching her to longboard was a mistake';

'>>195296
longboard chicks are awful creatures. if you love anything, you must gatekeep it. that said, dont be such a fag and enjoy the beach.';