softbootsurfer Posted June 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2016 (edited) Jeremy in Telluride going after it... Edited October 15, 2016 by softbootsailer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softbootsurfer Posted June 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2016 (edited) Hydrofoiling on Maui...wow this looks like Fun Edited October 15, 2016 by softbootsailer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philw Posted July 1, 2016 Report Share Posted July 1, 2016 (edited) ... Surfing is not just Balance, but Wave Knowledge is the Key to being successful and that comes from practice...also wherever you go, Beach Breaks are the Hardest to learn in, as opposed to longer Point Breaks...and of course a longer board allows you to get into the waves earlier while the shortest boards are great for late drop ins actually Waikiki with its endless reefs and longish rides would be perfect, and of course Portugal is closer to you and has some nice breaks... Thanks. Aye, I reckon I need more time. Beach breaks harder to learn: that's good to know and makes me feel better. I figure long boards must be easier (to get up on) as they rent those. They do feel like logs to ride, mind. Hawaii: I played on the Big Island, but when the waves got reasonably large they closed the rental shop (don't want beginners getting hurt...). Portugal: went there windsurfing and had to dodge the turds. Perhaps the water quality is better now, I will look at that. Costa Rica looks like a laid back place to go and there are some "surf schools" there, although I'm not sure I need instruction so much as time. Edited July 1, 2016 by philw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueB Posted July 1, 2016 Report Share Posted July 1, 2016 Phil, if you ended up going to Costa Rica, go to Tamarindo Beach. There are quite a few rental shops and schools. But the best thing is that beach is very long and you'll likely find the type of wave you like - there's huge variety of size and shape, just as you move along the beach. Sent from my SM-G930W8 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philw Posted July 2, 2016 Report Share Posted July 2, 2016 Thanks - there are several "surf schools" there which I'm looking at, so that's encouraging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softbootsurfer Posted July 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 (edited) Wow...this looks so Cool Edited October 15, 2016 by softbootsailer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softbootsurfer Posted July 20, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2016 (edited) Rincon...a very nice Point Break Edited October 15, 2016 by softbootsailer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corey Posted July 20, 2016 Report Share Posted July 20, 2016 Surfing is not just Balance, but Wave Knowledge is the Key to being successful and that comes from practice... Bumping an old post, but in the one day of surfing in my life (in Australia), this was my biggest problem. I spent lots of time paddling for little ripples that I thought would be waves but weren't. Then I'd get slammed by what i thought was going to be nothing. I just couldn't tell. The teacher dude just couldn't get why I couldn't tell the difference. He grew up in the water, I grew up in wheat. LOL! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordmetroland Posted July 21, 2016 Report Share Posted July 21, 2016 The teacher dude just couldn't get why I couldn't tell the difference. He grew up in the water, I grew up in wheat. LOL! Yeah, well that dude will be caught with his pants down when the swarm of locusts comes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corey Posted July 22, 2016 Report Share Posted July 22, 2016 Yeah, well that dude will be caught with his pants down when the swarm of locusts comes. You do NOT want your pants down when the locusts come! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boarderboy Posted August 11, 2016 Report Share Posted August 11, 2016 RIP, Bernard "Midget" Farrelly, an early world surf champion, board designer, and revered Aussie sports figure. Article online in NY Times, but I can't seem to link it. BB 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softbootsurfer Posted August 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2016 If this isn't some Rincon it's someplace just as good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softbootsurfer Posted September 1, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2016 seriously, this has some incredible Recoveries Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philw Posted September 4, 2016 Report Share Posted September 4, 2016 Got myself to Nosara in Costa Rica. It's like New Jersey, where everyone went to school with The Boss. Here, they all smoked weed with Weisbacker. Anyway, they have waves and it's a safe place and the bottom is sand and most importantly this is the first place I've surfed where they didn't rent stupid logs out to beginners. Now I have a board which actually turns. Let's see if a week of getting pounded improves my wave catching ability... -- Snowboard comparisons... actually what they teach here is a lot like hard booting, stance wise and all that. Maybe instead of pushing "hard boots" or "carve", we should market real snowboarding (what I do, of course) as surf style. The Carving Magazine did that in issue 2; I can't take credit for it, but it's not a bad idea. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philw Posted September 5, 2016 Report Share Posted September 5, 2016 Here's what I know about trying to transfer (race) snowboard skils to surfing: My front foot wants to point too far forwards, and my shoulders want to be to square. I have a basic cocky attitude to turning (my brain thinks I can easily do it) which results in a few more falls than I ought to be taking. I'm not sure what to do with my hnds - the instructors what them to be high up, although my training is "gun slinger". On the plus side: I see lots of people "breaking at the waist", which looks like the same mistake you get with snowboard learners. Anyone got any "mistakes hard booters make when trying to surf" suggestions? I'm thinking this may be more like no-boarding (more sideways stance, less "crank"-able). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softbootsurfer Posted September 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2016 the Wedge...a very special place to get Worked... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softbootsurfer Posted September 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2016 (edited) Hope you had a nice trip Phil..., Edited September 11, 2016 by softbootsailer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philw Posted September 12, 2016 Report Share Posted September 12, 2016 (edited) On 9/11/2016 at 2:30 PM, softbootsailer said: Hope you had a nice trip Phil..., thanks... I'm embarrassed considering what else is posted here, but I think the whole thing about learning is precisely not to be embarrassed about being crap. Hence I'll suck it up, and get on with the learning. Here's a shot of a typically crowded (and wave-endowed) Nosara beach, plus a very carefully framed and selected day-two photo of a hardboot snowboarder transitioning to a different type of board. I have a checklist of stuff I need to remember, the trick is running it through my head fast enough to get it all right. None obvious (to me) stuff I learnt: You want one of those rash vests which you can fasten to your pants or every-time you fall you have to pull the thing down out of your arm pits. I bruised my ribs in the first two days, which were painful for a couple more. I need to either improve technique there or figure something else out. Picking waves is a problem with several dimensions. It's going to take a while. But I have a while ;-) And I bet it helps with no-boarding. Edited September 12, 2016 by philw 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softbootsurfer Posted September 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2016 (edited) Wonderful Phil !!! You Look Great in the Photo All parts in Order ! Now it is Wave knowledge that will make the most difference in the future...and that comes only from Time in the Water Remember to always Study the break and or currents before you enter the water... 15 or 20 min. minimum, if head high or above and finally, Surf Safaris to uncrowded Point breaks such as El Salvador or Panama or Cost Rica or Nicaragua will give you the best opportunity to advance...while Hawaii and Indo should perhaps be a ways off as the Crowds and Waves are rather unforgiving...Have a Great Winter Heres a shot from a friend in Calif....uh, don't go there Edited September 13, 2016 by softbootsailer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philw Posted September 14, 2016 Report Share Posted September 14, 2016 ;-) yeah, everybody says it takes time - I get that, snowboarding took 10,000 hours or whatever, I have patience. An analogy: when I first see a pinball machine I see just flashing lights. I can shoot pretty much what I want, but I don't know what to shoot, or when. It's a multi-dimensional problem and it's downright confusing. After a while the lights start to resolve into patterns.... I need to shoot the troll targets 8 times to get the trolls to pop up, then I need to shoot them, then I need to shoot the saucer, then I get the troll multiball. My shot accuracy doesn't increase much, but each shot scores so much more because I can now resolve the sequence. I hope that's what happens with waves: eventually I hope to identify what those other guys can already see. I'm not stupid, so I just have to watch and learn. California: been there, done that... I think Costa Rica and similar will do for now. Maybe I can call in again on the way to the snow this winter ;-) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softbootsurfer Posted September 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2016 (edited) Wow...this is just Amazing...what an opportunity to go with the Flow Edited October 15, 2016 by softbootsailer sorry, cannot figure out how to copy and paste videos correctly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunSurfer Posted September 16, 2016 Report Share Posted September 16, 2016 https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-interactive/2016/sep/15/britains-silver-surfer-a-photo-essay Once you start surfing.......... ----------------------- Link from softbootsailer above, plus second video of Kai Lenny that includes him pumping his hydrofoil surfboard back out to catch the next wave. The up & down pumping motion presumably increases the speed of the foil relative to the water thus generating more lift. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softbootsurfer Posted September 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2016 (edited) thanks Sunsurfer, I don't know how to copy and paste the links correctly...heres some sweet Maliboo Edited October 15, 2016 by softbootsailer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunSurfer Posted September 18, 2016 Report Share Posted September 18, 2016 (edited) 11 hours ago, softbootsailer said: thanks Sunsurfer, I don't know how to copy and paste the links correctly...heres some sweet Malibooo //www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqNP9ApwMg0 Edit your post above by adding https: ahead of the //www.youtube.com/.........., or just copy and paste the link path from the YouTube page Menu line. Edited September 18, 2016 by SunSurfer original post didn't appear as I intended. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softbootsurfer Posted September 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2016 (edited) wallah... Edited October 15, 2016 by softbootsailer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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