When I showed up at my first FBA bodyboarding event I found, to my embarrassment, that I was the only one with a fully waxed board. Unlike a Surfboard it's not necessary to wax the entire surface of your bodyboard. Though each person tries to personalize their wax application the consensus leans toward minimalism, which is to say only as much as necessary.
The basic rule is wax anywhere on your board you find yourself slipping. At it's most basic this probably means waxing the top corner and side of your board where each hand grips, where each elbow sits and where your belly rests on the board when riding a wave.
If you paddle out using both arms and legs then you'll find that you're balancing yourself on your chest towards the upper part of the board. This is nearly impossible unless you've waxed where your chest touches the board.
Here's what this looks like personalized and stylized for me:
Hope that this saves some newbies from my blunder.
Stay Stoked,
DH
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Waxing tips? How do you wax your board?
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