An acquaintance of mine (our kids often play together at the beach) offered to let me ride his long board recently and I decided to give it a shot. First I'll have to say that I've often seen longboard surfers casually paddling and moving past me at notable speed, even in strong currents, and I envied what appeared to be an ease of movement afforded by their surf craft. Having given it a try I'll have to say the ease of movement is an illusion... paddling a long board is a lot of hard work. The waves were 2 to 3 feet and weak and I only managed to catch a few and barely stood up on those. All in all it was a lot more work than I thought.
Afterward I watched my friend catch wave after wave without a problem... a testament to years of practice in the water.
I love bodyboarding, especially when the waves are big, but when the waves are small and weak, as they often are, I think the longboard is a better choice. It also has the benefit of providing a nice upper body workout. Excellent cross training potential. I'll probably try picking one up at the end of the summer cheap.
Stay stoked, what ever you may ride,
DH
Sunday, July 4, 2010
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