It´s not an easy maneuver, but it´s a critical maneuver. Duck Dive is the key if you want to ride better and bigers waves.
Also, the more voluminous is your surfboard, the harder it is, so beginners will have it difficult...
With evolutive or mini-malibu surfboards, that´s almost impossible...
But the good news is that you can practice in any conditions, even without waves!
So let´s see hoy to duck dive in 6 steps:
Paddle strongly, it´s important to start your duck dive with speed.
When you arrived at about two meters of the foam, grab the rail of your board, raise your chest, and breath heavily.
Submerge the nose of your board as deep as possible, pushing hard on it.
With you back foot, push hard on your tail to submerge the whole board. Some people also do that with their knee.
If you have made steps 3 and 4 on the right way, and depending of the size of the wave, you should be deep enough, so the wave will not take you back.
When you feel that the wave has passed, push with your knee on the tail of the surfboard, so the principle of Archimedes will make the job, and you will show up on the other side of the wave.
Promised, we will make a video in a pool to explain that. Meanwhile, here is a video from our last trip to Indo.
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