Going out in bigger surf

[captain6230]

Learn how to bail with your board, and when you cant do that, learn how to use your arms/legs and fins to steer under water whilst being drilled. you can fight to force of the wave, but you CAN make sure you stay upright most of the time. good for surfing shallow reefs/banks where you can land on your feet rather than your face...

gold advice

[miiichael]

where you can land on your feet rather than your face...

practically sum's this thread up in a sentence. nice work !!!

[kc_bodyboard]

LEARN TO HOLD YOUR BREATH... lung capacity is a big deal...
what is it that scares you about bigger surf??
if its drowning then learning to swim and lung capacity will make you more confident..
and as i forgot who it was, was talking about before with the duck diving i find if you dont think you are going to get ir right the first time baioff the board and dive without it

i dont really think lung capacity is that important unless the set waves are really close together and you're constantly diving/duckdiving. The thing i find scariest about going out in big surf is getting caught in the break zone and also getting out. i hate it when the wave breaks on your head or right in front of you, thats when the white wash is the most powerful. i dont mind bailing, cos you know your gonna come up eventually, the key is just waiting underwater.
i went for a surf this morning(5-6ft, open beach) and everything in the post happened, had heaps of trouble getting out, got stuck in the break zone and had to dive under wave after wave, and on my first wave i bailed inside the closeout and felt myself falling into the water, luckily i fell feet first, god that must've look funny from the beach . i took a bail at tea-tree on a 6ft wave at the very topslid down the face of the wave aha.

[Conjob v1.1]

Its 6ft in noose at the moment lol?

Waves bounce when they break ... time it just after the lip hits the water and go when it bounces back up. Pretty sure some random no body came up with that theory. Mike Smith or something.

[kc_bodyboard]

if you dive deep just as it breaks you can catch and blast of water which shoots ya up heaps fast, works well if you time it right

[despes25]

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[hand-drag]

i went for a surf this morning(5-6ft, open beach)

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hmmm, 6 foot?

[guymurphy101]

2ft hawaiian, 6ft face?

[kc_bodyboard]

6ft faces at least, shi@t today. i took photos at granite today 1-2ft, boogin it tomorrow morning

[miiichael]

6ft faces at least, shi@t today. i took photos at granite today 1-2ft, boogin it tomorrow morning

i thought qld hasnt had surf over 2foot in the last week?

[kc_bodyboard]

yeah its been 1-2ft all week then friday picked up randomly.
went to tea-tree today, pretty small

[hand-drag]

yep

[trevi]

6ft faces at least, shi@t today. i took photos at granite today 1-2ft, boogin it tomorrow morning

i thought qld hasnt had surf over 2foot in the last week?

Today

[hand-drag]

now trevi, is this six foot or two foot?

[NtripleB]

6ft.