tips on the steep drops

Post by **amsay00** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 11:36 pm

hey just wondering if any1 has any tips on making those steeeep drops like i can do em just not all the time and i wanna know wtf i did wrong if i nose dived like do u lean back lift the nose wat cause if i make it i dunno wat i did right and if i stuff it up i dunno wat i did wrong any1 know exactly wat to do?

Post by **stoive** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 10:12 am

Make sure that you in the right position on the board,this will be hard if you are in the wrong spot for the drop originally,so figure out your positioning

Post by **rex** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 11:02 am

your boards too stiff

Post by **--++sunstroke++--** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 11:44 am

harden the fcuk up

Post by **Revolution** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 12:01 pm

rex stiff board dont matter. i love stiff boards yet can make steep drops. basically is positioning and practice. just go somewhere like basin and take off late on hollow closeouts. helps barrel riding alot to.

Post by vs » Sat Dec 22, 2007 1:33 pm

just position yourself further back on the board so that there's less wait on the nose, then pull the nose up slightly and use your legs to balance. practice on closeouts first if need be

Post by **amsay00** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 8:17 pm

yer went out in some hollow 6 fters out headies 2day did fine wif em lol i just hve ma on and off days wat ya gonna do anyway thnx for the advise

Post by **optionaire** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 8:44 pm

Just keep in mind the correct name of this fine sport: bodyboarding.

So use your whole body, that's how it's done.

Post by **LaNkYbOoG** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 8:46 pm

spread ur legs baby!!! helps u to gain control and slow down abit, fuurther aiding control so that u can scoop into that bad boy! if u watch hardy or mitch, they drag there legs into steep waves, once u start doing it ur botom turns are better, well for me that is HAHA!! but yea, positioning being the main factor... its all in the technique..

Post by **chopescahrger** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 8:51 pm

you may be able to take steep drops on a stiff board
but u will be able to do it way better with a pe board
much easier to scoop and get a better line on the wave
if u l;ook at all the pros except tamega and hubb
when they scoopp the board flexes heaps cause they use pe boards

Post by **rex** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 9:02 pm

chopescahrger wrote:you may be able to take steep drops on a stiff board
but u will be able to do it way better with a pe board
much easier to scoop and get a better line on the wave
if u l;ook at all the pros except tamega and hubb
when they scoopp the board flexes heaps cause they use pe boards

nailed it

Post by **stoive** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 9:04 pm

that's just crap chopescahrger,isolating tamaga and hubb as the only ones whos board does not flex when they take the drop

Post by **amsay00** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 9:07 pm

what feature in a bodyboard makes the board flex on the drop?

Post by **rex** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 9:46 pm

amsay00 wrote:what feature in a bodyboard makes the board flex on the drop?

The core

Post by **amsay00** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 10:16 pm

yeahh my boards got a core 100 persent water proof it said on the info bout the board when i got it only got it bout 4 days ago

Post by **chopescahrger** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 7:01 am

its true tamega and hubb ride superstiff boards
they bith use there bodys to make the steep drops rather than the flex of the board
plus there boards are as stiff as bricks
and the more water resistant the core the stiffer it is
and bullshit no water gets in

Post by **stoive** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 8:35 am

chopescahrger wrote:its true tamega and hubb ride superstiff boards
they bith use there bodys to make the steep drops rather than the flex of the board
plus there boards are as stiff as bricks
and the more water resistant the core the stiffer it is
and bullshit no water gets in

and from watching Hubb at Pipe I have no doubt about his bottom turn whatsoever,he's the same if not better at this than many of the others.I haven't seen much of Tamega so can't comment

Post by **heefcoate** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 10:26 am

fu:ck it ain t rocket science , get some balls find out your own way .

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