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Some tips from a brazza may help, they have similar conditions

[Slobadan Madicubich]

What is the origin of the term "swimming trunks"

[Nick Carroll]

"Trunk" or "trunks" is a generic term for mid-thigh sporting shorts, loose or tight, worn to make some stupid sport easier. The term goes back a fair way and derives from "truncate" or cut off - i.e. short pants as opposed to long pants.

Add "swimming" to the front of it and bingo.

[Trev]

"Trunk" or "trunks" is a generic term for mid-thigh sporting shorts, loose or tight, worn to make some stupid sport easier. The term goes back a fair way and derives from "truncate" or cut off - i.e. short pants as opposed to long pants.

Add "swimming" to the front of it and bingo.

Wow!

All hail the guru.

[andy2476]

Sometimes when im riding a fast hollow wave going from the inside rail to the outside I tend to catch the outside rail, bogging it. This happens a lot on a wave I surf a lot, Which is a short fast reef mostly tube wave. When I exit the barrel on this wave i have a lot of speed and am usually closer to the top of the wave because the tube tends to pinch a bit at the end. I'll go into a cutback because the section after the tube is a lot slower and it is almost the end of the wave anyway. What often happens is I exit with a shit load of speed set my feet for the cut back, out onto the face shift to the outside rail and bog. Sometimes this happens just as I exit the barrel and shift onto the other rail before even attempting a cutty.

The board is a reasonably deep single concave, Which I love. I can generate a lot of speed on it and can really feel it hang in on the latest drops.

Is the concave too deep with not enough rocker or is it all my fault ?

[Headlander]

Besides being fit and getting to your feet quickly, what are two thought processes that can make your surfing i.e. bottom turn, top turn combinations more consistent in everyday type surf. Just something to think of that works, as I'm working with my youngster thats trying to improve (advanced ability) but gets confused with too many technical details taught by some coaches and needs some simple thoughts as triggers for getting more consistent in everyday situations and when the pressure is on in comps.

[PeepeelaPew]

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[PeepeelaPew]

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[andy2476]

not particularly wide. normal hpsb

[PeepeelaPew]

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[foamy]

"Trunk" or "trunks" is a generic term for mid-thigh sporting shorts, loose or tight, worn to make some stupid sport easier. The term goes back a fair way and derives from "truncate" or cut off - i.e. short pants as opposed to long pants.

Add "swimming" to the front of it and bingo.

As Nick says, it does go back a fair way, to the popular 16th and 17 century garment, the Trunk Hose. Short baggy breeches that ended normally somewhere down the thigh. Some say the word 'trunk' comes from truncate, but many experts say they were called 'trunk hose' because it was the part of the leg covering that extended up over the trunk of the body.

The trunk hose, as in short pants, were these bad boys.

[Nick Carroll]

Sometimes when im riding a fast hollow wave going from the inside rail to the outside I tend to catch the outside rail, bogging it. This happens a lot on a wave I surf a lot, Which is a short fast reef mostly tube wave. When I exit the barrel on this wave i have a lot of speed and am usually closer to the top of the wave because the tube tends to pinch a bit at the end. I'll go into a cutback because the section after the tube is a lot slower and it is almost the end of the wave anyway. What often happens is I exit with a shit load of speed set my feet for the cut back, out onto the face shift to the outside rail and bog. Sometimes this happens just as I exit the barrel and shift onto the other rail before even attempting a cutty.

The board is a reasonably deep single concave, Which I love. I can generate a lot of speed on it and can really feel it hang in on the latest drops.

Is the concave too deep with not enough rocker or is it all my fault ?

Your board is lacking back end rocker to counter the typical deep concave low entry. Or possibly the rail fins are set too straight. But probably the former.

Try the fabled 'drop wallet' weight shift to set the turn. That'll engage the back end rail a bit more and make better use of whatever curve is there.

Deep concaves actually suck for tuberiding so re the outside rail catching anyway, tough shit big boy.

[Nick Carroll]

Besides being fit and getting to your feet quickly, what are two thought processes that can make your surfing i.e. bottom turn, top turn combinations more consistent in everyday type surf. Just something to think of that works, as I'm working with my youngster thats trying to improve (advanced ability) but gets confused with too many technical details taught by some coaches and needs some simple thoughts as triggers for getting more consistent in everyday situations and when the pressure is on in comps.

Relax the upper body. Upper body tension restricts movement in turns and restricts your wave vision.

Watch the waves before paddling out. Helps engage the surfing imagination and gives you an underlying sense of what'll happen during the session.

[crabmeat thompson]

Nick. What's your favourite sized fishing rod?

This is not a trick question.

[Nick Carroll]

ummm fcuk, I don't really go fishing but if I did it'd be off the beach with a fcuken big beach rod and an alvey side cast reel.

[foamy]

An Alvey!
OMG! Nick! All those hurtful things you have written about Queensland over all these years. All those awful, dismissive, hurtful things. <sniff>
But then you say.....

......it'd be off the beach with a fcuken big beach rod and an alvey side cast reel.

An Alvey!
Then, in your heart, you are a Queenslander!
Because nothing quite says Queenslander like an Alvey.

[Nick Carroll]

We are all Queenslanders foamy.

[foamy]

Yes, Nick.
Yes we are.