backfoot placement
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A thin coat of wax. Such hard work. You don't want to use up all your paddling energy putting on some wax!!!!!Rockin' Ron wrote:how is a quick thin coat of new wax come to be regarded as so labour intensive for f.ucks sake? Whaddabout combs, does anyone use them anymore in the event of no wax? How many more questions am I going to ask in this post?
I still use a wax comb as I don't like the wax building up on the board, and a roughing up with the wax comb gives you even better grip than a new coat over the top of the hundred old coats.
How many more questions? Exactly none my good friend! That was a trick question, wasn't it Ron.
Interesting topic... I've been thinking about this whole tail pad thing as well, what is the benefit of a tail pad anyway??
I have a tail pad on my 6'3", but surf other boards without them and I think I like them better. But its a hard one because when you buy a new board you don't wana make the wrong call, cause if you surf it without a pad and wax it all up and then decide you don't like it and want a pad I think itd be hard to get all the wax of the tail to put a pad on, plus your probably have problems with the pad coming off. Does anyone agree with this?
Who else doesn't like using a pad, and who does?
I have a tail pad on my 6'3", but surf other boards without them and I think I like them better. But its a hard one because when you buy a new board you don't wana make the wrong call, cause if you surf it without a pad and wax it all up and then decide you don't like it and want a pad I think itd be hard to get all the wax of the tail to put a pad on, plus your probably have problems with the pad coming off. Does anyone agree with this?
Who else doesn't like using a pad, and who does?
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I really like pads on shorter boards 'cause the turn angles are trickier in smaller waves (like up to 6') and for me the pad helps you find precise back foot position -- plus protects your tail deck from damage. Slides way easier to control etc.
I move around a fair bit more in larger surf and on larger boards (7' and above) and so the pad is kind of redundant.
It's pretty easy to get all the wax off -- sometimes if I'm not sure about a board I'll surf it for a week with wax only, then see where my back foot's going, then clean off the wax and set the pad appropriately. Just scrape off as much as you can then use mineral turps and a paper towel or two to scour off the remnant.
I move around a fair bit more in larger surf and on larger boards (7' and above) and so the pad is kind of redundant.
It's pretty easy to get all the wax off -- sometimes if I'm not sure about a board I'll surf it for a week with wax only, then see where my back foot's going, then clean off the wax and set the pad appropriately. Just scrape off as much as you can then use mineral turps and a paper towel or two to scour off the remnant.
thirded.Rockin' Ron wrote:Bang on brother...oldman wrote: I still use a wax comb as I don't like the wax building up on the board, and a roughing up with the wax comb gives you even better grip than a new coat over the top of the hundred old coats.
I'm a big fan of pushing all the little lumps of wax debris that you get after a good comb over and pushing them down in certain areas on the deck....best grip ever I reckon.
Tail pads are great for duck dives (I use my foot and rarely my knee). I find duck diving without a tail pad you don't get the same grip and leverage. You stick your foot right in the corner of the kick.
As for waxing I do it rarely, I can use a comb for weeks if not months as I usually don't ride the same board over and over.
As for waxing I do it rarely, I can use a comb for weeks if not months as I usually don't ride the same board over and over.
I'm prety sure I'm gonna try out my next stick without wax then just to see what its like. I don't think I've ever surfed a short board that doesn't have a pad...Nick Carroll wrote:...It's pretty easy to get all the wax off -- sometimes if I'm not sure about a board I'll surf it for a week with wax only, then see where my back foot's going, then clean off the wax and set the pad appropriately. Just scrape off as much as you can then use mineral turps and a paper towel or two to scour off the remnant.
For me personally, I like the pad positioned so that my back foot is above and maybe sometimes just slightly behind the front fins - the back fin isn't where I want to be (it feels more like hitting the brakes when I'm back that far).salty wrote:This could be a baited question of which I could possibly get burnt answering, but as a general rule I always place the kick right over the back fin. I figure that's where you want to drive from when gouging a big layback snap and the like.WANDERER wrote:is there a general rule for pad placement? ie where/how far back to position the block etc.
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