Not SUP but then not many SUP guys have this sort of experience so well worth a watch if you want to go downwind easier and faster.

Sam.

Oscar and his brother Herman Chalupsky have got to be 2 of the best downwinders on the planet.

Oscar has won 11 Molokai's now on the surfski. When he paddles you watch, listen and learn...

i had the chance to do a run from rainbow to the alley today so i thought i would try a few things different then i normally do.

as per vid, i slowed the board down to stay in the crest of the swell- mainly by loading/rocking my weight back a bit.

the runs were longer and blow me away if 8 out of 10 times a trough would appear in front of my board as i was hanging back.

normally i go like a blue assed fly to try and chase down the runner in front or left and right if i think its on.

i was pretty relaxed, had a lot of energy left towards the end and when i really wanted to go hard to chase i had heaps of gas left

hmmm seemed like a case of less is more, but your timing has to be spot on.
i will be definately be doing some more work on this

cheers