Not a big deal for most of you but today i caught my first wave on my 9'5" widepoint. Yewww!! I had only ever taken it out on flat water but there was some clean 2 foot waves today so i thought why not. It was pure stoke. And am now going to ditch the boards and focus on SUPing. You can see those waves coming from miles away.

2 newbie questions. Paddling in surf and going straigt is hard work. Do you take shotrr strokes in the surf and should i shorten my paddle?

Second question, how the hell do you get out when it is bigger than 2 foot, particularly when it is so hard to paddle straight ( i took the pussy option and got on my knees to get past the breaks)?

Cheers in advance.

Good work mate.

Keep a surfboard for 'those' days. Some days sup just won't cut it.

Paddle out via rips and stay out of the wave zone if at all possible on the way back out and until your experienced at sup (regardless of how good a knowledge you have as a surfer), stay away from the main breaks and watch as many sup'rs as you can.

I prone paddle out often with my paddle tucked under my chest. Way quicker and a great energy saver.

Enjoy and stay stoked.