picked up my board this arvo. Star board whopper. Me and my son hit the beach. It was small moderate onshore I thought no worries I'm all over it. I could hardly stand on the board let alone paddle into a wave. I have a new found respect for SUP surfers. The added salt in the battered pride was my boy was cruising. He's up and going I'm off to the river. Well you only fail when you stop trying.

I see what you mean. Today was a nice clean offshore and the board went a treat. I still have a way to go. I can't believe how much fun we all had. The kids where cruising my son caught a couple of nice ones sort off.

Welcome to the dark side no turning back now

Totally agree.

beastsurf said..
I see what you mean. Today was a nice clean offshore and the board went a treat. I still have a way to go. I can't believe how much fun we all had. The kids where cruising my son caught a couple of nice ones sort off.

Good stuff. People often ask me "do you surf or just paddleboard"? Uh, I am surfing and that was a wave. And the young chick following me around on her longboard, together with the small bloke doing 360's on his body board are my kids. And we're all surfing, and having FUN. My kids are having extra fun snaking their old man with big grins on their faces!
Never stop trying mate, it just gets better and better.

BrisKites said...

E T said..

Master the flatwater first, learn your skills such as turning and then progress to the surf.



ET.

ET has nailed it there. The amount of first timers I see heading out to the lineup who have obviously never paddled even flat water is astounding.

Ditto. I take every board out on the flat for a "test drive", for the benefit of all beach goers!

Definitely everything these guys have said, flat water practice is key, surfing alone or at least u crowded is also key, and practice being mobile on The board and moving your feet around a lot that is a crucial part of negotiating the surf and maximising wave count

And most of all have fun

Yep^^^ and another ,injury and minor surgery has kept me from surfing and kiting since November last year so thought I might try a sup to gain some surf fitness ,had my first sesh on a 11' floating footpath in small waves ,very humbling for the first hour, like learning to surf again, went from that to a 10' then 9'5 then 8'10 within 3 hours and managed to catch a couple of waves on each between numerous dunkings,once on the waves all good but manoeuvring the board around to catch the waves was such a challenge,my friend just stepped back and pivot turned on a dime to catch waves,as soon as i stepped back -in the drink, gave me a new found respect for stand up paddle surfers, any way Ill be off the shorties and kiting for a bit longer so yeah Ive got a sup on the way and looking forward to the challenge-well away from other surfers until Im past the kook stage

Hey Beastsurf, let me know when your down south and we can get you into some bombs

Ha ha it might be while before I'm chasing bombs GR. I find myself thinking more about when my next sup will be at the moment. I've been looking at boards with an idea of what the upgrade might be.

The Message is spreading no doubt about it. Its easy to see why.