not wearing anything helps with glide as you use body sensation to surf. Often we wear Speedo, actually two Speedo in case you lose one. Watch Come Helll and High water by Keigh Malloy.
Hey that manuever is called dolphin tuck. You make a foil with your body. Put hands on the side and keep your head down and tuck. That creates a human wing when the wave is about to break. The energy of the wave will pull you up and forward. It helps you gain 2-3 knots and you should lift your head up so you don't crash into bottom. This makes you lift and punch through face of the wave.
Well said! From my perspective, this is the fastest you can possibly go while bodysurfing, except for maybe in a much steeper wave putting your hands together and down in front of you as a planing surface to push your upper body somewhat out of the water. In terms of just generating speed anywhere in the wave the "dolphin tuck" is IT. My lifeguard buddies used to call it the "Straight off, Adolph"... I don't think there was any reason why but it made me laugh and it stuck lol. Cheers!
Try it and you will find yourself half way out of the wave face. Crazy sensation of gaining 2-3 knots and ending up in the middle of face. But boy that is amazing fun. That is why dolphins do it. A thing we can learn from them.
not wearing anything helps with glide as you use body sensation to surf. Often we wear Speedo, actually two Speedo in case you lose one. Watch Come Helll and High water by Keigh Malloy.
Thank you very much. I learned a lot
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Hey that manuever is called dolphin tuck. You make a foil with your body. Put hands on the side and keep your head down and tuck. That creates a human wing when the wave is about to break. The energy of the wave will pull you up and forward. It helps you gain 2-3 knots and you should lift your head up so you don't crash into bottom. This makes you lift and punch through face of the wave.
Well said! From my perspective, this is the fastest you can possibly go while bodysurfing, except for maybe in a much steeper wave putting your hands together and down in front of you as a planing surface to push your upper body somewhat out of the water. In terms of just generating speed anywhere in the wave the "dolphin tuck" is IT. My lifeguard buddies used to call it the "Straight off, Adolph"... I don't think there was any reason why but it made me laugh and it stuck lol. Cheers!
Try it and you will find yourself half way out of the wave face. Crazy sensation of gaining 2-3 knots and ending up in the middle of face. But boy that is amazing fun. That is why dolphins do it. A thing we can learn from them.