Surfing and snowboarding are pretty similar from a movement point of view. As Tony said, standing up is the hardest part about learning to surf. You need to learn to pop up quickly. That involves essentially doing a push-up, then continuing the movement by pulling your feet under your torso, planting them squarely, and standing up in one fluid motion. Then you need to learn front-back/left-right balance on the board. Start with a longboard, they are like moving sidewalks- really stable and easy to stay on compared to a shortboard.
On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 12:56 PM, Judah wrote: > I really would like to learn to surf one of these days. Perhaps now > that I have a bit more body fat I won't die in the frigid waters off > the Oregon coast so easily. > > I'm curious to see how much, if any, of my snowboarding body memory > would translate over to surfing. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:276251 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
