How to Duck Dive – From Surfing Techniques Volumes 5
This tutorial breaks down the essential techniques for the duck dive, focusing on forward thrust, angular submersion for buoyancy, and proper etiquette in avoiding other surfers.
Compression
Focus on bending and lowering the body to generate speed/initiate turns.
Anyone Can Duckdive With These Steps
Shannon Ainslie breaks down the duck dive, revealing the most common mistake (not sinking the tail) and detailing the proper technique using foot pressure to go deep and generate forward speed.
Improve Your Duck Dive In 4 Simple Steps
Ombe Surf breaks down the duck dive into 4 simple steps, focusing on generating momentum, using the wave’s intrinsic force to pull you through, and maintaining stability with a straight body line.
Surf Tips: How to drop in on BIG waves
Filmmaker Brad Jacobson shares advanced tips on how to drop in on big waves, focusing on pushing the board down, leaning back on the tail, and proper weight transfer to avoid digging the nose.
3 Secrets To Taking Off On Bigger Waves
Ombe Surf shares 3 secrets to overcome the fear of taking off on bigger waves, focusing on arching your back to lift the nose, maintaining a calm state, and looking where you want to go.
How To Surf Big Waves & Overcome Fear – Surf Lesson
Kale Brock shares the six steps that helped him overcome fear in big surf, focusing on pushing yourself sensibly, choosing the right board for control, paddling fast, and using the 3-2-1 Go commitment principle.
Surf Tips – How to do an Aerial
The aerial (or ‘air’) is one of surfing’s most difficult and sought-after maneuvers. This tutorial breaks down the basics of the straight air and the frontside air reverse, emphasizing that the timing, approach angle, and landing projection are key to success. Key Takeaways & Tips Approach and Speed You need speed to do airs, but … Read more
How To Do A Frontside Air Reverse On A Surfboard? – Newquay Activity Centre Surf School
Johnny Fryer teaches the advanced frontside air reverse, detailing the wide-stance setup, the crucial jump-away-from-the-wave technique, and the pivot around the front foot for a smooth landing.
How Nathan Florence Learned To Do Airs
Nathan Florence describes the nine-month period of frustration it took to learn airs, sharing the technical and equipment adjustments his brother, John John Florence, provided.
Beginners Guide to Doing Airs – Shralp Stories EP27 Surfing Tech Tips Series with Kolton S
Kolton S. provides a beginner’s guide to airs, using the ‘coping’ analogy for lift and detailing how to approach, coil the back arm, and land nose-first with weight on the front foot to ride out clean.