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Big Waves
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Getting out through the surf for the first time. When confronting the first waves as you approach after a water start, slow your speed down to a comfortable pace, and rock your weight onto your back foot. This pulls the nose of the board up to ride over the wave and as the wave hits the bottom of your board, the board will be pushed back underneath you, which, as it passes, should put your weight back evenly into a normal riding position allowing you to gain speed again and approach the next wave in control. If you hit a wave with too much speed you can easily become unwillingly airborne. As the wave passes beneath you, the water can drop away and leave a fair sized drop to the water surface that can throw off your judgment for landing and cause a crash in the “impact zone”. The impact zone is the area where the pitching lips of the waves are breaking onto the waters surface. As a kiter, you do not want to be here underpowered!
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Last Updated on Monday, 27 September 2010 03:09
 

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