Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Surfboarding and What It's All About

By Daniel Thomas

A good thing about surfing, especially if you are in a tropical area with a lot of sun, is that you will be exposed to the opposite sex all of the time. If you are surfing everyday you should have a good tan and be in pretty good shape, have no problem finding dates, and most of all have great skill in riding waves, we hope.

A die hard surfer will put a lot of thought and research into what kind of surfboard they will use. For starters the surfboard length should be close to the height of the person that is riding the board, this is not absolutely necessary but it will look a lot better to spectators that are watching your rip waves.

It does not take long for a beginning surfer become very comfortable with using surfing terms around friends. Such as the type of surfboard they plan to purchase after the art of surfing has been entrained in their memory.

Surfers love having choices and using a long board or a short board is one of the personal choices in surfing that a person can make. Some of the other choices that a surfer can make will be in the stylish gear that they wear while surfing and those choices will no doubt be very colorful ones that are based on comfort.

Then there are those surfers that do not care what kind of gear they use, and just do it for the love of the sport. They just want to get in the water in a hurry, purchasing the cheapest board they can get and once they get in the water they see that it is too hard to use.

Maybe they had got a surfboard that was a good brand name, but they had bought it used and it had a crack in the board. There are caution signs that you must take when purchasing a surfboard, especially if it is used.

Waxing a surfboard before you use it is very essential, every time. Was wears off that is why you must apply it constantly. Surfboard wax will keep your feet from sliding off of the surfboard, balancing your feet is all up to you though.

If you are just getting on the board in the water for the first time, you should practice letting the wave take you in first. There is a lot of paddling involved, once you have this down work on standing up on the board. Practice makes perfect, and with enough of it you could be riding a wave back to the beach in less than a week.

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