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Eamon Shields - 5 years ago

Awesome vid !!

Sinjin Bin - 5 years ago

I ALWAYs did what one was supposedly NOT TO DO. Thats how I learned best.

How to Rip - 5 years ago

WOW

Vinny Jacobs - 5 years ago

i grew up surfing Florida as well. Different level of small-wave surfing!

Lucia Sea creature - 5 years ago

when you said "skipping" you meant do this in wave ?

Zack Shainsky - 5 years ago

What are you guys riding in this video?

Jon LaLanne - 5 years ago

Zack Shainsky boards and waves !!!!!

Matt Pope - 5 years ago

Great videos! Very helpful! Thank you!

Liam Mick - 6 years ago

Learn to balance with your breath before on a board. Surf closest to the shore first, and make the most of that, before you explore some more

How to Rip - 6 years ago

Awesome news :) we’ve got a HUGE year planned next year for you :)

Laurens 1 - 6 years ago

what do you mean with surf in the pocket? thanks!

How to Rip - 6 years ago

The pocket is the part of the wave closest to the white water. It is usually the steepest part and has the most power! However sometimes wave can be very flat, and not really have a typical pocket type section. Does this help?

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Evolution Music - 6 years ago

Nice tips! It's also a good idea to get yourself a groveller style board, something super short a bit wider than usual.

Brian Park - 6 years ago

These guys need to lose some weight or surf bigger boards

Mike Suzio - 5 years ago

im 250 lbs 5'11.5 I have a bit of difficulty standing on/going from laying down to standing on weaker small waves Ive surfed only 4-5 waves so far in north Carolina

How to Rip - 6 years ago

okay gabby

Loki - 6 years ago

Skimboarders build tons of speedy by hopping the nose. It doesn't work on highly rockered boards.

Jon LaLanne - 5 years ago

Loki hopping helps tons !!!!!!!

Alexander Zgura - 6 years ago

Two things with this video, the waves really aren't that small, and the section about patience, I saw two sections worth doing a top turn or little air off of. Think if you come and surf Florida, you will see really good small wind swell surfing versus waist to shoulder high groundswell surfing.

Mike Suzio - 5 years ago

+AWreptiles99 u dont know what small waves are until you come to Louisiana and texas gulf coast beaches

Brett Bush - 6 years ago

+AWreptiles99 yah I swear I'm from West Coast of florida

ElClemD - 6 years ago

Those who comment "ye those wav are smol lolz", we don't care about your ego : let's be honest, waves can actually be smaller than that and it's still ok to have fun on it (look at what old school longboarders can ride... ). There's nothing to be ashamed of. And you're not supposed to be proud of only being able to surf overhead waves.
A surf instructor I met used to say "there are no crappy conditions but there are crappy surfers".
But I think the video is more about surfing quite small waves with very little power : it's not very interesting to make a video about waves so small you can barely even do a top turn on.
And they give great advice in that sense !

AWreptiles99 - 6 years ago

Lol yea Florida small waves are on another level. I surf jax beach Florida and these waves are a decent swell for us haha

Grimmace - 6 years ago

Florida waves, lol

Alexander Zgura - 6 years ago

Baldheadedchimp rrrriiiiigggghhhhttttt. Those waves were easily 3-4’ @10+ seconds. There was wind on it but definitely not a windswell.

How to Rip - 6 years ago

Okay Gabby

LiHP - 6 years ago

I'm also from Florida and these are really small waves man... Anything under head high is definitely small haha

Finn The Filmmaker - 6 years ago

Dude these waves are small lol

Baldheadedchimp - 6 years ago

Alexander Zgura 1ft - 4 sec swell period.......yeah that’s a groundswell.

Scotty Knows Surf - 6 years ago

Those boards look really good...can't do any of the above without the right equipment

Scotty Knows Surf - 6 years ago

That's like saying a sports car is the same as a family sedan. On the race track. Ya i agree they both just wheels.

captaincam5 - 6 years ago

Scott rock while some boards do help, remember that at the end of the day it’s just a plank of foam and fiberglass and it’s really all up to you

-SpyGuy- - 6 years ago

Thanks, helpful vid for fine tuning my small beachy surfing

Kai Lee - 6 years ago

Been surfing for 5 years and I am about to start competing! Any tips for 2-4ft waves?

Morgan Kaplan - 5 years ago

Good luck at your competitions!

Kai Lee - 5 years ago

+Peter Myers Thank you! I just got a longboard so I will definitely use this thank you!!

Peter Myers - 5 years ago

Kai Lee Longest board you can manage. Be stylish, don’t try to do too many tricky turns and radical moves. Learn to walk the board and subtly shift your weight to engineer turns. Good luck.