Bodyboard Bottom Turn Explained 

I love the feeling of a bottom turn on a wave and then straightening out and getting spat out!

Your tutorials are very in-depth and great examples

Thanks so much for all the amazing videos, you’re such a legend! Keep shredding 🌊

Top man, great vid!

nice. i found the best way for me to learn bottom turning was pairing it together with a big spray or fast cutback. this can help give a sense of scale as to how much speed you were able to generate and is especially an important strategy if you're solo and dont have video or advanced feedback available

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Thanks man

Your content is in a league of its own. Keep it up!

I know it's far easier said than done but I hope you get better soon dude so you can keep on keeping on!(:

finally the vid I've been waiting for

Thanks Ian for shearing your knowkedge and all the time you take editing all videos thanks

Sick video, thanks so much

This is GOLD 😊 Thank you 🤙✨️🙏

Really thankful for your tutoring videos my man. They really help me

Great topic and way to address this for us Bodyboarders

Thank you so much for the info. Big hug from Sintra. 🤙

Great Iain! Your explanations with slow motion are really explicit 👍 Comments and videos are the best combo to explain 👌 You are on the right way 😉 Thanks for us to take the time to explain all that basics tricks.

great work buddy! can see the effort you put into these and they turn out great.

Nice one Iain. Great advice, I've started bodyboarding again..... to complement my bodysurfing. Your videos are all so cool and helpful. Thank you bru.

Great video man 🙌🏽🌊

Best teacher!! Always helpful... Hope u feeling better, recover soon 💪💪💪🤙

Good instruction clip..

Superb video Iain i picked up a few tips from this.Thanks again and stay safe 👍

Perfect timing

Thanks for the tip! Sometimes in bigger waves I end up sliding a little bit through the wave, although I can recover from that, it just doesn’t feel right and I end up losing a lot of speed, now I understand how I need to aproach to a certain type of wave! Gonna put that to practice!

Bodyboard Power!

Not sure this if this was on my request, but thank you for this video!

Bottom turning a big wave just feels so good. Or when the drop feels like its just going to keep going forever as you bounce down the face. Great feelings forsure.

that second wave at pipe... perfection

Sick hoodie!

Cool bro

I’ll give it a gooo!

Super interesting man, was looking for a boogie teacher since a long time and you are prety good :)

Damn that first clip of the wave though was awesome

hey iain! could you please make a video talking about paddling in during big swells? especially for places with shallow breaks, endless sets, and a ripping current! and maybe for when you lose your board and just rely on your trusty fins. that's a lot to ask for haha but thank you!

Hi there Iain, big fan of your videos and skills here! Thanks a lot! Would you say a stiff or very stiff bodyboard makes it harder to bottom turn/scoop in, as in not being able to do a tighter turn/scoop and having to draw it out more?

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Hey Ian, Is their anyway that you can create a video explaining how to learn tricks on the opposite side ? By this I mean that Im used to surf to my left side and most tricks like backflip and ARS are easier to practice on that side. But for some reason to my right side Im able to do tricks I cant regularly do to the left. Like the invert or forward spin. But yeah mate a vid of this would help a lot. 🏄🏾‍♂️🍺

Yo Ian sick video. Hey I got this problem when I start the bottom turn. I hit my shoulder into the wave and spray goes everywhere. You loose speed and is Super annoying. How can I fix this?

Thanks for the great insights and breakdown. Appreciate how you include good examples with the verbal cures. One big question I have is about when to transition my hips forward from the kicking position (catching the wave) to projecting forward to gain more speed for a powerful bottom turn. Do you move forward as you begin the drop, during the drop down the face or as you start the turn? I'd love to see a video on this when you get the chance.

I just realized I was doing the scoop and I didn't even know what it was I guess it was just the natural thing to do

Yeah mate! Keep em coming! It's 2am here and I can't sleep and even though I know how to boog but always a great watch!(:

im the person that always wishes yo well on insta. How you doin man

My buddy recently got his new board and started riding! Any basic beginner tips I can give him while we are out?

Whats a good, helpful way to practice these techniques, when i try to bottom turn, I either don't get enough speed to get out of the barrel, or I just get completely pitted. Also I sometimes feel that when I try to take off a really steep and heavy barrel, I end up completely getting launched off the lip of the wave if that kind of makes sense. If you could give me some advice on these I would really appreciate it, thanks. I'm only starting to ride some of my local reef breaks after building some confidence haha.

Any tips for draining slabs? Eg tand or something like cyclops?

G'day Iain, can you please do a video explaining the short, sharp near-vertical redirection turns pros manage to do but most of us average riders cannot fathom? eg. say at 4:43, if the section starts to shut down faster than anticipated, pros seem to be able to reset in a split second to instead aim for the lip above them rather than the ramp they were aiming at further down the line. I've talked with other riders with 30+ years experience who also have this issue, possibly because we grew up in an age of studying print mags and have always drawn out bottom turns. I believe I've noticed a quick flattening of the board and then an inward change of focus before resetting the rail? Almost a little like setting up for a forward spin then re-engaging with the board now pointing up/into the wave face rather than down the line? In these situations I'd just get stuck trying to turn even harder, which just bogs and doesn't redirect "vertically", I think perhaps it needs a complete mental change to the way us older folk turn, a flatten-then-redirect rather than a "turn harder"?

Hey iain, I live in San Diego, and since you’ve been to the west coast, if I wanted to bottom run the different west coast waves, what would I do differently compared to another wave in another area?

I’m assuming you take the shockwave back through the wave?

Shot really wanting to get better at it... yew 🤙🔥

Hey man what do you think a reliable brand of boards for tropical water and prone

Iain perdona pero si entendi bien haces la bajada antes de entrar en el tubo lenta con el cuerpo para atras y cuando ya haces el botton turn te tiras para adelante para dar velocidad ?

Hey Ian...I always heard starting your bottom turn when about 2/3 down the wave face...is this correct info?....thanks

You should try sharky in maunabo puerto rico

How do you duck five back into the wave in a close out like you do in some clips

You should come ride at Hermanus . Its got a really shallow bank with nice heavy barrels For the next 3 days in the early morning or late evening the waves are really big . 8-10 ft faces

Hi Iain and greetings from France, I have been practising some 2-3 Meter barrels in Hossegor South France recently. Had some Problems therefore I have some questions: 1. What do you recommrnd would be the perfect timing to paddle for a big barrel wave. Should it have the form as a more decent "Mountain" or almost a more steep wall? When i Start paddling the steep wall it seems almost to late as it picks me up und pulls me up to the top of the wave to Slam me down steep with the lip. Maybe you can explain some points about the perfect timing to paddle on a wave. I prefere paddling a wave as soon as possible because those steep walls rising make me feel that it's going to end up Bad for me, especially the big waves. Smaller waves are no Problem for me. 2. When you Start paddling for a wave, Do you only use youre feet? As I Was into Surfing, I like using my Arms to paddle for the wave, also I have the impression that I am faster with feet and Arms together. But the Problem it brings with it is, that when the wave gets me startet I have to reposition my Arms correctly on the Board as you once explainend (left turn=left arm 90degree Holding the left upper nose part etc.....) When I watch your takeoffs you only seem to use your feet to catch the wave and have already positioned your Arms correctly...... The earlyer I want to catch a wave the more speed I need, therefore I also need my Arms to support my feet. Maybe I am too early with my takeoffs or my leg Power is too weak. 2. How do you get out a barrel when it's a closeout wave aspecially often at shorebreaks without injuring yourself? I can not get out those barrels without getting smashed because neither there is a escape possibility on the left nor on the right side........ So it means to me getting in the barrel and then shortly after beeing in the pipe getting slamed. 3. I am often afraid to get the top of a massive barrel on my back when I get pushed out of it. What can I do to avoid this? Especially at closeout with no escape option. (technique for beginner) 4. What about typical unjuries in bodyboarding? What is there to Look after or watch out? especially back and neck? Best regards from France

So for the wedge style waves it's much more digging in rails and body weight rather than legs? I think that's the takeaway for those waves right?

Bottom turn into a barrel best feeling In the world

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I always slide out still never been in and out of a barrell just swallowed up or sliding out all the time Will try to put my inside leg down more and see if that helps I was worried that would slow me down too much Hi from the Sunshine Coast in Australia 👍

how did you manage to try to explain bottom turns without talking about the inside rail and outside hand pulling up on the outside rail.

Do you boogie board kommetjie beach

Thst is a monster u are dropping in on. People don’t realize how shallow the break is if u don’t make that wave ur probably really fucked