How to Duck Dive Bigger Surfboards & Long-boards Plus other tips 

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It's awesome how you can talk under the water

Thank you for this! The internet needs more longboard POV's

So smooth... Sometimes I get very stressed watching shortboards ripping waves! Hahahaha! Thank you. I will try to duck dive my 7'8".

I like you going back to doing at least some "how-to" videos like you used to do in the beginning while Atua & Ki'ili are gone.

Thanks for this video! It was one of the first videos where I didn't feel like I was being talked down to by someone with more experience than me! Really appreciate it!

I love my 8'4" and get twice as many waves as the shortboard guys where I live. I'm gonna work on the duck dive, haven't mastered that yet on the big board. Thanks for all the great videos.

Florida surfer here, Im so grateful I grew up Surfing. To me it’s like Dancing for your Soul, and your partner is the Ocean. Such an amazing thing to do. Really enjoyed your VID ! 🤙🏻

Fantastic! I was wondering about this as when on the 9'6", I roll the board after cresting a almost broken wave when paddling out so not to slap the nose down/stress the glass. Gonna try this next sesh. Thanks!

Great tips! Subscribed! I’m 46 years old, 5’9” 150lbs. I’m not much into the short boarding since I was a kid. Took a long hiatus and I’m into my second season on 7’6”-9’0” boards. I love the bigger boards, more waves and I’m older now so I appreciate the ride much more. But being of smaller stature It can be tough punching through at times. Definitely gonna follow your duck dive tips and practice while usually wasting time out in the lineup waiting for the next set! Hopefully this pandemic Lockdown will be over soon to catch the next swell! 🤙🏼

Wow! Watching you ride a longboard was so satisfying keep up the good work and please create more longboard videos

Cool vid man. The POV took me back in time when I use to surf. Good times! I would ride long boards when the surf was real small.

My Robert August 9'6 is the best board I've ever had. Love it. It's surfing heaven in all conditions.

Great tips especially the underwater leg turn. Many thanks from the cold waters of oregon

Thank you man, I just got this again but I watched before months ago. I implemented your side duckdive on my funboard and help me a lot ..really works , bests

Sweet video! I came for the duck dive tips and stayed for the sweet POV wave catching 🏄🤙🏼

Im A begginer And I stod Up First Time YesterDay I surf A 6'0 SoftBoard

Yeah good to see some variety. I move from a 6’0 to a 7’6 to a 9’1 depending on conditions and how I feel. An evening surf on a longboard is very calming.

Absolutely love your videos. Super chill and informational. Keep doin what youre doin!!!! Love from San Francisco

Great video! I have a 9’ foam top for my first board and I was getting tossed trying to paddle through waves. Gotta work on these moves

Yeah ....watchin at Ensenada Baja Cali....great video amigos....

I love watching these go pro surfing videos subbed

Awesome instructive video! I built my own hollow wooden(6',6") and it's not super pointy. I struggle duck diving and everyone who sees board says it won't duck dive..I keep trying anyway:) Glad to know my efforts are not in vein, thanks!

Thanks for posting this! It really helped me a lot.

Long boards are the way forward. Got mine a few years ago. When the waves are small it's really good. When the waves are big it gets me in early. When the waves are medium size....... I don't want to change to a short board for just one surf now do I? So I just end up riding the log all the time. It's a slippery slope my friend. 🏄

I had 2 Webber Performer models 9'0 . Might have to get a new one. Nice video. 👍👍👍

Not only is logging fun but it’s a great way to smooth out your style and glide down some waves

Love longboarding. Great video.

wow, great tips I really could have used that way back when If I ever get back to the ocean, I'll be thinking of these tips

Beenn waiting for this longboards tutorials and i love it

Your my fav RU-vidr you’ve inspired me so much over the years and I’ve gotten pretty good at shortboarding Caus of you 👋🏼🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻

Great chilled video👍 thank you

Thanks for the tip. I used to duck dive my high volume 7'6" and thought I was through the back on a well over head cleanup wave and it picked me up and slammed me so hard that it snapped my board in 2. Been scared to duck dive long boards ever since.

Thanks for the tips! I am transitioning from riding my 5'6" twinny to an 8' soft top. I was like, "how the hell do I duck dive this beast?" Now I have something to work on! Pura Vida!

I liked that. Got a nice voice. Easy to listen to. Thanks for this video. Enjoyed it. Cool.

This is so soothing and helpful

Just got a 10”4 board can wait to try it

Love your videos! Keep up the great work!

Yeah nice vid mate. Nice looking bottom turns as well as some cool cuties. Right i’m off for a surf!!

Good tip bro..muchas gracias !

great video and style of video, nice, not cheezy :) Thanks for the tips

Thanks Mo'e. Where I surf the waves are rarely big enough for a short board. I thus mostly surf a 8', lately more a 7'3'' when the waves catch some more height, so I never learned to duck dive. I will probably try that longboard duck dive on my next session, and that out the back stretch also seems interesting for when you're waiting for the next good wave.

That was a great little tutorial man good stuff

What a cool video!!! Nice choice of music and great footage

Great to see this. Please make some more tips for beginners. Thanks

Great Lessons ! In deed people can learn in a easy way! i learn for my self at 30 years ago ! we dont have this ! Very cool !

Great video and tips! You're speaking my language - long boards!

Brooo i got this bic 8'0 mini mal righ and its so hard to duckdive and get out the back (i been surfing for about a year now), absolute pain of a long board but when it catches a wave its so rewarding and fun, all the times ive caught waves and tried standing on ive found its been really unstable (mind you its supposed to be a 3fin settup but its missing two fins and the fin slots are custom i think bc i havent been able to get any for it), anyway i could stand up like half way on it post lockdown, about like kneeboarding kind of but not really i got alot of memories with that board and even though i aint the best surfer, its still my favourite thing to do, i go surfing with a bunch of mates and one of them would tell me that when theyd turn back to look for me my board would always be 10ft in the air going vertical and then id come up gasping for air after a wipeout, shits fun i recently bought my own board a 7s 6'6 Jetstream so I don't have to use my fathers boards and worry about getting them dinged up and such and i havent been able to take it out yet due to the weather here but i appreciate the tips in the video, i am going to keep switching between the two boards and see if i can improve on the 8'0. Must say tho that board is wild

thanks dude, I needed this!

Great vid, thank you. If not duck diving, what are most doing to get through?

Super helpful. Thank you!

Blessed to have such a nice beach out of the front door :-) hard to imagine as a landlocked surfer in Germany only surfing about a few weeks per year

super chilled video, the cuts and sound is perfect! thanks for that. out of curiosity though! how much volume is that longboard? and is there a max. volume for you, where you would skip the duck diving and just turtle roll instead?

Years of surfing and I have never managed to duck dive my long boards, so yes I'm down to try 🙂 thanks

Thanks for the video bro! This got me really interested in surfing and I can now say I understand the basic mechanics of how to do it. Time to give it a try! 🐱

actually works :-) I've practiced diving on the local lake with a 8'0/80L softboard. I'm pretty sure that it will work with the hardboard then as well:-)

The "Side slip" (as I call it) helps so much with all that extra buoyancy.

Great stuff dude. Thanks

Thanks great vid v helpful and great surfing

Yo unks these videos are awesome keep um coming 😂🤙💯

Chris, good seeing you out there. The knee is better, it appears.

Such an awesome video!

lovely stuff , thanks

dude thank you exactly what I needed

great video, thanks

I swear by epoxy high performance longboards too. You were getting some nice hits on the whitewater in this video

Thank you so much for this 👍

Longboards.... half the effort, twice the waves

Thx this really helped I surf and this means alot

Great video.

Great vid very informative,

Thanks for the info bro !!!!!

This seems really great, the bigger the board, the easier you catch waves and the faster you go on the wave. I think most people should buy a board with extra length, width and thickness. Surfing is not snowboarding, it’s not a board sliding on a flat surface, it’s first and foremost a boat that needs enough flotation. I once tried my friend’s intermediate board, a7’6 with a short board shape, well l caught waves like crazy and l covered a lot more terrain on the wave. Don’t know why it didn’t catch my attention to buy a much bigger board. Only now, 15 years later did this information connect in my head, lm so stupid.

Please upload more POVs! With the cruise music too haha

your voice is so chill😂

This is soo good ❤️❤️

I'm subscriber #100000!!!

Mine is only 6,6 but at times does get annoying to duck dive , thanks for the tips 🙏🏼

Thank you bro!🤙🏻

This was awesome

How heavy are ya man? Not surfed in 10 years but the water looked so good the other day I just gotta get back in but I'm a good 220lb these days. Was looking at 9' (ish) long boards... Do you think this is a good place to start off from?

Thanks. At 54 I and surfing sporadically I can't fide my short board anymore. Trying to figure out my next step to stay in the game. I rented a 7 foot softy today and it was tough sledding. Trying to figure out how I'm going to get thru sets and turn the thing is the challenge.

Very helpful vid.

Try going a mid length quad, single to double concave, around 7'0 to 7'6. Good paddle in and manoeuvres better. Also easier to DD.

can you nose ride on a high performace longboard? I have a vintage 9'8 which is impossible to duck dive but its so stable that you can easily walk up and down. the downside is, when the surf is big its pretty hard to get out there .

I'm a beginner and I'm using a 9 and 9'6, getting past the breaks are challenging.

Always fun when a turtle roll ends with you almost getting knocked out only to realize that you're now on your belly riding the white water in

more longboard vids!!

Thank you so much I never knew you could suck dive a longboard now I can thank you

great video! now I want to get a longboard XD

Awesome - you rip on that board bro! =D

Can u make a video on how to not get hung up on the wave. I keep losing speed and going over the wave on my turns

Ma dude, Where r u Surfing, the surf looks amazing btw great video

man if you can get that 9'0 under the water I can get my 7'6. Just gotta learn this scooping technique quite useful thanks!

Awesome. Where is this??

Wooooh thx bro btw ergere do you live

Hello I don’t know if your gonna see this but I have a question what is your very small and light and have a 7 ft board what do you do and is it easier or harder to catch a wave. HAVE A GREAT DAY BYEEE

Finally!

Great!

where's that wave at??? looks super fun