Thursday, March 19, 2026

Working the pointed end

 




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  1. I know very little about surfing, and am stumped as to how they can stand on the front end of the surfboard without making it nosedive into the water.

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    1. The weight of the water wall partially sitting on the back 1/3 of the board makes it solid, can't be a small wall though

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    2. Cool--thanks, Bill.

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    3. Its more than that. Bouyancy, vector, slope, and a few other factors which must be at equalibrium for that moment of time.
      If, say vector decreases, the other factors must increase. As that is not physically impossible, say weight of water, or surface area of surfboard, the surfer himself must make proper adjustment or risk losing the waving or wiping out.

      With all this going on, the really neat thing is the experienced surfer is making an infinite number of adjustments all while not thinking about it.

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    4. correction: '... not physically possible ...'

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  2. What the hell's that sneaking down the inside of his right leg?

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  3. Hanging’ Five … a 60s hit for Aussie group The Delltones (on Utube)

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  4. The real truck to surfing is keeping a joint dry and being able to light it and share with other surfers.

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  5. Yeah - I used to have a truck like that.

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