Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Surfboarding and What It's All About

By Daniel Thomas

Surfboarding is truly a great sport to get into, no matter what age you are at. First off you get a full body workout from surfing, second you will get an awesome tan too if you are surfing in tropical waters. What other kind of sport out there can offer you those benefits?

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.

The surfer that is just starting out, will quickly catch on to the terms that surfers commonly use. This is more than just a dialect, more aimed towards the types of moves that you can do on a surfboard, for example many people already know what the surf term hang ten is.

When it comes to style there are many choices a surfer can make. The clothes that they wear, the kind of surfboard that they use, long board or short board, along with many other types of apparel that can be worn in the wetsuit.

Some surfers do not mind if they are thoroughly prepared for the sport because they are solely interested in making their way to the water to surf. They will often try to find the cheapest surfboard and realize after they are in the water that the board is not suitable for surfing anymore.

This could happen because the surfboard has been damaged in some way while surfing and is showing signs that it retains water. If they had done some research through the internet, they could have learned to recognize the warning signs for a surfboard that should not be used anymore.

Some surfboards are unfit for use in the water simply because a previous owner has not tended to the surfboard properly. One of the important factors that every surfer learns is that a surfboard needs to be waxed on a regular basis. This preparation technique is necessary because wax allows the surfer to grip the surfboard with the soles of their feet.

As the surfer is getting ready to get in the water for the first time with their surfboard, they will be very conscious of what other surfers do. New surfers will spend many hours in the water learning to sit and stand on the board. After they have perfected these techniques, they will be ready to try out some waves and they will be less worried about the stares that they are getting from the crowd that has formed on the beach.

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