Dropping into a Frontside Tube
This is the second in the series on Technique and Etiquette, and originates from a question originally posed by Kurt in the forums on NYNJSurf.com
Kurt: I’m beginning to get my Chris Birch quad figured out. It’s faster and shorter (at 6′2″) than anything else I’ve ridden in a long time. I’m stoked.
Anyway, yesterday and today’s waves were giving me an oppurtunity to drop into a section that was pretty walled up with a shoulder a little ways down. As I was dropping in the lip was pitching over.
I tried multiple times to drop into a frontside tube. I was feeling like I was making headway. Here’s some of the things that occurred to me. (more…)