[WAVES] Paddle Surfing

rockHEAD · Sep 27, 2006

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Surfer extraordinaire, Laird Hamilton has revived an old style of surfing, paddle surfing! If you don't want to read the article and just see the photos, click here!

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Experienced surfers find that paddle surfing enables them to get out into the surf faster and farther. They can stay out beyond the normal line of surfers and catch the waves before everyone else. As traditional surfers hop to their feet, the paddle surfers are already there.

With a paddle, "you can go on perhaps eight times more rides and three times as far," says Don Wildman, 73, founder of Bally Total Fitness and an avid paddle surfer.

Once the surfer catches a wave, he or she can use the paddle for balance and to turn. After a while, the paddle becomes a natural extension of the surfer.

Other people are using the boards to cruise coves and lakes, quietly communing with the ocean and what lurks below. From a stand-up position, the surfer can see deeper into the water, where schools of top smelt mingle with sculpin, sand bass and the occasional bat ray. Paddling along reefs and dodging kelp beds, stand-up surfers see leopard sharks and garibaldi make way for seals and sea lions.
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JayZ750 · Sep 27, 2006

This makes 95% sense to me. The part I don't understand is they are making it sound like you NEVER have to lie down - i.e. even on calm waters, with the paddle providing balance you can stay standing up - is this what it is saying??

the futants · Sep 27, 2006

wow! i must try this as soon as possible.

A-Train · Sep 27, 2006

Even Jesus uses a paddle...

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