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Got a technique question I'm hoping you all can help with.
Been paddling moving water for about a year and a half, so I still consider myself pretty new at it. Now that I'm real confident in my roll, I have been attempting to play a lot more on the river. As such, I have been trying to surf waves on the river, and I'm having pretty limited success.
I'm a big guy, so I paddle a Mamba 8.5, so I'm willing to concede that's part of why surfing is hard for me to get figured out, but I could be wrong.
Essentially, I can't seem to stay on the waves. I have had some pretty good ones to try, with strong eddies leading to the wave face, and I can't seem to get it. Basically, I paddle like hell with a ferry angle out onto the wave face, and I can get there, but I can't stay out. Most of the time, my upstream edge at my bow starts getting water piling up over it, and I have to lean downstream so my edge doesnt get caught and flip me, at which point I flush off the wave. Am I giving up too early? I think if I just try to lean/carve into that ferry angle and get perpendicular to the current I might stay out there, but then again I might wind up upside down. I just haven't had enough tries at it yet.
I haven't had any success catching any on the fly from upstream yet either, but I think I'm probably trying that on waves that are too small.
Any pointers you can give are appreciated. |
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