How to Bodyboard Duck Dive

The duck dive allows you to pass under the wave without going backwards. In a single move, you need to dive at the right moment, neither too soon (you will come back up to the surface before the wave arrives) nor too late (the duck dive will be inefficient and you will be pushed backwards) about 2 m away from the crest of the wave. The duck dive can be broken down into 3 successive phases. The board must be held by the rails (= the edge) at chest level. 1 - Push the board under the water...

How To Bodyboard Air Rollo

AIR ROLLO  Air Rollo is a cornerstone trick in bodyboarding , it consists of an air but just after being pushed by the lip , the bodyboarder has to roll over before landing. Like a 360, there are some variations for the El Rollo : through the lip in a close out section or inside the barrel (Barrel Roll) Choose a wave with a steep section and a lip that is going to throw. Make sure that you have plenty of speed and aim at this lip ; choose a similar angle to hit it like in an air. Once...

How To Bodyboard reverse spin

This is exactly the same as a 360, but instead of starting your spin on the left, you start your spin on the right ; it's a bit more complex than the 360 but it can be a really nice trick if well executed Start by doing a slight turn on your left to the top of the wave. Once you reach the top of the wave, slide forward on your bodyboard , lift up your legs arch your back and turn down to the face of the wave Throw your head and shoulders to the right towards...

How to Bodyboard Forward Spin

Forward SpinThis maneuver can be done on the flat section of a wave, in the white foam, off the lip or even in the air (air 360) You can do a 360 while prone riding (see picture) or drop knee riding. The technique is the exactly the same wherever you intend to try a 360.You have taken off on a nice wave, made a good bottom turn and you are right in the curl of the wave ; here are the steps to do a 360 :1. Start by doing a slight turn on your left ( facing...

HOW to Bodyboard Backflip

This is a back somersault with the board. To do this, we must go back to the front lip with a lot of speed, and then taking off to the swing arm back and switch legs above the body. Attention to the reception that can be painful and also the fact of being at the wave. We must therefore end with a 180 ° to continue to follow the wave. ...

How to Bodyboard cutback

How to do a cutbackHere is one of the most fundamental but hard-core moves that you can do in any size waves. The cut back helps regulate your speed, as well as let you look stylish and powerful as you ride the wave. A good cut back can set up the rest of the wave for you, as it slows you down and let°s the wave form up in front of you to offer you a barrel or a section to hit or another steep section to do a maneuver on. Step 1. Take off as you would...

How to Bodyboard Forward air spin

How to do a forward air spinThis move is when you perform a forward spinner in the air. It is an advanced move that requires you knowing how to spin and hit the lip. These moves are real head turners so when you nail one in front of people expect them to be stoked. The first thing you need is speed -a good bottom turn on a bowly wave should give you enough speed to get off of the lip. Once you have speed, you need to find where the lip is pitching out. When you see where...

How To Bodyboard Reverse Air

How To Do a Reverse Air 1. First pick off a wave that will give you some speed and has a pitching lip or some sort of section to hit. 2. Then you bottom turn or drive down the line to get your speed.3. Find the section that has the best looking lip or section to throw you in to the air.(I like to look for on coming sections with a lip throwing off the foam or come off the bottom off a hollow wave and hit the lip right out of the bowl). 4. As you hit the lip...

How to Bodyboard Air Roll Spin ARS

How to  Air Roll Spin ¬ ARS 1. Take off on any wave that provides a pitching lip. 2. Travel down the face gaining speed towards the lip of the wave. 3. As you get closer to the lip angle your board upwards in a angle to hit the lip. 4. As you make contact with your board against the lip you should feel the wave pushing you out in to the air, if the lip does not seem to put you in the air you will need to use your arm strength to pull your board off the lip so you...

How to Bodyboard invert air

How to do  invert air1st. -Make sure you get a wave that is going to give you some speed the more the better. If the wave has a wedge in it or has a steep take off   or has some size you will be able to generate speed a lot easier.2nd.  -Drive off the power pocket of the wave to use what ever speed the wave has. Some time the power pocket is at the bottom and some times it is at the top. Where depends on the type of wave.  A wedge, or really steep wave has a power pocket more at the bottom which lets...

Bodyboarding Workout (Bodyboard)

Everybody has there own approach to working out.  Even the top ranked bodyboarders on the IBA world tour have their own personilized training routines.  There are plenty of workout disciplines available to help improve your bodyboarding including some of today's more popular approaches with Yoga, Swiss ball, Russian kettle bells, and Brazilian jiu jitsu/MMA (mixed martial arts).  For exercises that are a little more bodyboarding specific, though, click on the link below.As demonstrated in the video link above, incorporating the use of a Swiss ball in your workout can definitely help: ...

Stretching for Bodyboarders (Bodyboard)

Stretching is one of the most important variables in top bodyboarding performance. You can find critical differences after undergoing a stretching plan for a few weeks. Duck dives, vertical drops, huge ARS and Rollos have impact in your body. Injuries come you cannot handle hard landings and tough movements. That's when stretching comes with very positive results. There are many ways to get your body more elastic. If you're willing to spend 30 minutes a day with a few simple stretching exercises, your muscles will deliver completely new performances out in the waves. Pro bodyboarders are always stretching...

Now Start Bodyboarding (Bodyboard)

If you're reading this, you probably have a new bodyboard or "sponge" and you're ready to get out there and start tearing it up in the water! Check out some of these steps to get you out there and gliding across double overhead barrels in no time! Paddle out. Your hips should be on the tail of the board; your hands should be on top of the board, and your elbows should be on the board instead of in the water. Kick your feet, making sure to keep them underwater. Catch a wave. Turn your back to the...

Choosing Fins and wetsuit (Bodyboard)

step 2 Pick out booties and swimfins. Booties are like socks and make the fins fit better. It is almost impossible to bodyboard without swimfins, notes the Saltwater Dreaming website. Fins help you with every aspect of the sport: paddling out, catching waves, and controlling and steering the board.Acquire a wetsuit if you will be bodyboarding in cold water. A wetsuit provides insulation and makes your bodyboarding experience more comfortable. Choose a wetsuit that fits snugly and allows movement. A too-loose wetsuit lets in water and will not keep you warm. Your choice will depend on the temperature...

Choosing A Board (Bodyboard)

Step 1 Get the correctly sized board.  Bodyboards range from 36 inches to 46 inches long, usually in 1-inch increments.  Stand the board upright.  It should come to your belly button or about 1 inch on either side of it.  A 4-foot tall child should use a 36-inch board, for example; an adult who is 5 feet, 8 inches should use a 41-inch board, and a person 6 feet, 4 inches or taller would choose a 46-inch board. Whichever size board you pick, make sure you attach a leash so you don’t lose the board if you spin out...

WHY BODYBOARDING?

Some opinions bodyboarder:  WHY BODYBOARDING? jeff : Because we love it. We dont need any reason to like it, we just do.If you dont, thats your problem. And i switched from surf to bodyboarding. I think Todd (toxicsurf) did the same.Most bodyboarders became surfers because they suck or because they wanna be like their friends. If you think that cut backs and snaps are challenging, try to land inverts and air revos.mitch: We love bodyboarding and nothing makes us happier than seeing someone sharing the same buzz. So as you see it's not all about money. It's about offering the...

Bodyboarding?

Bodyboarding is a surface water sport in which the surfer rides a bodyboard on the crest, face, and curl of a wave which is carrying the surfer towards the shore. Bodyboarding is also referred to as Boogieboarding due to the invention of the "Boogie Board" by Tom Morey. The average bodyboard consists of a short, rectangular piece of hydrodynamic foam, sometimes containing a short graphite rod within the core called a stringer. Bodyboarders typically use swim fins for additional propulsion and control while riding a wave. Bodyboarding  originates from an ancient form of riding waves (surfing) on one's belly. Polynesian people rode "alaia" (pronounced ah-lie-ah) boards either on their belly,...