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 wave and kick your feet. Keep your back arched and your head up.

Control and steer the board. Choose to turn right or left. Turn right by shifting your body to the right side of the board and grabbing the top of the board with your right hand, elbow lying on the board. Place your left hand approximately in the middle of the left side of the board, left elbow in the air. Your right side’s purpose is to keep your board in the wave; your left side is controlling the direction of the board. Turn left by doing the opposite.