From: u8801863@cs.uow.edu.au (Nigel Brendon Robinson)
Newsgroups: alt.surfing
Subject: A Few Failed post's,...Boneyards/Floaters
Date: 30 Aug 92 05:05:28 GMT
Organization: Dept of Computer Science, Wollongong University, Australia


Your article/letter follows:
Newsgroups: alt.surfing
Subject: How to do a floater (for Theresa + anyone else).

Here's my version on how to do a floater.
That manouvre of the eighties.
Theresa Breckon said she did her first one the other day.
YiiiHaaaa. Well done Theresa.
They're good fun and actually useful at times.

What to do:
There are numerous ways to do a floater but the easiest is probably the 
close-out floater.This is beacuse you don't have to worry about free-falling
back onto the wave, as when you do an open face one.

Ok picture this: You're riding along the wave nicely and down the line you
see the other end of the wave coming towards you.
It's important to have enough speed to make sure you can make it over the
section,you are driving for.
Otherwise you'll stall mid way and fall off.

Now you can either do two things as that section is coming
for you ride laterally along it,or snap onto it.

The first one involves lifting the nose of you board a bit 
as you ride along and keeping a straight line with the 
wave.
Just lift it onto the roof of the wave as it's about to break onto you.
The floater is a stationary manouvre in that you don't turn
at all while you are floating,just maintain a direct line parrallel 
with the wave.
Just bend your knees slightly and ride along(the wave roof)
as far as you can or want to.
When you run out of speed you can either fall with the lip
and land,turning towards shore apon landing.
Or do a sharp turn (it needs to be sharp to break from the wave),
and ride towards shore from the top of the wave.
This can be times for the best spot to ride down.

Snapping onto the section involves being able to do a re-entry.
Alot of my re-entires have turned into floaters through accident.
Having down the line speed, and seeing the close out coming,
you can drive down the face and do a sharp bottom turn.
This should be timed so you will do the bottom turn onto the falling
lip just as it's about to leave the swell.
Either that or onto the open face moving onto the
lip.

>From there you just maintain the lateral (across wave) motion to
give you a good gouge into the roof of the wave.
You can use many varieties in this manouvre.
Back-hand floater's from a snap are fun but I can't do em real well 
in small waves,takes at least chest high swell to do one.

Any questions about this one anyone (Thesresa) ???

Bye,
Nigel.
PS Anyone want to know how to do another manouvre just ask ...???

Newsgroups: alt.surfing
Subject:AAA Surfing BoneYards Report

Howdy Crew,
	  I put the A's in the tittle so I could be at the top of the list
for a change.I've been for two surfs over the last week,and have
found them both frustrating type's of waves for different
reason's.
First Sandon Point on....what was it...Wednesday....
Surfed the left peak...and it was a bit of a close-out but
at least we got into the water.
I got out early after about four waves.I find if I'm not enjoying a
surf I just leave,and that's what I did.
"Bugger it.." being the most appropriate way of putting it.

Friday ,I surfed Bone-yards and had a reasonable sort of surf.
I only caught Four waves due to the shifty nature of the wave,
bad positioning on my part and having all the locals and
body-boards on the break having it wired.

I pulled one filthy cut-back that I was extremely proud of.

It felt so powerful...I could feel the board just gripping in and
I'm sure a good rooster tail would have resulted (but you can't watch your
own spray while surfing) not unless you're really good.

I'm definitely coming back again to this spot (it's about 1/2 an hours
drive from my place).
Works well in a southerly wind and swell.
That's exactly the one that stuffs up the rest of the region.
Trouble is it's a bit fickle as the wrapping motion of the wave
is not regular.

Bye,
Nigel.


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