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Take your first wave with a Stand Up Paddle Board

8 Aug 2016

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Tags: Surf, TRIBORD

In this video, TRIBORD, the french brand explains to you how to take your first wave with a Stand Up Paddle Board.

First, you need to know your favorite position on the board : Goofy or Regular
► Regular : person using his left foot as the front foot.
►Goofy : person using his right foot as the front foot.
We recommand for you a 45°C position.

For your first surfing session, it is easily to take waves when you’re facing to the wave. A wave that runs on the left for goofy and a wave to the right for regular.

Paddle starting side so that your paddle strokes naturally put your board in the axis of the take- off.

Your first paddling will make your board face to the beach and give you the speed necessary to turn your SUP.

When your take – off is made , take your favorite position, (goofy or regular). Don’t forget that your front foot need to be at the level of the carrying handle.

Hold your paddle in the wave side, thanks to it, you can speed up or press the wave to increase your balance.

It’s your turn !

 

Dans cette vidéo, la marque française TRIBORD vous explique comment prendre votre première vague en Stand Up Paddle.

Premièrement, vous devez connaître votre position sur la planche :
► Goofy : Personne qui positionne son pied droit à l’avant de la planche
► Regular : Personne qui positionne son pied gauche à l’avant de la planche

Une approche face à la vague sera plus facile pour vos premières vagues.

Priviligiez une vague sur la gauche si vous êtes goofy, ou une vague sur la droite si vous êtes regular.

Un positionnement à 45°C par rapport à la vague est important.

Il est préférable de partir de biais afin de voir la vague arriver et de pouvoir anticiper le moment où se lancer (n’hésitez pas à forcer afin de prendre de la vitesse rapidement), afin que vos coups de pagaie mettent facilement votre planche face à la plage.

Les premiers coups de rame vont faire tourner votre stand-up-paddle face à la plage et elles lui donneront simultanément de la vitesse : cette dernière vous servira à propulser et à diriger votre SUP.

Une fois votre “départ” réussi, mettez vous dans votre position privilégiée : goofy/regular selon votre pied d’appui (position surf).

Veillez à ce que votre pied principal se situe au niveau de la poignée de portage.

Tenez votre pagaie du côté vague : vous pouvez alors vous en servir pour accélérer ou pour vous appuyer sur la vague, afin de vous équilibrer au moment de surfer.

A vous de jouer !

 

Source : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Oi4Qc2fdVY&index=1&list=PL0aqpw2MwLmkdTooNkKDVNQsAI3pviroz

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Mathieu Astier

Mathieu is the founder of TotalSUP and a multilingual online marketing expert with over 20 years of experience at top international internet companies. His love at first sight with Stand Up Paddling in 2013 inspired him to create TotalSUP, now the leading online media and community for the sport, while shaping his family’s lifestyle around the ocean.

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