Author Topic: Do you narrow your stance on a tippy board?  (Read 21606 times)

madmax

  • Sunset Status
  • ****
  • Posts: 324
    • View Profile
Re: Do you narrow your stance on a tippy board?
« Reply #30 on: October 03, 2014, 07:46:50 PM »
27 inches?  I'm such a kook.  I get twitchy on my wife's 29" board.

I need a lot more lineup time.  ::)

RATbeachrider

  • Peahi Status
  • *****
  • Posts: 654
    • View Profile
Re: Do you narrow your stance on a tippy board?
« Reply #31 on: October 03, 2014, 08:35:44 PM »
Zoo - 29.5.

Zooport

  • Cortez Bank Status
  • *****
  • Posts: 3533
    • View Profile
    • Email
Re: Do you narrow your stance on a tippy board?
« Reply #32 on: October 03, 2014, 08:53:42 PM »
8'6 Soul Compass
9'1 Sunova Creek
9'6 WaveStorm SUP
9'8 Starboard Element

RATbeachrider

  • Peahi Status
  • *****
  • Posts: 654
    • View Profile
Re: Do you narrow your stance on a tippy board?
« Reply #33 on: October 04, 2014, 08:40:31 PM »
Zoo - 29.5.
Had it out at SanO yet?

One time.  Mostly surfed the local beach breaks.

SUPsideATX

  • Waikiki Status
  • *
  • Posts: 47
    • View Profile
    • Email
Re: Do you narrow your stance on a tippy board?
« Reply #34 on: November 26, 2014, 09:39:46 AM »
Perfect topic for me...been a member of the website for about a year, but first time posting. Two years experience Stand Up Paddle Boarding, but I'm trying to figure out which stance wide or narrow is better on a 10'6 31'' SUPATX board? I'm usually in a narrow stance with both feet touching each other, pointing on the side I'm paddling on (My narrow stance is pretty stable in flatwater). Feet are usually right in the middle of the board too.
12'6"Laird/Bark
10'6" SUP ATX
10' SUP ATX
11'6" Surftech-Surftank Universal

Zooport

  • Cortez Bank Status
  • *****
  • Posts: 3533
    • View Profile
    • Email
Re: Do you narrow your stance on a tippy board?
« Reply #35 on: November 26, 2014, 10:33:26 AM »
I'm finding that a narrow stance is better for me in the surf.  I somehow balance better that way.  Probably because I don't rely on the board as much for balance. 
8'6 Soul Compass
9'1 Sunova Creek
9'6 WaveStorm SUP
9'8 Starboard Element

Sup-position

  • Cortez Bank Status
  • *****
  • Posts: 2171
    • View Profile
    • Email
Re: Do you narrow your stance on a tippy board?
« Reply #36 on: November 27, 2014, 11:08:01 AM »
Narrowest I can go is one foot on top of the other...
Ralph
Sup-position
(714) 899-3020 call, Text or Message

PonoBill

  • Cortez Bank Status
  • *****
  • Posts: 25864
    • View Profile
Re: Do you narrow your stance on a tippy board?
« Reply #37 on: November 27, 2014, 11:21:06 AM »
If you're going to move around on your board the only way you can is to start from a narrow stance. Lift one foot in a wide stance and the board flips. Best you can do is shuffle or jump. I think most people that are frozen in place are stuck because they think a wide stance is more stable. It's really not, but it takes a while to get you mind to believe that.
Foote 10'4X34", SIC 17.5 V1 hollow and an EPS one in Hood River. Foote 9'0" x 31", L41 8'8", 18' Speedboard, etc. etc.

nosarapaddlesurf

  • Waikiki Status
  • *
  • Posts: 8
    • View Profile
Re: Do you narrow your stance on a tippy board?
« Reply #38 on: November 27, 2014, 01:31:15 PM »
Each board will have a slightly different sweet spot and each rider, depending on size, weight and skill will dial in their stance with more time on the water.

Here's my specific technique to start from on a lower volume board. Feet are staggered and about a hand width apart. The ball of my back foot lines up with the heal of my front foot.

When first standing up it's helpful to get your front foot in position and comfortably planted before standing up. Have the paddle lay across the board, with blade on your frontside (same side as your back foot); and as you stand up and set your back foot immediately plant your paddle on your frontside with a solid forward stroke. This will help you plane the board up and out of the water while maintaining stability. Keep your head up and follow up with a couple high cadence strokes to get your momentum.


Zooport

  • Cortez Bank Status
  • *****
  • Posts: 3533
    • View Profile
    • Email
Re: Do you narrow your stance on a tippy board?
« Reply #39 on: November 28, 2014, 07:02:48 PM »
Is that a SUP or a submarine?  :) I'll bet it's tough to stay still and wait for waves on that Infinity.  What's the volume?
8'6 Soul Compass
9'1 Sunova Creek
9'6 WaveStorm SUP
9'8 Starboard Element

Zooport

  • Cortez Bank Status
  • *****
  • Posts: 3533
    • View Profile
    • Email
Re: Do you narrow your stance on a tippy board?
« Reply #40 on: November 28, 2014, 07:07:48 PM »
If you're going to move around on your board the only way you can is to start from a narrow stance. Lift one foot in a wide stance and the board flips. Best you can do is shuffle or jump. I think most people that are frozen in place are stuck because they think a wide stance is more stable. It's really not, but it takes a while to get you mind to believe that.

Yeah, my mind is starting to believe it now.  My balance, while still not great, is the better for it.  Wide stance just does not work at all on my narrower boards.  The two big ones, it doesn't really matter. 
8'6 Soul Compass
9'1 Sunova Creek
9'6 WaveStorm SUP
9'8 Starboard Element

nosarapaddlesurf

  • Waikiki Status
  • *
  • Posts: 8
    • View Profile
Re: Do you narrow your stance on a tippy board?
« Reply #41 on: November 29, 2014, 06:39:23 PM »
Ha Zooport. The 1/4 mile paddle back from that offshore reef is always the worst. My board is 7'7" / 92 liters; I weigh around 185.

Zooport

  • Cortez Bank Status
  • *****
  • Posts: 3533
    • View Profile
    • Email
Re: Do you narrow your stance on a tippy board?
« Reply #42 on: November 29, 2014, 07:53:09 PM »
Ha Zooport. The 1/4 mile paddle back from that offshore reef is always the worst. My board is 7'7" / 92 liters; I weigh around 185.

You da man.  My 8'3 X 28 is somewhere around 105 liters and I have to work to stay upright on that. 
8'6 Soul Compass
9'1 Sunova Creek
9'6 WaveStorm SUP
9'8 Starboard Element

surfafrica

  • Peahi Status
  • *****
  • Posts: 868
    • View Profile
    • YouTube
Re: Do you narrow your stance on a tippy board?
« Reply #43 on: December 24, 2014, 01:08:14 PM »
I've been consciously trying to play around with different stances, but currently my most stable is shoulder width apart and slightly staggered. This is where my feet naturally go to if I stop thinking about it.  I do find that I jump into surf stance while I'm paddling in for a wave (before the wave has picked me up).
50 years old, 5'7", 150 lbs, intermediate
Infinity RNB: 7'6 x 28, 95 L https://goo.gl/SqlWR4
Kronos LB: 8'10 x 26.5, 84 L https://goo.gl/4iQdps
Kronos Nano: 7'4 x 26, 81 L https://goo.gl/kAM8W6

coldsup

  • Teahupoo Status
  • ******
  • Posts: 1430
    • View Profile
Re: Do you narrow your stance on a tippy board?
« Reply #44 on: January 18, 2015, 12:58:29 PM »
I don't like too narrow....jus what feels comfy and natural slightly staggered.

 


SimplePortal 2.3.7 © 2008-2024, SimplePortal