Stand Up Paddle > Technique
revisiting the reverse duck dive
supsean:
I am a relatively new sup surfer (1 year) but have really enjoyed and learned a lot from the standup zone. And my latest discovery is the reverse duck dive / tail handle combo.
https://www.standupzone.com/forum/index.php/topic,25430.0.html
Turning the board around has made life oh so much easier in the whitewater. I have a tail pad that has a nice ridge that allows me some grip, although I think that I really need a handle. I cannot fit an second modified stomp pad on my board. And I was wondering if anybody is still using / modifying these tail pads, or more specifically:
1. Using the paddle to press down on the back of the sup still a method that people are using?
2. surfafrica / style still working? https://www.standupzone.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=25430.0;attach=63936;image
3. Beasho style still working? https://www.standupzone.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=25430.0;attach=60322;image
4. Any input on the Surfco EZ Plug Handle Kit? I was going to use this first, as I only surf in 1-4 foot range waves here on the rockaways, and I saw that several zoners were using these.
Badger:
Not sure what you mean by reverse duck dive.
I've been using NSI handles as tail handles on all my boards for over five years now and still think they're the best.
https://northshoreinc.com/store/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=251
https://www.standupzone.com/forum/index.php/topic,25430.msg363513.html#msg363513
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supsean:
Thanks Badger. The NSI handle/90degrees install was also something I was considering as well. Unfortunately I don't think that handle will fit on the back of my board. It was surfafrica that mentioned the "reverse duck dive", and made the process easier to remember. I'm sure it is what you do with your handle. When faced with the white water, one reverses the board so that it faces the beach and pushes down the tail and holds on to a handle/stomp pad. I love how it keeps you above the white water, and is a lot less difficult than throwing the board up and over a wave and then suffering through the whitewater hit on the other side.
--- Quote from: surfafrica on August 08, 2017, 03:20:57 PM ---I hop off, quickly turn my back to the wave with my board facing the beach, and will reverse duck dive using my tail pad kick as a tail handle (when my boards were bigger, I installed a tail handle). With the smaller/lighter boards, spinning them back around after the reverse duck dive is much more doable.
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Badger:
Okay we can call it that, although I never actually submerge when doing it. :)
If you scroll down from my post, it shows how I cut the pads to fit the tail of my Stun Gun which had little room. They still had plenty of adhesion and never came off.
supsean:
aah I remember seeing that now, but then PonoBill said that "that was a really bad idea", but I think it was actually about the next post which was about grabbing the leash...
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