BodyDragging Upwind in Shallow Water, help please.
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Re: BodyDragging Upwind in Shallow Water, help please.
I picked up sea urchines and ruined a good pair of board shorts dragging in shallow water once.
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Re: BodyDragging Upwind in Shallow Water, help please.
man that could have been a lot worse.dlprince69 wrote:I picked up sea urchines and ruined a good pair of board shorts dragging in shallow water once.
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Re: BodyDragging Upwind in Shallow Water, help please.
Hey TeaBagVic,
How is the progression coming along?
How is the progression coming along?
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Re: BodyDragging Upwind in Shallow Water, help please.
After almost a decade, better I hope!?
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Re: BodyDragging Upwind in Shallow Water, help please.
He has perfected it!
Saw him last week body dragging past me in the supermarket car park.
Skillz!
Saw him last week body dragging past me in the supermarket car park.
Skillz!
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Re: BodyDragging Upwind in Shallow Water, help please.
Pretty weird thread.
I body drag upwind frequently to reach water deep enough to start my hydrofoil on a 72cm mast.
Dragging with your kneecaps bumping the urchins, and whatever else (and believe me, there is often "something else"), beats the hell out of trying to stomp through.
Both in terms of speed AND physical damage.
Sure, it looks foolish, but once you hit water that's deep enough, you can easily ride so long that all the haters will have long since packed it up and gone home by the time you return.
Seriously. Learn to body drag efficiently.
One spot I frequent is best on an incoming wind and outgoing tide.
It's very shallow, but if you crash the kite and stand up, the current will quickly push the kite straight at you with practically zero chance to relaunch.
Stay floating, and the current pushes you out against the wind so quickly that it's like relaunching in winds a few knots higher than what the wind really is...
I body drag upwind frequently to reach water deep enough to start my hydrofoil on a 72cm mast.
Dragging with your kneecaps bumping the urchins, and whatever else (and believe me, there is often "something else"), beats the hell out of trying to stomp through.
Both in terms of speed AND physical damage.
Sure, it looks foolish, but once you hit water that's deep enough, you can easily ride so long that all the haters will have long since packed it up and gone home by the time you return.
Seriously. Learn to body drag efficiently.
One spot I frequent is best on an incoming wind and outgoing tide.
It's very shallow, but if you crash the kite and stand up, the current will quickly push the kite straight at you with practically zero chance to relaunch.
Stay floating, and the current pushes you out against the wind so quickly that it's like relaunching in winds a few knots higher than what the wind really is...
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Re: BodyDragging Upwind in Shallow Water, help please.
zombie thread from 2013. By now this guy is doing megaloop boardoffs.