Surfing In Currituck County, The Pipeline Of The Outer Banks
If you’ve only surfed chest high waves, and then a massive double overhead swell comes in it might be best to find a spot that is smaller. It might be tempting to surf a big swell, but it’s not worth the risk until your skill level is up there. Alternatively my suggestion is to invest in a pair of fins and a bodyboard. It’s much easier getting into waves, and you don’t have to take ‘the drop’.
As mentioned above every day is different, you need to respect the ocean. It may be your first day off in a month, but if the current conditions are 14′ W swells @ 13 seconds, it may not be the right day. Unless you are surfing a protected cove that is blocking most of that swell and does not have rip currents. Waiting for a better day may be difficult, but you want to be safe. When the surf is big there is a lot more water moving around. Rip currents are generally stronger under these conditions. It is also difficult to surf in poor conditions because you will be wasting all your energy battling the current. Again check with your local surf shop, or check your local surf report. Some surf shop (like ours) have a surf report right on their websites.
Like with life, or even driving on the freeway, surfing has its dark side! Surfers that surf the same spots a lot start to feel like that spot is theirs. They like to take a sense of ownership of the spot. Some locals feel like they should get all, or most of the waves out there. New people who show up are considered intruders. Localism may show itself as; someone yelling at you, dropping in on you, flattening your tires, waxing your windshield, or even throwing your shoes and or back pack in the water, along with many other tactics. What can you do about it?
learn to surf They can protect your children from the sun. This is especially true for the full length varieties. The material used in those wetsuits can block the harmful UV rays from the sun. So even if your children spend the entire day/ afternoon swimming, you would not have to worry about them getting sun burnt. But of course the suit alone will not do it. If you want your children’s face to be protected as well, you can always get them a hat that matches with the suit.
You really get what you spend when it comes to a triathlon wetsuit. Aside from flexibility, the speed boost that it allows you is what you pay for high-end wetsuits. However, even $200 might not give you a significant boost in speed but it can be the difference between being first place and second place, along with a lot of training. This doesn’t mean though that you have to buy the most expensive wetsuit in the market. Sometimes, you’ll just have to see what works for you. Generally, you’ll have to spend at least $250 to get a quality triathlon wetsuit.
Learning to surf is no different than learning anything else in life. If you know and understand the fundamental basics first, there’s a logical progression that ultimately shortens the time it takes to learn that skill. Watching new surfers with super short boards, trying to paddle around and into the breaking waves take months to sometimes do what you can do in one day by following these simple steps.
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