http://howtostanduppaddlesurf.com The Best of the Best How-to-SUP Stuff from Around the Globe -- Just Add Water & Go! Sat, 10 Oct 2009 06:33:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Couple of tips. On smaller, peaky waves try, both on your forehand and backhand, paddling into the break, then rotate into a quick top turn from the back of the board. As the board comes around start walking immediately (no matter how poor your cross stepping is, you will find ... http://howtostanduppaddlesurf.com/noseriding-tips/more-cross-stepping/  Just another one. Not from me.  See link. ever see ice skaters at a stand still in the middle of the rink . their feet are at 90 degrees . that so each foot can counter the slide . for nose riding you have to be able to push-pull ... http://howtostanduppaddlesurf.com/noseriding-tips/more-cross-stepping-goodness/ I found this on trails.com.  Pretty good! Learning to cross step on a long board can be very tricky and takes a lot of practice until you figure out how your body needs to be positioned. The cross step is an elegant movement that keeps the board trim and ... http://howtostanduppaddlesurf.com/noseriding-tips/another-cross-stepping-tutorial/ First, sorry I haven’t been updating very much; I’ve been doing a lot of surfing this summer and, well, I just slowed down.  Second: I just found this cool new blog, from a fellow named John Ham, dedicated to SUP fitness training.  The site is www.suptrainer.com.  Go check it out.  ... http://howtostanduppaddlesurf.com/basics/great-new-sup-fitness-blog/  Here’s another snippet from Blane’s terrific back-foot-placement post on the Zone.  This is great stuff! Check out Tom Carroll here driving down the line...  Heels on the rail.    This is where you want your feet for driving your board across any backside section that has any kind of steepness ... http://howtostanduppaddlesurf.com/intermediate/get-that-foot-back-on-the-rail/ … is different than on a surfboard.  You’ve really got to get your book foot out on the rail, especially if you want to carve.  There’s a series of posts about this right now over on the Zone.  Today, Blane Chambers chimed in with a monster post about how he ... http://howtostanduppaddlesurf.com/intermediate/foot-placement-on-a-sup/ Let's say you're SUP surfing shorebreak and, while paddling out, you've got a giant foam ball headed your way.  What do you do?  At the Seabreeze forum, here's what Gorgo had to say: - Look for somewhere to launch where you don't need to bash through the shore ... http://howtostanduppaddlesurf.com/classicposts/how-to-deal-with-the-foamball/ Here's some great SUP-buying advice from OG SUP over on Seabreeze.  It's not board- or brand-specific, but it will help you greatly in general terms.  Have a read! Will this Board Suit Me? This is a very interesting question that I get asked all the time so I just ... http://howtostanduppaddlesurf.com/basics/whats-the-right-sup-for-me/ Okay, this post comes from *Byron* (got it right, *Byron*?) via the Zone and concerns how to find the best take-off spot at any given break.  It's pretty cool, so give it a read! Here is what I was taught from my father and teach my son. The first ... http://howtostanduppaddlesurf.com/basics/finding-the-best-take-off-spot/ There's an interesting discussion about dihedral, pro, con and neutral, in your SUP paddle over on the zone.  Interesting reading.  Here's the question that started the ball rolling: i have a werner spanker and for something different thought i might try a smaller bladed paddle.  everyone loves the methane, ... http://howtostanduppaddlesurf.com/paddles-paddling/dihedral-in-your-sup-paddle/