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Summary: Learn about shortboard techniques, how you can use them to your advantage and how they differ from the techniques you'd use on a longboard in this free video series.
Pat Weber is the founder, owner, and head instructor of the San Diego Surfing Academy. Pat started surfing at the age of 6 and has 40 years of surfing experience. After traveling...read more
"Hi! This is Pat Weber with the San Diego Surfing Academy for expertvillage.com. In this clip we talk about shortboarding. Shortboarding is super fun. It allows you to do high performance maneuvers and get really creative with your surfing. Be advised that a shortboard isn't a first board. Shortboards allow you to do a tighter turning radius in a critical section of a wave. It's the choice of pro's as far as high performance, but be advised that the physicality, the strength, the paddle speed required to get a shortboard moving through the water and then put it through its paces is more challenging. It is something to look forward to: exciting to watch, exciting to do and hard to do. "
eHow Article: How to Surf on Shortboards