Bad surfing habits...

Jumping off is not a bad habit in my book - you're just enhancing the end of your ride. If my line is about to close out, I will carve my board up the face and jump - I get some major air. At the end of the day, it's about having fun; but you're right, you probably want to be more careful in PR.

My habit is dragging my knee on smaller waves. The smaller the wave, the lazier I am. Can you say deck dings?

 

When I ride longboard, I shuffle step instead of cross stepping sometimes. Ain't pretty, but I don't surf it that much so I guess I can't be too bent out of shape since I don't practice much.

 

one of mine used to be just paddling out before timing between sets... makes for some rough starts to a session.

 

People say I have a "bad habit" of surfing to much. I'd be really sore from the day before (awesome rhyme) then keep going back day after day... Another one is when I'm desperate for a wave I'd be an idiot sometimes and try to ride a wave really close to the shore and end up almost riding into the sand.

 

lazy duck dives on smaller waves, sometimes even a smaller wave can clean you up if you don't get under it deep enough.

 

It's the Surfers Admit Your Bad Habits in Public Oprah Catharsis Show

 

I'm perfect, but sounds like you need to try surfing without a leash every once in a while. You'll learn very quickly

in all seriousness my issue definitely foot placement

 

barrell dodging is my bad habit. I've gotten pretty good at it...here are my top methods

- take too low a line and get axed on the head

- giving up on the wave as a close out (unmakable) barrell to quickly and either straighten off or kick out over the top. Then realize it actually might have been possible. I rarely just keep driving down the line until I get swallowed up.

- get in early, out in front and just can't pull the trigger to tail-stall even though know instantly I should have.

- refuse to take a drawn out bottom turn, even on a wave where I'm clearly driving for the shoulder too fast.

 

Dang mitchell its like you've know me my whole life...I got the same issue... I don't know... I never been a barrel hound...sniffing them out... Only 3 ways i get barreled
1. Frontside on late drops stall right into it
2. out a little bit in front & I do a layback backside
3. or when its impossible to not get barreled
urgh!!!! and small waves make my arms wavy like I'm rolling up a car window... I hate that.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rayblas/5256662677/in/photostream/lightbox/
doing both in the same photo....crap and I have kook boots on... i hate myself

 

this is mine as well. my favorite is getting in the perfect spot, then not crouching low enough, and getting punched in the face by the lip... :/

 

Surfing too many lefts since I am a goofy footer and then surfing a right and realizing how much better and sharper of turns i make on lefts

 

That's a sick photo

 

Not eating or drinking properly leading to CRAMPS!!!

 

i refuse to learn to surf because i already know how to bodyboard and i dont want to spend the rare 'good' days learning something else

 

My bad habit has been dropping EVERYTHING to go surf from one ft on up. Surfs Up!

 

Trying to bury the rail and kill it on too small/weak a wave. Sometimes you just have to do flat turns, no matter how badly you want to lay down a HACK. I've blown more waves on that first top turn more times than I care to count. Usually happens on one of the first waves of a session, when I'm overamped before I settle down. It especially sucks when it's the best wave of the session... you can't get it back... you blew it and fell off like a kook on the wave of the day.