Catching rail on every turn

For a frontside wave, if you are catching your inside or toeside rail, transfer more weight to your back foot. This can be done be simply pointing your lead arm up to the spot on the lip you would like to hit. By raising your lead arm you will naturally transfer weight to your back foot and pull the nose/rail out of the water. Good Luck.

 

can you take the fins off. first try going fin-less, then one, two, etc. the rail shouldn't dig but more of a slow slide.

 

You're 6-3 and your board is 6-3...Houston we have a problem.

 

why??????????

 

Most folks I see could use more volume to solve a lot of surfing issues. At 18" wide that's a waffer at his size even tough he says he's only 145 lb..IMO of coarse

 

agreed on the width issue for sure.

 

It's not necessarily the width at the wide point, but how far it carries that width towards the nose, tail, where the mid-point is, etc.

6'3" @ 145? Hello growth spurt!

Man, I think you're just trying to ride a HPSB in waves you should be riding something with more width and volume. It sounds like you're not getting enough planing speed to carry your momentum through the turn--it's more like you are bogging the rails instead of catching a rail.

For instance: I'm 6'3" @ 170.

My semi-gun is a 6'6" x 18.25 x 2.25 and has less volume than any of my other short boards. I can't ride the thing in anything less than head high and forget it if it's mushburgers no matter how big it is. The board is magic in the right waves, though.

My step-up is 6'3" x 19 x 2.33 but I can ride it in waist-high surf if I have to (which I have been forced to do the past week because I cracked the rail on my Coil daily driver), it can just be frustrating because the rails are so foiled and will give that sticky/boggy feeling. There isn't much room for error in smaller waves because of this, so I guess it's good practice.

My Daily Driver is a Coil Wider Widerboard: 5'10" x 19.75 x 2.37 (or something like that) and has the most volume. It carries the volume throughout the board and has softer rails than my other HPSB's, so it's way more forgiving--especially in the gutless stuff we get a majority of the year. This board maxes out when the waves get overhead unless it's glassy and throaty.


Moral to the story: The board you have is probably not good for you as a daily driver. Maybe try out some different fin combinations that might give you some more lift or size down to loosen it up. I think ultimately you need to be looking for something with more groveler characteristics.

What make and model is your board?

 

6'3" 145bs??? 6'3" 170lbs????
guys get yourselves some food lol.

 

It's the ****ty summertime mush.

 

Every fourteen year old should have no less than 10 surfboards, that's where you messed up

 

Agreed with Erock. Probably just the wrong board for the conditions.
But it doesn't sound too small for you. Not sure what kind of board it is, but if it's a "standard" shortboard 6'3 x18 1/2 x 2/12 does not sound small for 145 lbs.

 

Try putting a small fin in the back, maybe that will loosen up the bottom turn on small waves. It does sound like too narrow of a board except for barrels. Good luck.

 

or just stop bottom turning on small waves. def sound like you are bogging.

 

Its not the arrow, its the archer. See link for more informative info than I gave.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfaxJKSm01s

 

Oh... You had said 6'3 x18 1/2 x 2/12 originally. Still I think it will work fine for you in good waves. You may grow out of it quickly over the next year though.