There was some talk about this a while back and the video was mentioned by a few people, but I dont remember a link ever being provided. Even though its freshwater its still pretty impressive. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9CWeIJDphc
agreed pretty impressive. if learned at pipe; think for a minute about his incentive to learn to duck dive as best as possible..... i mean; theres' really not a choice there...
Always love to watch Hurley's #tournotes videos. Always very interesting to see what the worlds best do in their free time and get some insight on their training techniques... Original Video: [video=youtube;ss58f0kAsdc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ss58f0kAsdc&list=PLx5ez18_HXNwW_A3X01N7wbXGk7SJ7AuV&index=1[/video]
Yes, nice video. I was in that other thread. I "think" it was Mark Healey or J.O.B. but it was a similar video that I watched 5-6 years ago. It was not in a pool, and they didn't use their knees. He would get a nice push under, aim about 45 degrees down and move the rails side to side, turning the board perpendicular to the ocean floor on one side, then reversing it. With each motion, it would take him down another 1-2 feet. In the video, he got about 15 down underwater and then came back up. I messed around with it one day out in deep water on the cliffs, but I really go no where. I am not good at holding my breath very long without danger present. I would get only a few feet deep and them come back up. I must not have been doing it right.
his standard shortboard dims are a chippy 5’11” x 18 1/4” x 2 3/16”. he weighs about 165 pounds, is probably in the single digits for bodyfat, and pound for pound he's probably as strong as a chimpanzee. he can also probably swim at the competitive level if we wanted to. all that being said, he sinks easily, his board sinks easily, he can propel underwater easily, and can duckdive like a mofo. science!
I don't go that far laterally underwater, but it's really good practice to flutter kick during your duckdives. You get a little deeper, but you come out further out the back, where there's less turbulance and air in the water.... which makes your first few strokes more efficient once you start paddling again.
Once the water gets down into the 40s I kinda quit duckdiving for the rest of the winter. I only go out on smaller days or spots with a protected channel (or wait for a lull)
