Hey everybody and welcome back. I am Iain Campbell and today we are going to be
discussing How to Wax a Bodyboard.
Waxing a bodyboard might seem like an easy task. But this wax really holds
quite a lot of function to staying on the board and staying in the right
positions. Now when we look at waxing bodyboard and where we look at placing
the wax on the board, it is important to remember that in the basics of body
boarding you're going to be sliding up and down the board. Putting wax on the
area where your stomach is is not advised. The idea is that you're allowed
to slide up and down the board during different moves. If you need to slow down
you're gonna need to slide further back. To speed up you want to slide yourself
forward. This is better explained in the body boarding basics video that I
put out last year and you guys can go back and watch this video and see
exactly what I mean by sliding your body forward and bringing your body back.
When we look at waxing you're gonna want to put the wax on the areas where you
are generally holding onto the board. So that would be on your arm positionings
on the board and where your hand is on the rail. Avoiding putting it on your
stomach will stop that rashing sensation that you get often when you are just
wearing board shorts, as well as allow you to move up and down the board which
we just discussed. Now without wasting any more time, let's get into showing you
guys exactly how to wax a bodyboard. So on my board you can clearly see a
contour lines that run down the board. These are general guideline as to
where your elbow is gonna go or your hand at the back of the board. These have
been designed so that you know how far to put your hand back and you know where
to place your hand at the start of the board. Taking your block of wax you're
going to do two areas on either side of the board where your hands are going to
go. That's going to be here on the top and around on the side as well as on the
top of the board itself. You're going to follow that down all the way until where
your elbow would be in this area and wax that elbow.
This is going to allow your elbow and your hand to be placed on the same
side of the board and have contact with both your elbow and your hand.
This is going to help to stop you from sliding around and to allow
your body to stay on the board and keep your arms tight to the board itself. Next
you're going to want to look at the rail. The rails are really important
because that's where your hand is going to be placed. Remember you're going to be
gripping around the rail. You're going to want to have some sort of wax on that
rail coming up onto the board itself a little bit. This is now gonna happen on
both sides, on the rail itself as well as on the inside of that rail, so that both
gripping hands are very tight to the board. Again you want it you want to make
that action the whole way up the board. Onto the rail and onto the nose because
remember your hand is going to be gripped around the nose like that.
Often what you see in some riders is they will take the board, I do it
sometimes, and wax the actual inside of the nose. Because your hand is gonna
come over and be gripping on the bottom of the board, it's actually quite helpful
to put some wax on that edge. Just so that you've got a little bit more
contact and you are actually lying with your arm like that. I must
emphasize that this area here is where your body will be sitting. Putting
wax on that area is gonna limit the amount of slide you have up and down the
board. Especially when you start to execute moves this is going to be a very
tough area for you to move in if there is wax along this area.
Guys I hope this helped to better explain where to put wax in your bodyboard and why it is
so important to put it in certain areas. Everyone has their own personal
preference when it comes to waxing their bodyboard but this is mine. If you guys have
any questions or comments please leave it down in the comment section below and
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