Hey guys and welcome back to another tutorial video. I'm Iain Campbell and today
I'm going to be talking about bodyboard basics.
Now bodyboarding basics come from four major things that I've thought up that
you guys should really know. The first is the bottom turn. Then it's the
positioning on your board. Your weight distribution and where your hands should
be. Now the weight distribution and your positioning on the board kind of go hand
in hand but are slightly different things. When it comes to handling I'm
just going to explain way my hands are and where I like to feel the best drive
throughout the wave. And lastly we're going to talk about one of the key
fundamentals in bodyboarding and that is the bottom turn. I specifically have
made this basic move one of the best things in my arsenal in order to attack
the lip, get big moves, gain a lot of speed and drive through the wave. And this
is kind of my set up point for all the moves that I do along the way. I'm really
keen to share these with you guys and I really hope you guys can gain some more
understanding of exactly what basics you will need in order to do those big air
moves or drive through those long barrels.
Let's get into it.
So first we're going to discuss the bottom turn. Now the bottom turn is
fundamentally the most important part of bodyboarding. It's where all your setup
manoeuvres will come from and really where you start to drive and find most
of your speed as you're getting onto the wave. What you're going to want to do is
make no sharp movements it's all going to be smooth drawn-out lines and in
order to do that you're gonna want to remember the hand positions. What
you're going to be wanting to do is to distribute your weight across the board
So if you're going to be going left you want to distribute that hip on to the
left hand rail and while you're doing that you're going to lean with your
whole body. Lifting the front nose up in order for it not to dive and lift that
rail with your right hand in order to pull yourself along the way in one
smooth movement. Shifting your weight forward to gain speed. Shifting went back
to slow yourself down. Or just neutral in order to just maintain that speed
along the line. This is really gonna get you set up to get some really big moves
in and keep that speed and drive along the wave. So when it comes to positioning
your hands on the board you're gonna want to put your front hand over the
front corner. I generally like to keep my pinky finger around that corner on
the edge there and then what you're gonna do is shift your weight back a bit
so that your hips are just about at the edge of the board and your other hand is
going to come around at the base here. In line with your hip or where
your hip would be line on that side of the board and that's generally where you
want to be driving all your weight on the board and where your hand positions
specifically are going to be in order to lift the nose up so that you don't nose dive.
As well as to pull the rail up to engage the inside rail as you bottom
turn. When it comes to positioning yourself on the board you're going to
want to keep this side of your arm. So the arm that
where the elbow is resting on the board at a ninety degree angle. So you can see
that my body is lying at that ninety degree angle. The back is arched and your
hand is gonna be on the rail. If you look at it from the other side it's going to
be that same ninety degree angle and around the back where your hip is.
That's gonna allow you to really pull the rail up and get that inside rail
engaged. While are you doing that you're gonna want to pull the nose up and
that's gonna help you from stopping the board from digging in the nose as well
as that rail and one movement in order to just get you kind of planing along
and get you going on the wave. Weight distribution will go hand in hand
with your positioning on the board. In order to slow yourself down you're going
to want to slide yourself back on the board and this kind of allows you to
drag your legs a lot more. My hips are all the way at the back of the board and
my legs are dragging completely in the water. This is going to slow me down. In
order to speed up all you're gonna do is put yourself forward on the board and
that's gonna push the weight further forward allowing you to drive down the wave
and really give another speed. That positioning and weight distribution is
really what's gonna get you moving on the bodyboard and it's vital to
learn these steps in order to get those big maneuvers that you've been practicing.
Hey guys thanks so much for watching. Please comment exactly what you
guys want to see in the next video as well as like this video. I really
appreciate all the support and we'll see you in the next video.