How's it going everyone and welcome back to my YouTube channel.
I am Iain Campbell and today I'm going to be explaining to you guys
exactly what you need to know about barrel riding!
So barrel riding is a bunch of different things that needs to happen.
You need to get those waves that are really hollow and clear
and you need to get those ones that are gonna let you drive through the barrel
while riding the shockwave and kind of getting all of that mixed together into one package
to make that perfect ride.
Today I am going to take you through four steps
that i have found are probably the best ways to know
how to ride a barrel and how to ride it correctly,
getting that really good feel on the board and knowing what to do in different motions of the wave.
The four steps are:
How a wave breaks What to look for
What to feel Positioning on your board
These four points get really into detail as we go through the video.
I'm going to show you four different views,
And just show you the different positioning you to be on your board,
In order to make those perfect rides feel really good.
Let's get into it...
When we look at this wave here,
we are going to watch how the wave breaks and understand how it is moving.
When the lip starts to fall like this,
it generates some pressure
and as it lands, it shoots up forming a "V" in the lip.
Now what we want to be looking for
is the foam ball which is shown here by the arrow.
And that pushes through all the way until the end of the wave or when it closes out.
This is where you really want to be inside the barrel.
Next we are going to see exactly what to look for on the wave.
First of all in this clip, you can clearly see me look back
to see that I am on the peak.
Once I know I am on the peak, I am going to paddle slowly onto this,
And using my legs,
drag them behind me and slow myself down to get into the barrel.
Once inside, you can lift your legs up,
noticing that the barrel is completely surrounding me.
I am actually on the foam ball here.
That's when you will get pushed out with the foam ball,
and ride out of the barrel.
Next we are going to look at feeling on the board.
When you feel the wave starting to pick you up,
you can either decide to slow down or speed up.
On this wave specifically I sped up to try and make it through this peak.
And as so doing, I found myself getting lots of speed coming out of the wave
And this is really where you can go into those big air manuvores after the barrel.
In the next clip, I slow down completely, dragging my legs behind me.
That is where all the spray comes from.
But once that happens, you need to pull yourself forward on the board.
That will then help you to drive forward,
stay on that foam ball until you come out the barrel.
Again with a lot of speed to hit the end section.
On this last wave you can see exactly how I use all the techniques together.
Taking off on the peak of the wave.
Slowing myself down by dragging my legs and getting into it quickly.
And then pulling myself forward to get inside the barrel.
Sitting on to the foam ball.
Helping you to drive forward and stay on that foam ball until you come out of the barrel.
Again with a lot of speed to hit the section of the wave.
On this last wave you can see how I use all the techniques together.
Taking off on the peak.
Slowing myself down by dragging my legs and getting into it quickly.
And then pulling myself forward inside of the barrel.
And sitting on to the foam ball.
Then getting pushed out afterwards with all that speed.
Coming out with a lot of speed to go into the last air maneuver,
Which is a nice roll straight through the lip.
And that finishes off, How To Ride The Barrel.