The fact is, that at 110kg I put myself firmly in the heavy surfer category. And to be clear - I am referring to my weight. Not an inclination to ride big, thick lipped slabs. It is a fact that bigger people have much more difficulty riding smaller waves. I don’t have as much problem catching waves, but once I am up and riding I really struggle to generate and maintain speed. It gets even more frustrating when smaller surfers come flying past on toothpicks.
Are we over exposed to above the lip surfing? A lot of my social media feed is surf related. All I ever seem to see is clips of someone popping an ...
We recently had a solid pulse of waves in the UK. Proper ground swell with light off shore winds. Just at the upper limit for the beaches before ...
The fact is, that at 110kg I put myself firmly in the heavy surfer category. And to be clear - I am referring to my weight. Not an inclination to ride big, thick lipped slabs. It is a fact that bigger people have much more difficulty riding smaller waves. I don’t have as much problem catching waves, but once I am up and riding I really struggle to generate and maintain speed. It gets even more frustrating when smaller surfers come flying past on toothpicks.
