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| * Repeatedly missing waves and sliding down their backsides is called "[[:terminology#wallowing|wallowing]]". | * Repeatedly missing waves and sliding down their backsides is called "[[:terminology#wallowing|wallowing]]". | ||
| * You are going to miss waves but if you miss one there is always going to be the next one. If your boat filled with water or you lost too much speed it may take a number of waves before you recover enough speed to get back in sync with the waves | * You are going to miss waves but if you miss one there is always going to be the next one. If your boat filled with water or you lost too much speed it may take a number of waves before you recover enough speed to get back in sync with the waves | ||
| + | * [[https://tcsurfski.com/2018/08/10/chasing-the-right-waves-for-you/|Chasing the Right Waves For You]] TCSurfski | ||
| * **Bracing While Surfing** | * **Bracing While Surfing** | ||
| * Boyan Z., in Tarifa, teaches students while surfing to **brace on the side you are angling toward**. Regardless of any steering effect, when you are on the front of a wave the side you are angling toward allows a brace on your wave somewhat higher than your boat level requiring little or no lean. Most of the time what you want is very light contact with complete relaxation and little application of force so that you do not lose any speed but you still can instantly respond to any upsetting force if needed. | * Boyan Z., in Tarifa, teaches students while surfing to **brace on the side you are angling toward**. Regardless of any steering effect, when you are on the front of a wave the side you are angling toward allows a brace on your wave somewhat higher than your boat level requiring little or no lean. Most of the time what you want is very light contact with complete relaxation and little application of force so that you do not lose any speed but you still can instantly respond to any upsetting force if needed. | ||
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| - | Downwinding in a double is **one way to get experience on bigger runs** if you can **team with a more experienced paddler**. It is not uncommon for surfski instructors to introduce inexperienced paddlers to their first significant downwinding in a double surfski. Learning about bigger water in this manner is **has some challenges**, though. In sitting in the back of a surfski with the more experienced paddler steering in the front, one may get enough water in their seat to **feel like they will imminently float off and out of the surfski**. The backseat paddler often gets a fairly steady shower of water in their face from the front seat paddle strokes. And even though the more experienced paddler may have the situation well in hand, **it can feel to the less experienced paddler like their surfski is sometimes perilously off balance** (though strong paddlers typically make double skis much more stable than the inexperienced paddlers can make them on their own). (//On the other hand, if your experience of your first big downwinder seems completely trouble free because you have an expert paddler in your double with you, don't be fooled into thinking it should immediately be as simple and problem free for you in a single surfski.//). **B****ottom line - with a competent, experienced paddler in charge, a less experienced paddler can experience what an absolute blast downwinding can be in conditions that they are not yet capable of paddling solo**. | + | Downwinding in a double is **one way to get experience on bigger runs** if you can **team with a more experienced paddler**. It is not uncommon for surfski instructors to introduce inexperienced paddlers to their first significant downwinding in a double surfski. Learning about bigger water in this manner can **have some challenges**, though. In sitting in the back of a surfski with the more experienced paddler steering in the front, one may get enough water in their seat to **feel like they will imminently float off and out of the surfski**. (Some doubles allow steering from either seat) The backseat paddler often gets a fairly steady shower of water in their face from the front seat paddle strokes. And even though the more experienced paddler may have the situation well in hand, **it can feel to the less experienced paddler like their surfski is sometimes perilously off balance** (though strong paddlers typically make double skis much more stable than inexperienced paddlers can make them on their own). //On the other hand, if your experience of your first big downwinder seems completely trouble free because you have an expert paddler in your double with you, don't be fooled into thinking it should immediately be as simple and problem free for you in a single surfski//. **B****ottom line - with a competent, experienced paddler in charge, a less experienced paddler can experience what an absolute blast downwinding can be in conditions that they are not yet capable of paddling solo**. |
| + | * [[:surfski_tables#double_surfskis|Double Surfski Table]] (measurements & reviews) | ||
| * **Advice** | * **Advice** | ||
| * [[https://tcsurfski.com/2018/09/14/the-best-things-in-life-are-those-we-can-share/|TCSurfski Tandem Paddling Experiences & Advice 9/2018]] | * [[https://tcsurfski.com/2018/09/14/the-best-things-in-life-are-those-we-can-share/|TCSurfski Tandem Paddling Experiences & Advice 9/2018]] | ||
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| * [[https://youtu.be/_0k0dAp0IF0|Downwind Lessons]] | * [[https://youtu.be/_0k0dAp0IF0|Downwind Lessons]] | ||
| * [[https://vimeo.com/84756305|Choosing Where to Go and Being Patient]] With Boyan Z. in Tarifa | * [[https://vimeo.com/84756305|Choosing Where to Go and Being Patient]] With Boyan Z. in Tarifa | ||
| + | * **Pierre Vilella** | ||
| + | * As of 2026 Pierre is offering to analyze your downwind videos. Check the video of his first analysis ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIKwlrl1iXw|1st Analysis Video 2026]]) which tells you how to submit videos for analysis. | ||
| * **The Paddle Channel** | * **The Paddle Channel** | ||
| * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3qydK-OxsM|Reducing Swamping During Downwinding]] | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3qydK-OxsM|Reducing Swamping During Downwinding]] | ||
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