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(More customer reviews)I've been surfing now for only a couple of months. Although I'm able to stand up on the board on white water (the wash that is created after a wave has broken, good practice for beginners) and getting the hang of things, so many questions have been left partially unanswered. Everyone I've met has shared great tips but early on I knew that I needed a comprehensive resource for the fundamentals AND BEYOND. Been looking for a vid that works from the ground up and shows exactly what to do when. Something that goes beyond a one hour surf instruction session, a video that gives you all of the basics but then offers you more advanced techniques for later on.
110% Surfing has definitely satisfied my quest for a comprehensive surfing how-to resource. SO much great info right away and it gives me so much to look forward to down the road as I get better. This disc goes the extra mile and I'm so stoked to review it...
The narrator/surfers show you how to do pop ups (get up on the board) AND give you multiple variations, something like five different ways to get up on the board if you're having trouble another way. They also show you does and don'ts with actual footage of people doing the right and wrong ways. Trimming your board, turns, even identifying waves, different types of breaks, rip currents, you name it. You SEE what a rip current looks like, with actual surfers using it to get out to the lineup (spot where surfers wait for waves), etc. It's SO useful to see these things visually. People popping up too early, too late, right on time, giving you the feel for what is appropriate in a way that only a visual experience can. That's what really does it for me, not only describing a proper or improper technique, but demonstrating each and their subsequent outcome. I spent way too many hours on my first couple of days out trying to figure out the cause for a symptom I was experiencing. Here you see the symptoms and the causes, pretty much teaching you how to spot what's right or wrong with a wave, a surfer (yourself or someone else) on sight. This video has immediately cleared up at least half a dozen flaws in my fundamentals, not to mention hipped me to some essential verbage for communicating a concept (pearling, on/offshore winds, swells, rights, lefts, duck diving, etc.). Can't hurt to use the right terms!
Once you're more than a beginner, the video takes you to some really cool pro tricks and does some really high quality slow motion breakdowns of them. Not sure if I'll get to that point anytime soon enough, but looks like a great segment if you're looking to learn roundhouse kickbacks, all of that jazz. They'll show a surfer doing a trick at what looks to be 1/50th speed or so, creeeeping along, using pro sport-style superimposed circles and lines and so on to highlight important aspects of the movement. Fun to watch, and really informative.
Great vid, definitely recommended from one 'seasoned beginner' to another!
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110% SURFING TECHNIQUES VOLUME 1 IS ALSO AVAILABLE AS AN NTSC (US) DVD ON AMAZON.110% SURFING TECHNIQUES VOLUME 1 - is a groundbreaking instructional DVD produced by professional surf coaches which acts as an effective tool to improve your surfing performance. Filmed in beautiful locations in the South West of England, Canary Islands and Hawaii, 110% Surfing Techniques includes basic surf information, instructional sections with frame by frame manoeuvre analysis for beginner and intermediate level, and also coaching of high performance manoeuvres - for advanced level surfers to work on. Includes a bonus section on Stand Up Paddle surfing. For more advanced surfing check out 110% Surfing Techniques Volume 2.
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