Spring!

Spring Action
to gain speed or travel up the wave, a surfer needs to know how to pump the surf board.

imagine your body as a steel spring. you can make yourself small ( compressed ) or make yourself tall ( extended ).

This is his top turn. Notice his leg is almost fully extended ?



at the very end of the turn , he pulls his legs back in


now his body is fully compressed ( or coiled up ) eyes are looking up


and just like the first photo, he his legs explodes outwards like a spring extending


looking down the line, he compresses his body to get down the wave. The nose is pointing downwards

right after the bottom turn , he extends his legs fully. The nose is now going upwards


compressed with knees bent


still compressed. There was no "spring" action


back knee is bent but front leg is stiff which causes the nose to rise which maybe on purpose, but the back is leaning forward restricting the action


again body compressed.


and again still compressed


here she extends her legs off the bottom turn


at the top she compresses her legs/knees to tighten up the turn. And now she is ready to extend off the next bottom turn

Do not make the mistake of bringing your head/torso to the board. Compress and extend the legs NOT the upper body. Make the board go up and down, not your body

Please check http://starb.on.coocan.jp/ for more surfers with "spring" action