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Old 08-03-2013, 02:20 PM   #17
iethinker
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Originally Posted by FishNinjaY View Post
Did you say you came in parallel to the waves? Isn't that why you roll? I thought the hard part of landing is keeping perpendicular to the waves, but the waves are coming from behind you... which is why landing is trickier than launching? I've yet to surf launch, but this seems to be what I hear/read?
Here is a great post with video footage of how to keep parallel with the wave during re-entry and also how the nose-dive creates a roll.

http://www.bigwatersedge.com/bwevb/s...ad.php?t=19096
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