Hi guys.
I’m having some questions about the Wide point and surfer’s stance… It’s really difficult to formulate those doubts, but I’m going to try either way… Hope anyone can understand it…
I apriciatte the attention!
The questions are:
- What is the principal to mantain your natural stance while going in a board much bigger than your normal ones? I mean, when the waves are knee high, I use a 5’2 fish, and my front foot stays at the wide point of the board…
But when the waves get bigger, I go up to a 6’2 performance board… My question is, how can I have the same stance on both boards?? When I go to the 6’2, my front foot stays behind the WP.
What should I do (without changing my stance)? Should I just work with the balance of the board, to geit it under my feet, or should I put the wide point backwards on the 6’2 ??
That’s why shapers change the WP of the board? So the surfer’s front foot ideally remain at the WP, no matter board size??
2. What happens if your front foot is below the WP, or above?
3. What determines why the shaper has to change the WP position? Is it the relation between surfer’s high/stance width and board size ?
I think all the questions leads to the same answer and explanation… The fact is: we can ride different board sizes without even changing the wide point? We can play with other elements, such as balance point, rocker, volume etc… The main goal is to have the balance at the right spot, but what are the influences that the wide point has, by itself?
Thanks everyone! Any help is welcome and apreciatted!
ps: sorry if I could not answer. My quik reply isn’t working…
Cheers and good waves!!