However, it might not seem that way when you first try it. ![]() Ok, I have to admit it looks easy and it is easy once you get used to it. In case you were wondering: Duck-dive because it looks a bit like a duck with one leg up in the air ). The duck-dive is the easiest way and fastest way to get out the back. That’s when I’m glad that I’ve learnt how to do it. Even though I can duck dive my short board, there is no way in hell I can sink my long board. I now swap between short board and long board depending on the conditions. I’ve started on the eskimo roll, and even though I quickly moved on to duck-diving, I’m still glad I’ve learnt how to eskimo roll properly. Even if you are thinking, you skip learning how to do the eskimo roll and you move on to duck dive straight away, I would recommend learning how to do it anyway. I know it’s not the best explanation but check out this video for a demo.īelieve me it’s easy and it’s a good skill to have. Once the wave has passed over you and the board, you turn back around again and keep on paddling. And just before the whitewash is about to hit you grab the rail and turn the board upside down and you turn with the board. All you do is paddle, paddle, paddle to gain some speed. You use the Eskimo roll mostly on bigger boards…longer boards or just really, really fat boards with lots of volume that are hard to sink. One is the Eskimo roll (also known as turtle rolls) the other one called the Duck-dive. There are two techniques surfers use to get past the whitewash ‘out the back’ as we say. It’s not called ‘throw-your-board-away-when-a-big-wave-approaches’. Or, even today, I sometimes wonder how the guy next to me got the bloody 9ft mal out in 6ft waves? Not only did I watch their surfing but how elegantly and seemingly effortlessly they pushed the boards under and dove through the waves. I remember watching surfers on the big days from the hill in Bondi. You’ve caught enough waves in the whitewash? You are bored with the small stuff? You feel ready for bigger waves? There is only one tiny thing that keeps you from charging amongst the big guns: How the bloody hell do you get out there? How do you get past the whitewash …yeye, the withewash….your friend when you are learning…all of a sudden turns into the worst enemy when you try to get out the back. Producer: John Kessler Executive Producer: Chris Peterson © 2014 Tune In to Nature.Posted by venusgoesgidget ⋅ Febru⋅ Leave a comment #īird sounds provided by The Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. It'll be the most colorful and sound-filled email you'll receive every week. Take the plunge yourself and sign up to receive the Weekly Preview of BirdNote shows. When you stop by a lake or saltwater beach this fall, keep an eye out for “dabblers” and “divers.” And take your time, because the divers may pop into view only when they need to catch a breath of air. “Divers” with narrow, pointed bills snatch fish, while those with flatter bills, like Common Goldeneyes search along the bottom for invertebrates such as small clams. ![]() ![]() “Diving ducks,” including scaup and mergansers, forage while swimming under water, using their feet or wings for propulsion. They strain bits of vegetation and small invertebrates with their flattened bills. “Dabbling ducks,” like the wigeons we’re hearing, feed by dipping their bills in water just below the surface, or dunking head first, so all you see are their tails pointing skyward. Take a close look at autumn’s ducks as they forage on the water. Goldeneyes, scaup, wigeons and other species join familiar year-round ducks such as Mallards. In most parts of North America, fall migration brings the greatest diversity of ducks we’ll see all year. This is BirdNote! Autumn brings millions of ducks flying south after nesting in the north. Adapted by Bob Sundstrom from a script by Frances Wood
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