{"id":111828,"date":"2020-06-09T05:48:07","date_gmt":"2020-06-08T20:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=111828"},"modified":"2020-06-09T05:48:07","modified_gmt":"2020-06-08T20:48:07","slug":"free-online-surfing-lessons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=111828","title":{"rendered":"Free Online Surfing Lessons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>due to the coronavirus, i&#8217;m still not allowed to give surf lessons. \u00a0so i&#8217;ll give a couple tips right here. \u00a0first, i want to talk about stance. \u00a0meaning where to plant your front and back foot. \u00a0then i&#8217;ll talk about how to wipe out. \u00a0yes, this could cost you a trip to the emergency room.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-111829\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/4r-663x372.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"372\" \/>FOOT PLACEMENT: \u00a0every surfboard has a &#8220;sweet spot.&#8221; \u00a0that means your board is designed specifically to perform better when you&#8217;re standing in the right place. \u00a0your front foot should be at a slight angle forward and right in the middle of the surfboard. \u00a0the sweet spot is usually right under your chest when you&#8217;re lying down on the board. \u00a0the back foot should be right on the tail. \u00a0usually that&#8217;s in-between the side fins and back fin on the bottom of the board. \u00a0so if you push, your board should trust into the fins and drive, therefore giving you speed. \u00a0if you still don&#8217;t understand, send me a photo of your stance on a wave and i&#8217;ll help you fix it. \u00a0and once you fix it, your board will work 100x better. \u00a0and then you will be 1000x happier&#8230;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-111830\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_9138-663x442.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"442\" \/>THE WIPEOUT: \u00a0knowing how to wipe out is very important. \u00a0if you&#8217;re going to fall, jump as far away as you can from your surfboard. \u00a0and if you can, kick your surfboard to the side. \u00a0most people get hurt by getting hit by their own board. \u00a0 understand that you leash is 6-8&#8242; long so if you feel tension when you fall, it usually means your board is far away from you. \u00a0if you don&#8217;t feel any tension on your leash, that means your board is right by you. \u00a0so when you come up, make sure you come up slowly. \u00a0i never come up unless i feel my leash pulling a little.<\/p>\n<p>next time i&#8217;ll teach you how to barrel ride. \u00a0stay tuned&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>due to the coronavirus, i&#8217;m still not allowed to give surf lessons. \u00a0so i&#8217;ll give a couple tips right here. \u00a0first, i want to talk about stance. \u00a0meaning where to plant your front and back foot. \u00a0then i&#8217;ll talk about how to wipe out. \u00a0yes, this could cost you a trip to the emergency room.FOOT [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-111828","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-kirbyblog"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=111828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111828\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=111828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=111828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=111828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}