{"id":141726,"date":"2026-04-22T05:02:56","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T20:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=141726"},"modified":"2026-04-21T14:05:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T05:05:56","slug":"technique-vs-power-how-to-smash-the-lip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=141726","title":{"rendered":"Technique vs. Power: How to Smash the Lip"},"content":{"rendered":"

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1: \u00a0Keep low, arms up, and look in the direction you want to go. \"\"<\/p>\n

2: \u00a0As you approach the lip of the wave, still keep low, put your arms up, and lift high. \u00a0This is the important part because if your arms aren’t up like this, your surfboard won’t go up.\"\"<\/p>\n

3: \u00a0As your surfboard is hitting the lip of the wave, it’s time to transition back down. \u00a0Left hand points back to the beach, right hand goes horizontal with your surfboard.\"\"<\/p>\n

4: \u00a0At this point, you want to extend your back knee and push as hard as you can. \u00a0This is the only place on the wave where you push your back foot at 90% and your front foot only steers the board at 10%. \u00a0\"\"<\/p>\n

5: \u00a0Follow through and be confident. \u00a0This is where many give up and fall. \u00a0Keep on your feet, be confident, and you will be surprised how easy this turn is.\"\"<\/p>\n

6: \u00a0Complete a turn like this and you can raise your hands in glory. \u00a0Try it and I’m sure you will like it!<\/p>\n

Rocky riding a 6’4 x 20″ x 43L Trinx. \u00a0This board is not that easy to push like that. \u00a0It takes technique more than power. \u00a0Even some men can’t turn a big board like that. \u00a0It’s all technique.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1: \u00a0Keep low, arms up, and look in the direction you want to go. 2: \u00a0As you approach the lip of the wave, still keep low, put your arms up, and lift high. \u00a0This is the important part because if your arms aren’t up like this, your surfboard won’t go up. 3: \u00a0As your surfboard […]<\/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-141726","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\/141726","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=141726"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":142233,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141726\/revisions\/142233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=141726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=141726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=141726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}