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174 TECHNIQUE Surfboard essentials: a thoughtful guide to the choice of the object of desire ferences. At first, you'll feel the board "dances" under your feet, but with some practice you will understand how to shift your weight more on the front leg and slowly everything becomes immediate and simple. On the other hand, for those who start from zero beginning with a directional board is much easier for many reasons. PREMISE: WAVE RIDING IS COMPLICATE The wave board is not a science. No matter how many attempts to "standardise" this subject, the variables are too many and the entire magazine would not be enough to give a full picture with all the nuances of the inner complexity of this subject. Inevitably, in brief, I will often use many simplifications to let the unfamiliars better understand.
D SIZES: Let's take a practical example: the RRD wave board model BARRACUDA LTD V2 has 5 sizes to choose from. Just a random pick, for instance: 5'8" x 18 1/2" x 2 1/4" which translated means "5.8 feet x 18 and a half inches x 2 inches and a quarter". Wave boards are measured in FEET (Ft) 1' foot = 30.48 cm, divided into 12 INCHES " (1" Inch = 2.54 cm), in its turn divided into 8 eighths (1 eighth = 0.32 cm). Therefore, the above-mentioned sizes translated into cm equal about 176 cm length x 47 width x 5.5 thickness. There are various lengths "types", but for kitesurfing shapers' attentions focused on a length range between 5'4" and 6'2" because the traction provided by the kite simplifies many of the pure wave riding critical aspects, including being able to start at the right time and keep the speed while surfing thanks to the traction of the kite. Therefore, bigger sizes (Malibù, Longboards, Gun...) are of no use in kitesurfing although with light wind or a non-pushing wave, a board with some extra litre surely helps. Having said that, sizes per se make no sense unless combined with the different parts of the board. All different parts together define the "SHAPE" of the board. HOW TO CHOOSE A BOARD
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