the surf simply surf camp has by far the best surfing tutorials on youtube but somehow this one isn't listed-going over my recent beach break frustration in paddling out resulting in me remembering that turtle rolls exist and i should have been doing them instead of accepting defeat as i would have been lounging around on the outside with fauna instead of on shore huffing and puffing. i had attempted some half ass versions of this technique before and as i see on this tutorial, completely doing them wrong anyway.
http://s51.podbean.com/pb/a89bb9e99d8919de0f803d6373d8e2cb/54f78801/data1/blogs18/273417/uploads/05PaddlingOutOnALongboard.mp4
good takeways-
-hang your body down from the board when underwater, don't hug it
-push the board against the surface when it's flipped over
-use the momentum of the board flipping back up to propel yourself back on and immediately start paddling again
mastering this technique may help make surfing at beach breaks like Linda Mar, which don't have an obvious path around the breaking inside waves, much more enjoyable and frequent for me.
the tip on scooting your arms forward when pressing up through waves also helped as i found my board was popping out in front of me as described
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