Most surfers battle with this...

[@BenConsidine]

Only realised I missed the 'G' in in navigating on the white board after posting 😂 how'd I miss that haha..

[@alisonfrancis-cracknell7490]

Great point of hunting for the wave and holding so that you end up in the most likely spot that the wave breaks. Love these sessions 🤙

[@BenConsidine]

Thanks Peter!! Always gotta be on the lookout haha, make sure Tom doesn’t take your waves 😂 haha

[@JasonForouhar]

Thanks again for all these tutorials Ben!

[@BenConsidine]

No worries at all Jason!! Hope you’re getting a bit out of them 🙂🙏🤙

[@retribution999]

All great advice, but number one is time in the water and persistence. Watch others and perfect your technique accordingly. Don't rush into short boards, stay long for longer and progress gradually.

[@slangbuster]

Good info.

[@BenConsidine]

Yeww cheers!!! Hope it’s helpful 🙏🤙

[@kwnortherner]

At my break people catch a wave then paddle back to the outside and will catch the next wave. So annoying.

[@BenConsidine]

Haha yep.... super annoying

[@embraced1693]

great breakdown

[@BenConsidine]

Thanks so much!! Hope it’s somewhat useful!! 🙏🤙

[@breezemalibu8028]

it's simple enough when you're all on longboards queuing up for a nice reefy, but when you've got everything from logs to toothpicks all going for the same beachbreaks and working different different depths depending on how early they can take off, it becomes mad max. i love to ride a fish but that usually means i want the same rolling waves as the longboarders, who can paddle into them a good 10-15 feet further out. even if you've been waiting out there an hour, the chances of a pack of loggers voluntarily letting a nice shape pass through them just for everyone else waiting on the inside are approximately 0. so if you're not bringing foam, if it's a good day at a known spot you usually have to leave your expectations for fairness at the door and grab whatever scraps you can.

[@JasonForouhar]

Yesss, thats typical at my home break , I'm often on a longboard or Glider even in big surf and sit outside a whole bunch of short boarders, ...I always let half a dozen nice ones roll through and watch to see who's taking them ....but after a bunch that nobody catches... I go! ....and I kinda feel like if you didn't bring foam because you cant turn a bigger board and your not catching waves....thats your choice... This rule goes triple in Bali....so many beginners that can't catch waves on short boards out there....I hate to be a wave hog but man if I let a bunch roll through and you aint surfing forget it.

[@BenConsidine]

That's true, in an ideal world the longboarders would notice who is holding priority as they're paddling out after a wave and still sit behind until its their time.. But like you said probably not always gonna happen..

[@Fitandover40]

I have been travelling the world surfing at a beginner/intermediate level and the idea of a line up is more hurtful than anything because the line up do not exist in my experience. No where in the world I have found anybody that respects priority or a line up. (Specially when there are Europeans, they couldn’t care less about line ups and dropping in). It is always a battle and a jungle where a few take all the waves and nobody cares about the rest haha like everything else on this planet, no knowledge of respect!😂😂 now I don’t even care nor expect to be a line up and it makes it easier and no frustrations.

[@rctrix9063]

So if you would rather catch a wave from a little wider, all those that paddle inside you have priority? Narrr, you see if none of them are making it to the shoulder nobody gets a ride. That's stupid and further more just because you have more speed doesn't give you any more rights than anyone else. Some people think that the next wave is always theirs and some people think they can hate you of the break (especially those 20+ wannabe JJFs). Nar to that too.