why CAN'T i Paddle Out (EXPLAINED) | STOP KOOKING! S1・E1

I was asked how to paddle out with a softie on a bigger day so I figure I make a vid showing you what happens when I try to paddle out on a softie during typhoon swell.
Please feel free to use the comment section to discuss any of your thoughts. Either something that's helpful or something you strongly disagree with. I'm fully aware of the fact that I have a lot to learn so I appreciate any kind of advice!
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[@TromboneAl]

It's good to see the whole paddle-out sequence from start to finish. Here's a tip from a sixty-seven-year-old surfer: Save your energy by walking out as far as you can. Maybe even until it's chest high. Then, be real patient for a great lull and hightail it out.

[@AshLey-mq4xu]

lol thats my method

[@stevepope5484]

67 Man Your Old! 3/24/57 here.

[@tikkivolta2854]

by the sheer looks of it you are "swinging" a lot, meaning: try to paddle as if someone stuck a metal tube up your butt. also: keep your emotions in check: cut down on the "oh no's" and the "whoo-hoo's". it's all energy leaving the body and it makes you focus on the wrong things. try to remember the ideal position on the board by sticking some wax where your nose should be. clench butt, chest up, legs together, straight feet, so the water can pass better. elbows up as if you wanna reach over a barrel and close your fingers to create a shovel with your hands. look forward. moving your head means moving the board, means creating drag. and make use of your ribs, they're basically the "hand" grabbing the board. it's all those things. check kelly slater vids and try to recreate his paddling style. it also helps tons to practice on a lake where you can focus on all that without the waves. for the turtle roll: when you spin the board back around grip it tightly and use the volume of the board to pull you back up. done right you'll be back on in sub 2secs. practice in shallow water. everyone wants to sit comfy in the lineup but surfing is 95% paddling. it's a science in its own. learn to love it. look for darker water. learn to read channels. spend time on the beach just reading the waves. wait for the set to pass and walk in as far as possible. done right you won't even get your hair wet ;) and you look cool doing it.

[@stormdicks4117]

Take it easy on yourself. Instead of speaking negatively about your skills, be progressive in your wording. Every word is energy. Make sure it's positive dude! ✌️ Sick video

[@waves7250]

This video hits the nail pretty much on the head, although when you make it out the back it’s usually a good idea to have a minute to catch your breath and get some stamina back into your upper body before you try to catch anything. Otherwise your more likely to struggle getting the wave and if you manage too, you will have a tough time getting back out after that first one because you have spent most of your energy. Yours truely, Aussie Grom

[@annabelleclark7248]

Hey dude, you’re a beginner! Don’t be so hard on yourself when you mess up, we all have before. We’ve all been kooks before. It’s not like you don’t know you’re making mistakes or you’re doing them on purpose or something like that. Just find ways not to be in peoples ways and apologize when you are- don’t sweat it so much!!

[@airliebean6855]

Some advice from someone who races surf rescue paddle boards. Heavy white water if you paddle over and don’t need to Eskimo roll, slide right back sit up and lift the nose. Even in huge surf you can do this method to push the nose of the board through the face of wave. Sitting up and kind of hugging your board. If you do have to Eskimo roll because it’s to big learn to hold onto board and extend your body straight to act as an anchor. Then roll onto board and paddle asap. You can practice or people can practice in flat water. This advice is for longboards or paddle boards. Good luck. ✌️

[@Nandox7]

How exactly you do that? You sit on the back of the board and lift the nose or you sit at the front?

[@jeffe.3453]

@@Nandox7 I've do this method often. Yeah I sit back on the board to lift it up and as the white water comes through and I feel the nose lifting up, to prevent it from tipping over I time it and grab the rails and lean in won my stomach and chest back towards the center of the board as the white water rolls under me. This puts you back into your paddling position on the board and can easily start paddling already. You'll have to judge how far back you need to sit and how high the white water is for you to do it, but there will be a point when the only choice you'll have is to turtle roll or ditch (if no one is around).

[@Nandox7]

@@jeffe.3453 Perfect got the idea. I'll try this next time. Thank you

[@mountainssea9642]

You also blatantly dropped in on someone too that there’s no way you didn’t see. You can be a kook all day, but that is easiest rule of etiquette dude. But love your attitude overall and keep on mate.

[@JuliusSDeLaCruz]

Great video bro! and love the explanations. I only started surfing, and this sums up the paddle out experience. keep filming these are great.

[@elibusz]

Great video. I've started surfing a few months ago and this pretty much sums up my experience (and frustration) with paddling

[@juanpaguerrero613]

tip for the paddle out : time the sets ,just Stand at belly high water (on the shore) and jump over the last 2 set waves then start paddling ,odds are you make it out before the next set ✌️hope it helps ,used to struggle with that 🥴

[@stevepope5484]

Makes me realize the sense of water skiing. Surfing has allways interested me. A friend used to count the sec.of a guy's run. I never forgot that? Yeah its not long. Surfing was what islanders did before the industrial age. I even have a lake near me with the cable thing! Crap I could tie to my foot and be dragged all over every jump! Probably 3 mins continuous! Ha! And no competition!!! Or a cheap boat.

[@DOMSQUADNATION]

I went surfing the first time today in Oceanside CA, and man those waves were heavy and I was not making it out, so here I am😅

[@muth7813]

It's great that you filmed the whole sequence from your point of view on the board. It really gives someone the experience of what they will be facing. I agree with @Ticki Volta , you're board is swinging side to side as you paddle. Check that your positioning is straight on the board and hone your paddling skills. From what I could see it looked like you could improve your paddle stroke. Watch videos on the subject and observe professional swimmers.

[@jeremy83050601]

Darren加油，沒辦法幫到你什麼只能給你打打氣，希望你平安。 just take your time

[@hugs_nicolle7263]

I like your English videos! I’m a long and medium board surfer. I wish I could understand your other videos 🤙 stay Kooky(but not cancerous 😂😂) I’m going to start saying “ sorry I’m such a cancer😂”! So funny. Going out to surf in the rain in California Have a good surf weekend!

[@nco71]

Awesome video about Wushi arbor. I think the best tip is to watch other experimented surfer and what is their strategy to get to past the wave break. Looking forward to meet you in the water someday.

[@mugshotd]

Awesome man. I was just at La Jolla Shires San Diego and after about 29yrs since my last surf, I really kooked it bad. Pissed off some locs and got in the way. Anyway. I will be backm8n the swing soon bro, and you’ll be ripping in no time. Laterz

[@alancodling7266]

It’s good to know that I am not the only one struggling to get out the back 😭

[@jeffe.3453]

My struggle right now is my fitness, after taking years off the board and going back into it I often get tired before making it to the line up.

[@wcc1212]

i hear that.

[@lisaandree2645]

Love your enthusiasm & honesty-thanks for making this!

[@drinkpls88]

I wouldn't stand behind your board when waves are coming or else you can get injured. I always try to control the nose by either dipping it under or throwing it over

[@kamenyaiba6250]

this was actually useful, tysm. i have trouble finding balance on the board so when i do pushup on a whitewater wave i usually have a hard time staying on the board after, i usually fall x_x

[@linguisticswithjill]

LOL I am LATE to the party, sorry. But just wondering, I am a brand new surfer too, I've always been told you should not have the board in front of you when you're walking out. Have you been smashed in the face?? I appreciate this vid, showing the whole sequence is really useful.

[@user-yz7ux1qj1v]

the tip is never put your board between yourself and the waves. cos one day, the waves will make the board hit you. hehe

[@shaunhovel269]

Great vid man! Don’t sweat it when you make mistakes by getting in someone’s way/accidentally dropping in, I’ve come across some straight up dickheads in the water when I’ve made honest mistakes and in my opinion THEY are the cancer in the water not you. Keep rippin brah!

[@mikemccarthy5884]

Good job explaining paddling out. Next video “How Not to drop in on someone”

[@stevepope5484]

Great Video! Thanks

[@everyoneknowsque]

From South Africa 🇿🇦 and had a bad day today and made the mistakes you explained ... great video bro

[@pweter351]

Good advice mostly should be right in those rocks I paddle out about two feet away from them. Have gotten out in head high surf without getting hair wet. 35 years experience. Learn to duck dive dolphin kick under water and be paddling as you surface.

[@cibulancemudd9548]

My dude,poor rules of the road. None the less keep it up and always paddle around bro ! Take it on the head before f'ing someone's wave !

[@pineappletop8751]

When you push-up to get through the breaking waves do you go on your knees or toes. As a newbie I struggle with this and usually fall off my board.

[@billiamjp]

You blissfully dropped in on someone buddy. “Sorry” is not an excuse. Be carful out there.

[@vinwu500]

Darren 請節哀 自己也要多保重 Su 我們懷念她😞 Rest in peace Respect!

[@likeriver]

Looks like wai'ao beach. Ironically the only place outside the US I've ever surfed. Really cool. Taiwan is a beautiful country.

[@OracleMania]

DO NOT BAIL!!!

[@lexdang4245]

I love your narration, its fucking hilarious bro! Ni hao from SF

[@realdarrenhuang]

Come surf in Taiwan 🤙🏾🤙🏾🤙🏾

[@heaveninyoureyesx]

@@realdarrenhuang what spot do you surf?

[@realdarrenhuang]

Mostly Yilan

[@marleyskinner8463]

haha darren goes 'stop being a cook' instead of kook

[@finleystubbs3780]

Had to deal with a sand bank and a rip current pushing me toward the beach , roughest day

[@zakaria600]

LMFAO 🤣 great video dude 🤣🤙

[@Smitty_91]

So bloody helpful 🤙🏽

[@lastofHipHop]

That moment at 6:00 when somebody is deeper on the shoulder. Shit. I felt that in my tummy 🤟🤌.

[@chrisbauman2562]

Thank you so much for this video

[@RomyIlano]

this is so rad!!!!

[@aimiliina]

hi man how long is your surfboard?

[@Aromatic-ring]

It’s a wave storm so probably 8 feet

[@Experiment626XxX]

I’m having trouble doing it in 10 foot waves

[@OracleMania]

Where at?

[@surfininmy40s]

Nice video 🤙🏾

[@stevenhu1423]

想說我是不是看過，結果我真的看過了XDDD，原來是國際版阿!

[@user-rh3xf8fm4m]

Darren可以试一试把视频上传到一些大陆的apps上，目前没发现有人做汉语的讲解，而且冲浪在大陆也是近一两年突然开始火起来

[@SoloC852]

Sw Yin 因為Olympic

[@white3504]

加油💪 慢慢的生活會步上軌道的！

[@masterofnone1481]

Earned a sub 👏👏👏👏

[@deveshkhanal7971]

One thing: Maybe don't call yourself "a cancer". Cancer is real, it's ugly, a lot of people have lost a loved one from cancer. You're not "a cancer", you're a human being trying your best.

[@bananarepublic1339]

where do you surf? Taiwan?

[@mountainssea9642]

Is that a foamie lol

[@gnarlyishellagnarly]

I have nothing against you but I've been hit by one of those Costco boards from China. It gnarled my board's nose too. I was livid. I caught the guy trying to paddle back out and I called him out to the beach and he was willing to pay for the damage. He apologized and explained that he was starting out. I'm chill most of the time and being from the coast, I understand that everyone is trying to have fun at the beach and in the water.

[@realdarrenhuang]

No doubt about it he should pay for the repair at least. Just because someone just gets his license, doesn’t mean that he can hit and run.

[@OracleMania]

Don’t use those boards those types can make your surfing worse you can go to a local surf shop and buy a good foam board for 300 it can make your surfing way better and will last longer and don’t put a tail pad on a foam board it makes you look like a kook

[@musicfrendlii96]

Taiwan is not China 🙄

[@dmahanta]

how are you holding your gopro?

[@kylel3476]

NOTE: the surfers must go around you

[@pweter351]

No you paddle towards soup always give way to those up on a wave.

[@rogan6947]

Ni shi Taiwan Guo ren ma? ni shi zai kaohsiung ma? Wo xiang zhu Taiwan.

[@WWEfantasy1]

I just can’t paddle out ): I get too scared. I know how to swim but I just get scared

[@someroob7915]

Just remember; broken bones heal, and chicks dig scars 😉

[@qwertzxc1478963]

is that 宜蘭？

[@user-gd4fe9ou5r]

兄弟加油 願你能過的好

[@MrX76951415]

加油!願她好走!

[@user-qy7xy7gm2t]

新的影片呢呢呢呢呢！很忙齁

[@flywithdaniel908]

English!

[@lextacy2008]

Hoping for a rip current is the dumbest thing you can do

[@pweter351]

What?? I use them all the time stupid not to

[@lextacy2008]

@@pweter351 drowning must not be "stupid"

[@pweter351]

@@lextacy2008 you use them to get out the back it's a free ride every experience surfer uses them

[@realdarrenhuang]

Do you surf at all?

[@lextacy2008]

@@realdarrenhuang check me out at the cocoa beach pier

[@user-pt1el8wc4d]

You are so cute

[@pumpkinflipper5751]

Don’t be Blasohemous Against Our Lord God Jesus Christ ❤️🙏✝️

[@user-qo5rz4py2b]

節哀

[@brianfoley6680]

Learn to duck dive

[@plantifulalexandra]

A long board...

[@user-qy7xy7gm2t]

好帥啊～～～

[@realdarrenhuang]

Hahaha. Why are you watching this vid lol?

[@ethenkanoa797]

ur a kook brah 😂😂

[@masterofnone1481]

Nothing wrong with it

[@ethanyfrach1966]

kook