Basic surf moves

If you want to learn how surfing, you should know the basic moves:

·         Take off: It is the major skill a surfer hones in his first years of riding, as it is the first surf move. Take of is the moment where the surfer stops rowing and stands in the surfboard.

·         Bottom turn: This move is the first turn after the take off.

·         Cut back: It is a 180° turn that has to be done once the surfer has moved along the wall of the wave escaping from the shoal in order to come back to the wave.

·         Reentry: This movement consists on climbing to the crest of the wave and making a sharp turn of 180 degrees, lowering it again.

·         Floater: It consists on navigate through a foam line of a breaking wave.

·         Tube: This is the most important surf move due to its difficulty and greatness. It consists on sliding inside the tube the waves makes when breaking.  

·         360°: It is a move that starts with a reentry and goes on with a 360° turn in the same direction.

·         Snap: It is something similar than a cut-back. However, it is done abruptly and the turn is smaller.