{"id":13377,"date":"2025-02-20T13:02:26","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T12:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lagasurfcamp.com\/what-is-a-surfboard-like\/"},"modified":"2025-02-20T13:02:26","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T12:02:26","slug":"what-is-a-surfboard-like","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lagasurfcamp.com\/en\/what-is-a-surfboard-like\/","title":{"rendered":"WHAT IS A SURFBOARD LIKE?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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What to consider when choosing a surfboard?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Surfboards or surf boards<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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If we talk about SURF BOARDS, it is true that at the beginning, during the beginner surf courses<\/a>, we will use large, soft and voluminous boards; <\/strong>and that later, as our surfing level improves, we will move on to evolutionary boards <\/strong>or perhaps a longboard <\/strong>or a mini malibu<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

But whatever type of board you use, the anatomy of a SURF board <\/strong>is practically the same (except for the size, presence or absence of a soul, number of fins and rocker angle).<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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What parts does a SURF board have?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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OUTLINE<\/h4>\n

This is the general shape of the board. In English, OUTLINE<\/strong> means: contour<\/strong>, outline, profile or general idea.<\/p>\n

NOSE<\/h4>\n

The NOSE<\/strong> is the front part of the board and is a rounded area on a learning board.<\/p>\n

The more pointed the tip, the faster the board will be. So to learn safely and confidently, the best thing is a beginner board with a rounded nose.<\/p>\n

TAIL<\/h4>\n

The TAIL<\/strong> is the back part of your surfboard. By \u201cback\u201d we mean the end of the board opposite the NOSE.<\/p>\n

It can be rounded, it can end in a fish shape or even in a diamond shape or more pointed. <\/p>\n

DECK or CENTER<\/h4>\n

The DECK <\/strong>is the top part of a SURFBOARD<\/strong>. It will be the area where you lie down to paddle and where you stand up.<\/p>\n

In some areas of the DECK <\/strong>you will have to use WAX or paraffin <\/strong>to avoid slipping, it will be where you rest your hands to propel yourself.<\/p>\n

In addition, you should also put wax<\/strong> where you are going to place your front foot and back foot (or in any other point where you are going to want to move if you walk on the board like on a longboard).<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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BOTTOM<\/h4>\n

The bottom surface of the board is the BOTTOM<\/strong>. With a slight concave shape if it is a beginner board and a more pronounced shape if it is a more professional board.<\/p>\n

EDGES<\/h4>\n

The EDGES <\/strong>are the edge of the board. In softboards they tend to be wide edges that increase the volume. This will give greater stability to your SURF board so that you can learn to surf in a simpler way. There will be time to change the board and use one with thinner edges and less volume.<\/p>\n

A common beginner mistake is to lean on the edges to perform the TAKE OFF. We must lean on the DECK (never on the edges) at the height below the chest or ribs.<\/p>\n

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ROCKER<\/h4>\n

We call rocker<\/strong> the curvature or angle that the board has in the relationship between the NOSE and the BOTTOM. The rocker of your first SURF board will be slightly pronounced. This is to give stability<\/strong> to your board<\/p>\n

when LEARNING<\/strong> TO SURF<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

FINS<\/h4>\n

In nautical sports, the KEEL is to a boat what the spine is to the skeleton. In SURF<\/strong> the keel (which in English is called FIN<\/strong>) will allow you to grab onto the wave and direct your board where you want to slide with it. Both the shape and the hydromechanics are reminiscent of a dolphin’s fin. In fact FIN <\/strong>means FIN <\/strong>in English.<\/p>\n

What function do fins <\/strong>have in marine animals?<\/p>\n

Above all, they help them to balance and to choose the direction they want to take.<\/p>\n

Single fin, Twin, Trifin or Thrusters, Quads\u2026 <\/strong>the possibilities with fins are many and go beyond the fact of whether you use 1, 2, 3, 4 or even 5.<\/p>\n

SOUL OF A SURFBOARD<\/h4>\n

The soul <\/strong>or stringer is the wooden <\/strong>nerve (normally made of wood) that runs through the surfboard from the NOSE to the TAIL<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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And now what is the next step?<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Ademas de disfrutar de surf en nuestros campamentos o clases tambi\u00e9n puees compaginar nuestros surf camp con festivales y conciertos<\/a>. Descubre como en nuestro art\u00edculo del blog.\u00a0<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What to consider when choosing a surfboard? Surfboards or surf boards If we talk about SURF BOARDS, it is true that at the beginning, during the beginner surf courses, we will use large, soft and voluminous boards; and that later, as our surfing level improves, we will move on to evolutionary boards or perhaps a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6074,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_joinchat":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lagasurfcamp.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lagasurfcamp.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lagasurfcamp.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lagasurfcamp.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lagasurfcamp.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lagasurfcamp.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13377\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lagasurfcamp.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lagasurfcamp.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lagasurfcamp.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lagasurfcamp.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}