Duck diving can help a lot in heavy waves that are hard to get past, the shorter the board the easier it will be but there are a few tricks for getting longer boards under as for beginners/intermediates stepping down to say a minimal or 7ft shortbaord it is still very hard because of the buoyancy of the board. if you suffer from the "Cork" effect i.e. popup back like a cork backwards after duck diving then this will help you out.
To get under better:-
1. Timing, timing is critical, duck just before the wave hits.
2. Speed, make sure you have forward momentum to get past the wave... a few strokes towards the wave will help.
3. when ducking with larger boards hold the board slightly further back to get it under more, it's common to think you hold it more forward, but this is not the case with larger boards... about 1 inch back from your popup hand position is usually about right. that way you get under more and have more pivit motion to get back up afterwards.
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