How To Body Surf - Catching the Wave

A little intro into catching waves with just a pair of fins and your body ( and possibly a hand plane too)

This video is more focused on the initial trajectory to set you up for a good wave.

[atoms-to-atoms]

By far the best body technique video around thanks Tyson

[andrewrivera]

Hey Tyson, thanks 4 sharing your experience, I'm 68 and keep swimming in international events and bodysurfing, ALOHA

[tomtyrrell]

Excellent vid, the best I've seen. I've bodysurfed with a handplane most of my life but let it go about 8 or 10 years ago. I looked around for my stuff; I have 4 different planes of all sizes. I'm gonna try it again. Trouble is, unless you live in the Point Panic neighborhood, you have to have conditions. It's like skiing or boarding.

[the_stereo_kid]

the 600th like on your vid and comment 67 - I'm looking for a video to show my friends tips on body surfing before we compete in a bodysurfing wavejam this weekend so this is a perfect start, thanks a lot!

[christiantancred]

Thanks homie .
Cool brothers are always welcome on a special day x

[annahayes]

Get under the wave right before it starts to break. Then swim like hell. The wave grabs your body and you become one with the wave.

[dolphin_dog]

very helpful - i’d love to see another longer one with more scenarios

[phillipsanchez]

Thanks for this video. Will give your tips a try today in Lombok, Indonesia.

[SCTATC]

Good stuff. At 2:41 you say, "with good technique, you'll have lots of speed." Can you tell us more about what good technique is? Thanks!

[jaymax]

Great video brotha! Cheers from So Cal!

[johnwatson]

Excellent tips so well illustrated! I'm going to make a handplane ready for next years holiday. 
The surf on this years holiday has changed from good for the first couple of days on the bodyboard to poor since then so my new bellyboard has been a good choice but even then there is little power in the waves. Revisiting bellyboarding after 55 years, making mistakes and ending up getting a nosewash and mouthfulls of water but plenty of howls of laughter - isn't that what it's all about - enjoyment?

[Nickporter]

Thanks for sharing this video Tyler! It'd be great if you kept going with the series. I surfed for pretty much my whole life but had a recent neck and back fracture and so I'm taking up hand planeing. A lot of the stuff you shared makes sense and transfers over from surfing like positioning yourself to catch the wave and saying hi on a way for speed. But I need simple stuff like whether or not to paddle with the plane and how to swim with kick fins. I find I'm not generating very much power at all.

[Strandjutter]

Good instructive footage and well presented.

[slimjoneslocker]

Hey Tyson - can you do any safety-related tutorials? Specifically on bailing on waves, etc

[jetipre]

Articulate and sensitively presented: positioning, acceleration, taking a line... One of the Malloy brothers in "Come Hell or High Water" is the only other source for this useful information, at least known to this observer. Well done!

[joellewis]

Thanks man! Body surfing is awesome! 🤙🏼

[adammalski]

Great video! I noticed that you switched hands for your hand plane in the left hander vs right hander. Is there a reason for this?

[marcielynn]

Surfboard, kneeboard, short board, longboard, handplane?

[TheHopey]

Great vid! just getting into and looking forward to exploring it 😊 🤙🌊

[granta]

You can do all the bodysurfing your doing without any handplane or fins. Its all about body positioning on the take off. If you angle your body downwards on the take off you can easily catch the wave and maybe pull a rollo on the drop.