Finding the balance point on your board while surfing is critical. There are different techniques like cross stepping on a longboard and noseriding.

Here are some tips:

Depending on the type of board you are using, you need to be about an arm’s length from the nose if your board on a shortboard and extended arm length on a longboard. The balance point is obvious to an advanced surfer but totally unintuitive for a novice.

To know more about the type of board that you need. Please check our guide: Beginner guide on buying a longboard

What is Cross Stepping?

Cross stepping on a longboard is a way of moving your weight forwards and backward along your longboard. It’s a fundamental surfing technique used for controlling speed while on the waves. 

Why Cross Step on a Longboard?

As the name suggests, longboards are ‘longer’ than their counterpart. The increased length offers a few key benefits, one of which is more stability. Since there’s more space to plant your feet along with a greater amount of surface area pressed against the water, riders experience more stability on longboards. This is especially beneficial for newcomers looking to learn the ropes of surfing

How to Cross Step on a Longboard?

Move your front foot behind your rear foot, then maintain the balance altering the position equally fast. This maneuver lets the surfer ride towards the nose of the board.

If you want to move backward, then perform this trick backward. Practice on balance beams to smoothed up your technique.

These cross stepping on a longboard surfing tips are perfect for beginners to improve their style!

If you want to know more. we curated a guide with Dana.

where she will explain the tricks and tips on How to cross-step. 

Get the full Cross-step guide that we curated with Dana.

Yoga sequence stretching poses to improve surfing movements.

These positions and exercises are selected exclusively for surfers to help them to stretch the body after the time spent in water. It is very important to stretch the body in order to regenerate the muscles and bring flexibility into the body. Some benefits of adding surf stretches to your training include improved body control and balance, which is a very important factor in surfing, and leads to improved body awareness, posture and coordination.

Dana grew up in San Diego, California and lived in Hawaii for 5 years before moving to Bali. With her passion for the ocean and a simple island life, she feels right at home in Indonesia. She surfs daily in her ethically made swimwear bikinis for surfing, and also enjoys collecting shells from the beach.

The story of Monik - She is a lover of eco-friendly swimsuits and uses surfing as her form of meditation, to disconnected from the world and just be in the moment with the ocean in her longboard surf swimsuit Ninefoot Medewi.

Our wave chaser Monika on how she transition her life decision to a passion now, a surfing yogi from Czech Republic.

She is wearing our range of Ninefoot eco-friendly pieces. The surf rash guard, and the one-piece longboard surf swimsuit.