Grabbing the rail

[zensuni]

Grabbing the outside rail and lifting it, that's what I do on a body board, especially when I feel like I need to bite the face a little bit more. On my plywood paipo, I tend to keep my both hands grabbing the rounded nose. Maybe because I take smaller waves, maybe because the board is less large than a body board also maybe because I really like to use the stiff flat planning surface the paipo provides to get more speed and get the hell out of the wave as fast as possible. It will probably evolve with experience. On my surf mat, I don't touch the rails, I keep my hands on the mat's corners. I probably grab the outside corner a little to build the inside rail when it is needed, I'm not sure. Honestly, I feel like all I have to do with the mat is slight turns, the mat handles the rest of the process by itself.