I guess when you have a wide tail, not much rocker and ride through chop it has the tendency to spray.
I had this discussion with some mates in London, especially since one man's "Spray in your face board" is another man's "No Spray" board.
It's not bad technique, it's simply your style and that particular board properties combining to produce spray.
Nobile worked this out and produced "anti spray" fin attachments for some of their boards. All they did was slightly change the rocker of the board enough to stop the spray for some people (in theory)
I think freeride boards generally tend to spray less. The Ocean Rodeo Mako has rounded tails and a single fin on each side and I never heard of anyone who got spray issues with it.
My LF Recoil, which is a freestyle board also does not spray in the face, even though I could make it spray a bit when I ride through chop and make the front corner touch the water. But usually I can easily avoid this.
A more annoying phenomenon that I get with the freestyle board are balloon legs, which usually happens when I ride through chop and get a bit tired so that my technique is more lax.
Thanks for the tip!
Another solution for me might be to just get rid of the freestyle board - when riding it back to back with the Makos, I usually start hating that thing after a few minutes.
Most pressure is on the back foot, so more tiring to ride, not nearly as good in chop - the only advantages I see are less swingweight and maybe better unhooked load and pop, which I don't care about.
the spray is from the front edge closest to the rider and is produced when that tip enters the water....leaning a little less on the front foot will help.
...hmmm...riding "head stand" maybe..?....or "hand stand" for the more gymnastic type....
less front foot helps imo, but as others have said it depends on the style and weight of the rider on any given board.
Oh and it is very serious if you get a lot of front foot spray on a board, it's enough to completely ruin an otherwise great session.
Sometimes the dangling safety leash throws up a bit of a wash over the face, you know what I mean Mr slave ?
