DROP ZONE
To consistently catch waves, I found that one of the best ways was to be out of my straps and wait right at the bottom of the breaking wave. I would get sucked up the face of the wave and as it broke I would then air drop down the wave and shuffle my feet into the straps. It sounds impossible but the wave itself was quite a soft wave, so doing this type of take-off was actually super fun. The only drawback to this was you had to be in the exact perfect spot. If you were too far outside and the lip did not catch the board you would peel out the back or if you were too far inside you would get hit, resulting in a very long swim and even longer walk on the reef to get back out to the channel and into the line-up. The best waves were the ones that had a long wall that looked like they would close-out. The best setup was to catch them at the top of the reef and if your speed and timing was right you could make it all the way down the reef, passing the 3 sections and gybe safely into the channel.