Catch your first waves with confidence! The ASI Bodyboard Wise Beginner Bodyboarder level is your launchpad into surf sports, designed to identify the core ocean safety and bodyboarding wave-riding skills.
Aim
Trim and perform small turns along the bottom peeling waves up to 1½ feet (½ metre).
Locations and Conditions
Beach break with sand bottom
Peeling waves
Surf 1½ ft (½ metre)
Water depth of chest deep or less
Free from rips and hazards
Equipment
Bodyboard
Fins (flippers)
Arm leash
Knowledge & Skills
Pre-requisite
Swim 50 metres
Able to tread water for 5 minutes
Bodyboarding Environment
Identify bodyboarding hazards
Identify personal bodyboarding hazards
Identify suitable weather conditions for bodyboarding
Identify the types of waves suitable for bodyboarding
Choose a safe bodyboarding location
How to look after the surf environment
Equipment
Choosing a beginners bodyboard
Waxing, caring, carrying and storing your board
Identify suitable types of wetsuits and surf clothing
Demonstrate ability to walk in fins (flippers)
Bodyboarding Skills
Choose a safe place to enter the water
Negotiate small waves using a variety of techniques
Paddle and kick correctly with board in trim
How to select and catch waves with safety
Trim and turn along wave
Wipe-out safely
Apply bodyboarding etiquette, drop in rule, snaking, ethics
