Generating speed in surfing is making sure you’ll be pulling the highest airs, the most powerful carves and snaps. Trimming is a technique, and mastering the art of speed will allow you to explore a wave to the fullest. Speed lines are imaginary routes drawn on the face of the wave. They’re always changing as the roller peels across the line-up, and surfers have to adapt its constant mutation. Interestingly, optimal surf lines can be horizontal or vertical depending on the type of the wave you’re riding, and on what you’re about to do next.

Read More:
How to generate speed while surfing a wave

down-the-line, drawn-on-the, drive, generating, king, line, most, pressure-on-the, type