Pole / push in shallow water / waves

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Has anyone experimented with a pole to push into swell where its shallow and small waves?

I know fisherman on kayaks and SUPS often use poles to navigate

….thinking of a high jump pole and the way it bends and then springs the jumper higher—- could work if a pole bends and loads up to push the foiler forward?

could also be hollow/foam filled to stay floating just outside the lineup if the rider wants to drop it?

obviously not good for crowds but could open up some shallow wave riding … and may be easier than a paddle?

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I just dig my tail wing into the sand and push and go off that

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interesting
so you simulate a forward jump shot and that works?

You are in straps then?

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No straps, starting prone, just pivoting off that tail in the sand instead of paddling into the wave sometimes. It doesn’t always work, but when it does it’s a treat

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Pole vaulting pole…….bends and then projects and propels