Runner Catching

Catching Runners (written about small boat paddling in Hawaii)

Sometimes you can catapult over them, but more so, it is best to connect and link them up, especially at an angle, for the swell you're on will diminish, while the swell in front builds up, so you're constantly zig zagging hooking up and connecting

Of course, the swells never slowly pass beneath them, for they are traveling much faster
than the swells making connections all the time. 

Unlike waves of the shoreline, where you're always looking back to catch the wave building up behind you, waves of the ocean are usually caught by chasing down the runners building up in front of you.  So you're always looking in front of you and side to side, searching for something to hop on as the wave you're on loses power.  Never look behind, or you'll be terrified.