The alternative to more weight is a faster board.

You don't mention what board you have - I bought a job lot from a company that was closing down, some I can cruise on, some are so fast that I get cramp from staying on my back foot all the time, and some I would never be able to drop the rope on.

Generally, large flat skim style boards with sharp rails and minimal fins will be much faster than similar smaller board of surf style boards with more rocker and rounded edges.

In the first video I posted I am on a skim style board, in the second a surf style, the surf style would have been very hard work on the first wave it it would have even worked at all.

So what size and style of board are you using, how many and how large are the fins ?

From there, there are some small tweaks in foot position that make all the difference between 'almost there' and cruising all day.

If you have any video, post it, it will be obvious to anyone on the forum if your board is too small, your feet in the wrong position or your weight too far back

Duane.