Wax over the entirety of the area you just covered with base coat. Rub the edge of the wax onto the board in small, 3 to 6 inch (7.6 to 15.2 cm) circles, or using any of the techniques listed above. To be safe, try using a different-colored topcoat wax than your basecoat. If your topcoat wax is the same color as your basecoat it will be harder to tell where you have applied it, so be sure to wax in one direction if this is the case. Run your wax comb through the wax on your board. Run the comb in diagonal crosshatch lines to rough up the wax and allow you to grip to your board even better. Be sure to run it through all of the wax on the board. Use the wax comb each time you surf if you haven't applied a new topcoat. Sometimes, your wax will get flat and lose some of its traction. If you don't want to apply a new layer of topcoat, take the comb-side of your comb and make a crosshatch pattern using diagonal scrapes. This will make the wax harden and stick to the board better. You're officially ready to surf.
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One-sentence summary -- Apply your temperature wax. Comb the wax. Spray cool water over the board.


Sit in a quiet place free of distractions so you can focus on your feelings. When you imagine each scenario, be honest with yourself and listen to your instincts. Think about how you would you go about telling your friend that you have deeper feelings. Picture what you’d say, how nervous you’d feel, and what their reaction might be.  If you get really nervous just thinking about it, you probably have deeper feelings. Think about how telling them would affect your friendship. Even if you do have romantic feelings for them, ask yourself if your friendship is more important than getting those feelings off of your chest. Examine if you have any indication that the other person feels the way you do. If not, consider how their knowing you do will change the friendship. How would your dates be different than when you hang out as friends? Do you ever imagine or wish that you’re on a date instead of just hanging out as friends? If you do, you can be sure that you have deeper feelings for your friend.  Weigh the pros and cons, and try to decide if dating them would justify risking your friendship. Even if you have romantic feelings for them, you might want to move on if you think dating them wouldn’t be as fulfilling as your connection as friends. On the other hand, if you visualize dating them and it blows your connection as friends out of the water, a deep, long-term romantic relationship might be worth the risk. If you haven’t already, think about kissing them, holding them, and other forms of physical intimacy. Are you sexually attracted to them? Do you feel emotionally connected to them, too? Does it feel right, or is it just too weird? It’s normal to feel physically attracted to someone without having romantic feelings for them. When imagining physical intimacy, try to decide whether you just think your friend is hot or if a physical act would involve a deeper emotional connection. Nobody likes getting dumped, but think about how it would make you feel. Do you think you could go back to just being friends? If you do have deeper feelings for your friend, do you think they’d still be a part of your life after a potential breakup? You can’t predict the future, but try to be honest with yourself and your emotions. If you don’t think you could handle being friends with someone after a breakup, ask yourself if it’s more important to act on your feelings or to preserve an important friendship.
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One-sentence summary -- Try to relax and clear your mind. Imagine what it would be like to confess your feelings. Imagine going on dates together. Visualize being physically intimate with them. Imagine them breaking up with you.


Whether you are using a standard measuring tape or a horse-measuring device, write down your horse’s measurement right away. This will help you remember it while you are dealing with handling your horse and putting away the measuring device. If the measurement is already in hands, it can be written with an “hh” at the end. This notation stands for “hands high.” One hand equals 4 inches (10.2 cm), so divide the measurement by 4. For example, if the horse measures 71 inches (180 cm) tall, divide 71 by 4. The result is 17 hands with 3 inches (7.6 cm) left over. The final height would be recorded as 17.3 hands. If the horse measuring stick or tape is being used, then the measurement can be recorded in hands immediately. The easiest way to do this is to convert the centimeter measurement into inches first. Simply take your centimeter measurement and multiply it by .39. This will give you the measurement in inches. Once the measurement is in inches, it can be divided by 4 and converted into hands. For example, if your horse is 162 centimeters tall, use the equation: 162 x .39. This equals 63.77 inches. When a horse’s height includes a portion of a hand, it is written as a decimal after the whole hand measurement. However, it is not a standard decimal form. For a half hand, indicate the measurement with .2, which says that is 2 inches (5.1 cm) in addition to full hands. Use .1 for a quarter hand and .3 for three-quarters of a hand.  For example, if the horse is 16 whole hands and 3 inches (7.6 cm) it should be written as 16.3. .1, .2, and .3 are the only decimals you will use. If the measurement is any bigger than that it will just be an additional whole hand. The height of a horse is used most often when buying or selling a horse. Having this measurement allows a person to know exactly how big a horse is and whether a horse will be the right size for them to ride or to do the kind of work they want done.  For example, if you like having a horse that is not very tall so that you can get on an off of it easily, pick a horse a that is under 16 hands tall, as 16 hands tall is the height of an average horse.  If you want a strong, tall horse so that it will have a lot of strength and stamina, consider getting a horse that is over 16 hands tall. A horse measuring under 14.3 hands high is, by definition, a pony, regardless of its breed.
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Record the measurement. Convert a measurement in inches into hands, if necessary. Convert a centimeter measurement into hands, if necessary. Write portions of hands in a specific decimal form. Use height measurements to determine whether a horse is the size you want.