Anywhere in the southeast suburbs Melbourne where I can get surf skate lessons? Thanks
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February 01
Is it possible that a person's board can have too much bouyancy for them? Because my gut is telling me I do. Despite being a Beg.
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April 23
Hope this can help the over thinkers and those with high expectations. I almost gave up surfing last year after going to Urbnsurf and falling off at takeoff on nearly every Cruiser or PT wave for a whole weekend. I'm a long-time beginner (more than 10 years) who has improved surf skating more than surfing.
I had two sessions between connecting flights last week and had way more fun going in focusing on what I was ok failing with. After the first session, I made quite a few walk ups, but watching them back wasn't happy with how I looked side on rather than front on as I stood up. Second session I was happy to fail "falling forward" if the movement looked better. As it was I failed surfing with my hands rather than walking up.
When you're getting frustrated, maybe scale back to "What do you want to improve?" and "What are you ok failing with?". I think this an example of what Luke and Clayton refer to when 'failing forwards'. Thanks to them for that.
What's worked for others?
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April 21
00:30
Hello everybody! First time posting! I've been getting to the stage where I feel like I need to get some outside perspective of where my surfing is and what next to work on! I would love to hear any feedback on these waves! (I'm 6ft2 183lb, riding 5ft11 38L keel fin fish!) I put myself at a lower intermediate level and want to start surfing more vertically Yew!
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April 20
I've been working on my surf skating, trying to get the timing right on the transitions so I can pump for speed.
This is my best effort to date, I'm actually managing to keep it going for almost a minute (the video is shorter!)
Once I've got the timing, I'm hoping to be able to get my head lower.
If anyone has any advice or suggestions on how I can improve things, please do post them here.
PS what's disappointing is that, when I'm on the board, it feels like I'm getting almost to the top of the bank, but when I look at the video, I'm barely getting half way up 🙁
https://youtu.be/7FUvmcCVI34
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April 22
How I feel (hanging out with my family excepted of course :-)
April 11
Almost in Nicaragua. Yew!
Jet lagged but excited for the OMBE retreat !
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April 19
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00:16
Hey everyone! I got this wave at the wave pool some weeks ago and I hope I could get some feedbacks. I’m seeing that my posture is not so good and wondering what else I should work on to get better. Thanks in advance! Greetings from Brazil!!
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October 08, 2023
When I pop up, sometimes I do it really wel and can surf the line. However, sometimes when I’m popping up, I get up and fall forward, falling in front of my board and the board then drops on top of me. What is causing this? How can I fix my pop up? I feel like this is really limiting my improvement and would love to get help on this.
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January 09
00:13
Anybody in the NYC area that wants to meet up? I’ve been following OMBE for a while and have made great strides to my surfing (Thanks Clayton!). I usually surf by myself and would love to share the stoke with more people! Leave a comment here or hit me up on ig (@brianyin). Just looking for someone to surf/surf skate together or just hangout and talk about surfing! Sharing a wave of me doing a top turn for the first time!