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Exciting Changes Ahead! 🌊We’ve restructured our footage review process to make it more beneficial for everyone. While live sessions will be on pause as we adapt to new dynamics with our two candidates, we’re thrilled to announce a fresh approach: your submissions will now be reviewed and shared here in the community!Here’s why we’re embracing this new method:✔️More Engagement: Posting reviews here encourages interaction and brings our quieter members into the conversation. Lives were limiting, as only those free at the time could participate.✔️Flexibility for Clay: With a packed schedule of retreats next year, this setup allows Clay to review submissions remotely during his downtime—ensuring faster and more consistent feedback.✔️Easier Access: Every review and takeaway will be visible to everyone, making it simpler to learn and improve without sifting through past live sessions.✔️Focused Feedback: This organized system will help you concentrate on specific areas to improve.🔔 A few reminders: • Submit one video at a time to give everyone a fair chance for feedback. • Avoid submitting distant or surf-cam footage—Clay needs clear visuals to provide effective, actionable advice.We can’t thank you enough for your support, patience, and understanding as we work through these changes together. Your willingness to adapt and grow with us means the world, and we’re so appreciative of this amazing community. 🙏P.S. I’ve added a Google sheet in the comments for tracking your submissions. If you’d like your older footage skipped, simply select “Y” in column F. This will indicate you’re uploading newer training footage. If you select “N,” Clay will proceed with reviewing your current submission. Let us know if you have any questions!
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July 15
00:10

Hey, I thought I’d post here about my recent trip to Sri Lanka. First off, I loved it. I met some great people and scored some great waves.

Normally, I spend most of my time surfing in wave pools in Bristol, in the UK, so what I found really hard was actually the line-up in the ocean — and most of that difficulty was just in my head. My mind was getting in the way.

To explain this better: I was surfing the best point break in Sri Lanka, and because of that, the line-up was rammed — maybe 50 people in the water, all sorts of abilities, people dropping in all over the place — but very long rides.

For the first session, I kind of just sat on the shoulder a bit and watched. I could see who was getting the most waves and where the take-off point was. It was a fairly small area, but I just didn’t have the confidence to sit there. I was so bothered about the people around me, and whether I was even good enough to be in that spot.

Anyway, even after knowing all this and having a good talk with myself in my room the next day, I still couldn’t find the confidence to sit in the right place in the line-up — even though I knew what I should be doing. At that point, I was catching about one wave per hour!

It was only when I found the ‘Surf Psychology’ course on the OMBE app that I was able to reframe what was going on in my mind. The next day, I sat in the take-off zone and caught a load of waves. I just had to get my mind out of the way.

Below is a clip of my surfing in Sri Lanka. It’s not my best surfing, and there’s plenty wrong with my technique on this wave — but that’s not really the point of this post. It’s more about understanding that sometimes, it’s what’s going on in your mind that matters more than how your body moves

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  in  🏄 ombe-community
July 15

Anybody have any good tips for assisting a brand new surfer catch whitewater waves and attempt to stand for the first time?

I'll be helping my niece in a week or so.  I have a 7'6" soft tech foam board which has plenty of volume but hoping it won't be too short.

Should I try to push her into the white water waves or just help keep her in position and have her paddle into it on her own or have her paddle and give a little push if needed?

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  in  🏄 ombe-community
July 13
00:14

Very beginner here, any comments what for me to improve?

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  in  🏄 ombe-community
July 11

Who's this?

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  in  🏄 ombe-community
July 15
• Edited (Jul 15, 2025)
00:09

Hi, my partner finally got persuaded to try and video my take off the other day, unfortunately there was a lull in the waves and anyway the banks are funny at the moment which meant catching them breaking next to the channel...

Anyway looks to me like something is clunky about my take off/pop up but I can't figure why? (It feels alright in the first person)

Cheers!!

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  in  🏄 ombe-community
June 24
00:11

Posting an Indo barrel attempt for the entertainment of the chat 😆

You never know if you don’t go! 🤷‍♂️😇

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  in  🏄 ombe-community
July 14

Anyone in Lisbon/Lisboa?

I’m coming next week and would love someone to surf with.

  in  🏄 ombe-community
July 10
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  in  🏄 ombe-community
July 10

I got down to the Pump Track again and this time, although it was sunny, it was a hell of a lot less humid!

I'd been checking out videos on technique and it took me a few goes to get sorted, but, eventually, I managed to achieve a new record distance 👍

Ok, it's not perfect, I'm still too much on the back foot and not getting my head low in the corners (and it was only on this run that I managed to just get over that last big hump!), but I'll take the win 🙂

https://youtu.be/JcSwEbqkzA4 

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July 09
• Edited (Jul 09, 2025)

I know to use C7 Carver trucks. But does the deck matter, eg length, turned up at nose etc. or can you go on what looks pretty when you buy it

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