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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!

John Dennis

August 01

New to OMBE. Anybody here in the US (specifically East Coast)?

I know they've built a wave pool in Virginia Beach that is going to open up in the near future. Are there ever any OMBE Meet-Ups in the US?

Miles

July 27

Looking for help.

I cannot for the life of me, stop myself looking down at the board once the waves get above head height.

( with the expected outcome)

Anyone had this problem or have any tips on how TF I can fix it?????

Graham Marsden

July 30

IMPORTANT!

Anyone around the North Pacific, there is a Tsunami Warning in effect:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/tsunami-watch-warning-alaska-hawaii-earthquake-b2798494.html

Stay safe 🤞

Jordan

July 30

Getting way more consistent on my pop-up thanks to OMBE series.

The look down the line as I "Oreo biscuit" is a game changer. Yew!

Darren DeMatas

July 24

Is there a video discussing angling the take off along with Oreo biscuit? Feels like the Oreo wants to be pointed straight to the beach

Graham Marsden

July 21

Clayton Nienaber Just wondering, are there going to be any more video clip reviews or Live chats any time soon?

Jordan

July 29

Is the OMBE beginners course still available?

Clayton Nienaber

July 23

https://youtu.be/58qZCCKvrkw

Jordan

July 28

Are there any OMBE courses for long boarders who don’t want to move to a short board?

I have a permanent back injury so small surf is all my body can handle so my goals are to improve my surfing skills on a long board.

Paloma

July 25

• Edited (Jul 25, 2025)

I just saw the youtube video about Amy on the Mentawais trip and it seemed to me that, to a certain extent, the video was suggesting that for Amy as an intermediate surfer, she was improving from changing into a smaller volume board. Not sure if that was the case, mainly because of the steeper waves of Mentawais or more in general, but it led me to think if maybe I am holding back myself from progressing faster by riding a much bigger board (in both volume and dimensions).

I am a woman (54 kg) riding for the past year (I do not live in the coast but get to surf maybe 90 days per year) a 7'4 packed with volume (22 1/2", 2 7/8", and 53.89L). I consider myself a beginner-intermediate, surfing along the face of the wave and recently trying to cut back to the power source, but struggling to make bottom and top turns. I am getting more confident in the water surfing for the most part in France and Sri Lanka (0.8 - 1.4 meter waves), but I still struggle to catch waves some days and positioning myself at the peak. My question is: should I be moving into a smaller and less volume board to "feel" the wave more and in doing so improve faster, or try to get better at turning with my current board before sizing down? Any thoughts?

Thanks in advance!