This clip is a few months old and maybe too zoomed out to see enough detail, but this type of fall at the end of the wave drives me crazy. Some variation of that fall happens about 50% of the time I go for a cutback/carve. Used to be 100% of the time, so there has definitely been some progress. What's the number one thing to focus on to prevent digging the rail and/or flopping backwards on the cutback? I can see a few things I did wrong in this attempt but what was the biggest issue?
Hey guys Ive got a question about foot placement right from the pop up.
Ive progressed my way down to a 6 foot groveler which works well for my mushy waves here in south florida. Im noticing when I do the walk up off my knee my back foot always lands right in front of my tail pad. Here in florida our waves are quick and fairly weak, and im trying to work on turns. That second that it takes me to move my back foot back onto my pad really kills all my speed and momentum and by the time my foots in the right place to turn the wave is usually over. Does anyone have any tips on how to practice getting up with my back foot landing right on the tail?
In terms of everything else my pop up is real solid, my eyes are always looking where I want to go not at the board, and my feet land right over my stringer so Im not concerned with working on getting my feet centered on the board. I always also pop up with my weight forward in my neutral stance just like you guys teach here. I just really need help getting my foot on my tail immediately because theres not a lot of power coming from my waves and id still like to work on bottom turns, top turns, and cutbacks without constantly bogging my rails.
Need to work on my feet at takeoff. They are flailing around all over the place (video linked). With the OB method, are just to my knees on the board? and the idea is to have the weight focused towards as back on the board as poss?
Also - while we are at it, my right/back knee is too outwards, ya?
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Vf_fzSKa-p9j6YizoAM1sp74zCyGIvbA/view?usp=sharing
Hey guys! Maybe a silly question- there's a lot of great content- but... how do I figure out where I should start and concentrate on?
Here's the board Clayton made for me. Tried it out for the first time today. Loved it! Can't wait to get to know it better. Dimensions 6'6", 21" x 2 3/4" 42ltrs. Thanks very much Clayton, I am so looking for to start Line 2.
PS Turn around time? Felt quicker than I can make a ham sandwich.
I’m absolutely loving the 2 paddle, Oreo biscuit takeoff. Game changer. Thank you! But is there a size / power above which we need to paddle more before we Oreo? For example head high+ reef breaks in the Ments (I’m at HTs, then Playgrounds for several weeks and it’s forecast to get overhead & barreling). Trying to avoid getting overpowered and sucked up the face too much, but maybe you’ll just say “Oreo better mate”
Having a lot of trouble with my backside bottom turn. I have no idea how to get myself up the wave. Is there a particular video or concept that has helped you guys? Frontside, the lean and projection makes sense to me.
