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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!

Rohan

July 22

I haven't been surfing for a few months now... Last surf was in April - I know... Sacrilege! Most of the weekends that I went to Jbay the waves just weren't there, or the wind was blowing them flat, or there was a competition on... It has been as if the universe has been against me... I even went to Victoria Bay thinking I would at least get a surf in only to find out there was a friggen competition on... TWICE!! I couldn't believe it... I went to seal point in Cape St Francis and guess what... There were no waves at Seals Point and a competition at the beach break... My surf stoke has been dwindling big time!

Last week was the Corona Open in JBay... Unfortunately due to family commitments we were away the first weekend and the waves were so good we missed the opening rounds, the elimination rounds and the round of 16 as well... And of course Jordy didn't make the finals so we didn't even get to see him surf live either... Fortunately we were there for the finals and man!! What a day.... Waves were epic, surfing was epic, and I have never seen so many people on the beach in front of Super Tubes as we did that day... Was EPIC and seriously one for the books. Made up for all the days we missed!

I did manage to get one surf sesh in on a not so crowded day so that was really fantastic... Not that my surfing was great... Well actually, I was surfing ok considering I haven't surfed in so long... Only issue is that I only rode one wave in 2 hours... Not because of the crowd, but because I just could not get on a wave at all... I was struggling big time... I am so unfit and just didn't have the paddle power at all and the Dalhberg requires fitness and paddle power so I struggled and my body felt it for 4 days after... lol.

Anyways, in an attempt to revive the stoke, I am going to post a few older vids that I have not shared yet... So to start it off, this was of a wave from my last session in April. Struggling to get it loaded here so I have to link it to YouTube.

My struggles... The top turn twist... Seems like I get to a point in the twist and then stop... As if in my mind that position is the final place. Much easier to get technique right-ish when it's calm and smooth... I was surfing Tubes this day, which is very fast and over shallow reef... I notice in high risk moments I still revert to the most engrained habits... which usually are the bad ones... Never the less... Feedback from other perspectives is always helpful and welcome!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRujfkyPJxk

Matt Blair

July 17

00:37

Hi everyone,

Hope you’re all getting some!

I had the pleasure of surfing 2 sessions at LostShore in Edinburgh today, it was loads of fun and their new Flowstate video system is excellent for seeing what you’re doing so I highly recommend giving it a go if you can. Normally a longboarder but I borrowed a 7’2" FireWire Boss Up which was really good fun.

After the initial disappointment at seeing myself surf 😂 I’ve identified loaaaaaads of stuff I’m not doing right or could improve but it’d be great to hear your insights plus any drills I should be focussing on to get better.

The videos are my 2 best waves from each session, I think I did slightly improve a couple of things after reviewing the video of the first session but that might just have been the punchier setting helping me along 😂

Cheers guys 💙

Eng

July 13

00:14

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

Graham Marsden

July 17

And then there are days why you wonder why you bothered to get out of bed... 🙁

So the forecast for Bracklesham was 2-3 ft at 7 seconds with a reasonable amount of push. Not great, but should have been ok and about the best you can generally expect on the south coast of the UK in summer.

There was also a forecast for cross/ onshore winds, but not blowing a hooley.

I looked at the webcams when I woke up early and decided it seemed worth it and headed down there with my 6'11.

Two mistakes 🙁

The conditions were really messy, almost no decent sets (when there was one, I got caught inside and missed it!) and the rest of the time any semi-good wave ended up with a lump in front of it, spoiling the take off.

Also I should have gone for the 7'6 or 8'2 board. I did think of taking one of the others, but didn't bother in the end.

All in all, a totally frustrating experience as I had wanted to practice my shortboard walk-up, but I barely caught any waves in about 90 minutes.

The ones I did went nowhere, even if I managed to get up on them which most of the time I didn't.

Not a great day of surfing.

Giulio Bamonte

July 18

• Edited (Jul 18, 2025)

00:11

I have started working on the bottom turn and cuts backs recently and I am happy to share what I feel like it’s a small progression. I only share pools footages because it’s the only time I can get filmed. So, I think pop up Oreo and gliding is now in my system. After the pop up I focused on going first to the flats and then looking back at the lip ahead of me to go back to the top of the wave. Afterwards I ..had to many thinks to focus on and did not go so good but..I am very happy I could clearly look back to where the foam is. I have to stay much more compressed and extend again which I did not do properly. Also..the elbow in the pocket..yes Graham..I forgot it again..but i am doing it on the skate.. the board was from the pool and not the best one but I think it worked fine for my level

Ory Z

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!!

Scott Wagenblast

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?