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 💙

Was so stoked I wanted to share. My 7 year olds first proper wave. Forgive the overly excited Dad yell... honestly it was enough to bring me to tears. My 9 year old, that didn't want to do Surf Camp got a couple bombs as well.

Hoped they get hooked for life and give me 2 permanent surf buddies. Is it too soon to order them a couple of Grom Sci-fi boards?

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

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?

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!!

Anyone in Lisbon/Lisboa?

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

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

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