Anybody in the NYC area that wants to meet up? I’ve been following OMBE for a while and have made great strides to my surfing (Thanks Clayton!). I usually surf by myself and would love to share the stoke with more people! Leave a comment here or hit me up on ig (@brianyin). Just looking for someone to surf/surf skate together or just hangout and talk about surfing! Sharing a wave of me doing a top turn for the first time!
The OMBE bowl in Nicaragua is ready. I’ll be heading over there next week to host x 3 retreats. So excited for this one!!
Sometimes it's the simplest or smallest things...
I've been trying to get my shortboard walk up working, ie pushing up onto my knees, rather than my toes for when I'm using a smaller board.
When I'm at home, I can practice it on the carpet, no problems, it works fine, but today I, again, couldn't get it to work.
Because of the conditions (small, a bit messy) I was using my 7'6 board which is about the shortest I can do the "toes" method, but trying to avoid doing that.
Except, every time I walked up, I was finding I still not using my knees and I couldn't figure out why, even though, before I went out, I'd practiced on the beach and it had been fine.
So eventually I rode a wave back in, put the board on the beach and tried again, seeing if I could figure out what I was doing differently.
And suddenly it clicked!
When I was on the waves, my hands were coming a bit further forward on the board so they were under my shoulders, but when I was practicing on the beach, they were down by my lower ribs!
So I went back out again and, ok, it wasn't perfect, but I was definitely using my knee/ shin much more 👍
I'll have to practice more to get it drilled it, but it's amazing how much a few inches difference in hand placement can change things 🙂
I rode my 8’2 gun in waist to shoulder waves and has my best surf in ages. I had zero expectations.
Hi all! Anyone else can’t see this video? I have access to all the other ones. Thanks for the help :)
I’m new to surfing and surfskating. I am regular on a surfboard but goofy on a skateboard. Is it recommended to try and change one of the stances to match the other?
Fwiw, I’m a type-1 fun surfer. Looking to progress much mostly want to keep it light and chill and spend time with my kid. So if surfskating switch will still give me some basic balance and body awareness, then great. I just don’t want riding switch to be detrimental.
Everyone in here seems so advanced! It’s both intimidating and inspiring!
Hey everyone thanks for your feedback a few weeks back, we’ve had another dry day here although the bowl was still a pond. I’ve tried to work on slowing the turn down and controlling both arms. I’ve exprermented with a few trigger words, the first one was “breath” to help slow me down and the second one was “armpit” 😅 it felt more fluid
Surfing Stance
I'd like to get some opinions of surfing stance. A lot of advice (that I'd previously followed), advised to have the front foot at 45deg angle, and the back foot at 90 deg.
I see that clay has both front and back feet at 45 degrees. To me this feels much more natural. Is there a reason for the differing advice?
Hello Ombe community!
I’m back to surfing / skateboarding after 3 years and I’m loving the content of the courses. I’m focusing into surf skating to improve my surfing.
I would love a feedback on my movement here. I’m still feeling tight and not able to go higher on the ramp nor generate enough speed continuously. Any suggestions? (I’m doing the beginner surf skate course)
Thanks guys! :)