Me at my regular bowl in Boston. Trying to know when to twist and when to lean.
Me at my regular bowl in Boston. Trying to know when to twist and when to lean.
A little Black Friday special. Was thinking about all the advice telling me to move my arms.
Friend of OMBE, Twiggy talking about tension…
https://youtu.be/8Jt2I1qJiVQ?si=b0nICF3O5xQ9hjYH
Clayton Nienaber part 1: figure 8s.
This was drastically less successful.
Trying to do the figure 8s per video 1 feedback. Very unsuccessful. It's such a tight turn radius, that at this point feels like short of doing a kickturn at the second part, or putting my arm down and doing a burt slide I'm not really sure how I can fit it in.
Not gonna give up as these were only the first few attempts, but that 2nd corner is not a mirror of the 1st corner as there is a roll in there, which makes the corner less rounded off. The roll in is aimed at the 1st corner of my figure 8, so coming out of the first halve I'm heading basically straight up the roll In.
I will keep at it and see it I can get it but it's for sure gonna be a tough on to master.
Clayton Nienaber part 2 arms vs legs: based on feedback from previous video submission.
Forgot to take my cups with me, left them on the counter on the way out the door, tried to replicate it anyway. It was a little awkward only cause I had to avoid the one corner which is always wet from some reason first thing in the am.
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Hey guys is anyone else having trouble accessing the new 4 lines program? It says that its not available with my subscription but I pay for monthly full access to the site.
Hey guys do you reccomend quads or thrusters for small powerless waves?
A typical day where I surf is usually about knee high and pretty mushy. I ride a 7’2 funboard as a thruster and ive had a lot of trouble making sections. Should I try switching the board over to a quad or just try to pump quicker to get more speed out of the gate?
Hi all you OMBE people!
Regarding the shortboard walk-up (off knee instead of toes):
I'm finding I have a lot of difficulty keeping the rear leg's knee between the arms as it moves forward to it's place near the rear of the board. Rather, the knee wants to move to the outside of the arm. Some of this is because my default popup for the past few decades has been the "chicken wing" popup, some of it feels like a restriction in hip flexion, and some of it feels like there's not enough room for the knee- like the knee hits the chest. This is compounded, I think, by my body proportions-- long legs, short torso and arms, relatively speaking. It's particularly difficult if I focus on keeping my head above my hips while looking down the line during the walkup. If I let the knee move the outside of the arm, the shortboard walkup is much easier, but tends to require a bit more focus in avoiding a side-on stance. (Moving to a forward facing stance with a good coffee cup is one of my biggest hurdles.)
I'm not sure how much of a problem this actually is, so I don't know how much effort I put in to correcting the issue. I do know, however, that I really like the way the walkup feels on my longboard, where the extra room afforded by the use of the toes largely eliminates the issues above, and I like how it tends to put me automatically into a more forward stance.
So: I could focus on correcting the knee-outside-of-arms thing, or I could let the knee drift outside the arms and focus instead on a slight pivot of the rear foot to improve my use of the forward facing stance.
What do you guys think?
What is the best training to improve upper body movement?
Looking back at the video I notice that my upper body is not moving at all. Just standing on the board. Anything else I miss? Bending form the hips? Any advise is welcome.