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May 26
00:10

Hi Ombe community, I think the reason of me struggling with cutback is that I didn’t look back the pocket and I didn’t hold my turn.

But would appreciate if someone can point out other serious issues. Maybe my stance is too wide or too heavy on the back foot? 🤔

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May 21

Back hand seems to just be lagging behind. Might get one not terrible bottom turn (all relative) but then struggling. Open to hearing suggestions here. Have a couple more days at the wave pool. 

https://www.loom.com/share/d18de186dfb44d26b2a59de670a40a59

May 20
• Edited (May 20, 2026)

A kook here new to the community 😃 A question I'm dying to know: I wonder if in general most waves will give you time to glide before pop up?

When I surf bigger (4-6 ft) / more powerful wave, the moment wave approaches me, the water beneath me become very steep and I feel a strong power. I get panicked and want to standup but it's too difficult because of the steepness (I definitely looked at the bottom). I actually don't know if I have time to glide.

I wonder is that a sign of me sitting too deep, or it's natural that bigger / more powerful wave will give that feeling and I can glide and pop up even if the water beneath me seems steep? 

Much appreciated for anyone who could share their thoughts 🙏

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May 18
00:30

I haven’t been on a skateboard in probably 20 years…it’s starting to come back to me though 😏 Loving the OMBE surf skate drills!

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May 18
Image from Dan P.'s post

Coffee cup for surf skate drills!

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May 16
00:09

Hey guys, this footage was a reality check. I was sure I was looking where I want to go but clearly I was not. I also thought my knees were pointing together.I watched a lot of the content here on the app before paddling out, but my surfing actually felt worse today. Focusing on too many new things just made me overthink

Any tips for my next session?

I would really appreciate it

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May 09
00:15

I’m trying to learn a forehand and backhand turn on the surf skate and this video is from my first session. Right off the bat I can see I carry too much tension and am not pumping at the right time to use the energy of the walls and bowl, so I’m wasting energy.

I used a tennis ball to help me mark a line to follow and put numbers 1 - 4 and that really helps me keep my head up and hands forward to glide through and complete the turn.

Any pointers on how to get the feeling of the compression and extension in this context?

Also, I haven’t been able for drop down and do a frontside turn because my mind freezes, then my body, and I can’t flow through over my shoulder.

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May 08
Image from Yiu Ting P.'s post

The swell is picking up now, and i try to bottom turn to aim for the more critical place, but then I think i rushed the top turn because i was scared, so the lips only hitted on me not on the board, is that maybe I should hold it longer for the bottom turn until the lip is going to hit the board? Or any tips or videos i should go to watch if aiming for a more powerful critical lips? Sorry only the photographer got the footage and no vidoe was captured 🙏🙏

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May 07
00:10

Glad to be surfing in Indonesia everyday, making much more progress, ombe method really helped me a lot for building up in mind what I need to do(though maybe my body can’t follow it yet), any advice will be appreciated 🙏

May 07

Hi all, just coming back to OMBE after a bit of a surfing hiatus.

What’s the difference between OMBE and Surflab?

I see there’s a new structure

I got the lifetime membership from a while ago

Curious to hear how things are different/ stayed similar, recommendations on which sequence of courses to go deep into, and any other nuances Surflab brings

Thanks!