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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!

Aaron Dempsey

May 09, 2024

Hi guys, Im surfing a beach break which closes out 99% of the time. Im thinking about the positives such as working on my pop up, duck diving and bottom turn before the wave closes out.
Is there any other areas which I could work on? Many thanks.

Graham Marsden

May 08, 2024

Here's a good article, especially for those of us who don't live near "perfect" breaks...

5 Reasons to Stop ‘Checking the Waves’ and Just Go Surfing

https://www.theinertia.com/surf/5-reasons-stop-checking-waves-just-go/

Roxy Susanne Gunther

May 07, 2024

Sums it up when i go for the drop in or trying to.

Maria Molè

May 07, 2024

Anyone else unable to get a live stream of tonight’s surf feedback?

Jimmy Veintimilla

May 07, 2024

Hey guys,

Does anyone has a definied workout routine? I mean like how many repetitions or series, and how many times at a week about each movement?

Laura Michelmore

May 01, 2024

Hey guys,
I’m new to the community and OMBE, loving it so far! I’ve been working on my walk up and relaxing in the water and the bus stop analogy has done wonders, I’m no longer second guessing myself with positioning.
I just had a question as me and my friends always have arguments about this.
So if you are surfing fat waves all the time can this effect your pop up for when you go into steeper waves?
Or is the problem not actually in the wave but in the pop up itself. I understand a steeper wave is going to give you more lift/push but if you position yourself correctly on a fat wave does it really matter?
Thanks,
Laura

Jeff Marois

April 28, 2024

Hey guys! Where does one submit videos for the feedback sessions? The videos are working for me now (no more paywall) but I can’t seem to find where to submit for next month’s review.
Thanks for the help!

N R

April 23, 2024

Hope this can help the over thinkers and those with high expectations. I almost gave up surfing last year after going to Urbnsurf and falling off at takeoff on nearly every Cruiser or PT wave for a whole weekend. I'm a long-time beginner (more than 10 years) who has improved surf skating more than surfing.

I had two sessions between connecting flights last week and had way more fun going in focusing on what I was ok failing with. After the first session, I made quite a few walk ups, but watching them back wasn't happy with how I looked side on rather than front on as I stood up. Second session I was happy to fail "falling forward" if the movement looked better. As it was I failed surfing with my hands rather than walking up.

When you're getting frustrated, maybe scale back to "What do you want to improve?" and "What are you ok failing with?". I think this an example of what Luke and Clayton refer to when 'failing forwards'. Thanks to them for that.

What's worked for others?

Ian Warren

April 22, 2024

How I feel (hanging out with my family excepted of course :-)

Kean Dereuck

April 21, 2024

Hello everybody! First time posting! I've been getting to the stage where I feel like I need to get some outside perspective of where my surfing is and what next to work on! I would love to hear any feedback on these waves! (I'm 6ft2 183lb, riding 5ft11 38L keel fin fish!) I put myself at a lower intermediate level and want to start surfing more vertically Yew!

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