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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!

Graham Marsden

April 20, 2024

I've been working on my surf skating, trying to get the timing right on the transitions so I can pump for speed.

This is my best effort to date, I'm actually managing to keep it going for almost a minute (the video is shorter!)

Once I've got the timing, I'm hoping to be able to get my head lower.

If anyone has any advice or suggestions on how I can improve things, please do post them here.

PS what's disappointing is that, when I'm on the board, it feels like I'm getting almost to the top of the bank, but when I look at the video, I'm barely getting half way up 🙁

https://youtu.be/7FUvmcCVI34

Roger Bica

April 19, 2024

• Edited (Apr 19, 2024)

Hey everyone! I got this wave at the wave pool some weeks ago and I hope I could get some feedbacks. I’m seeing that my posture is not so good and wondering what else I should work on to get better. Thanks in advance! Greetings from Brazil!!

Dee Pnak

April 18, 2024

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!

Jeff Marois

April 17, 2024

Hi all! Anyone else can’t see this video? I have access to all the other ones. Thanks for the help :)

Sam HILL

April 16, 2024

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?

tessa

April 15, 2024

Hey friends! Went to the surf pool and got this nice wave 🌊 do you have tips to help me improve? Feedback is always appreciated - thx 🙏

Thibault Mk

April 13, 2024

Hi !
After finally moving closed to the ocean, I progressed a lot since then but I feel like I struggled to fix some of my mistakes and it leads to a lot of frustration 😅
I struggled to be right at the peak, often too much inside or to much backward.. When I'm well placed, often I take off to late and I'm behind the section, I never really surfed down the line and this is really frustrating 🥲
I tried the Oreo biscuit technics and it worked well on couple waves but sometimes I do it too early
If you have some tips 🙏🏼
Maybe my board is too demanding for my low intermediate level, it's a 6'7 and I'm 6'4 and 83 kilos what's your thoughts ?

Anthony Gusmao

April 13, 2024

Hello OMBE Community! :)

After the feedback I got in my last video skating on a ramp, I decided to regress and master the turn on a flat ground. Can you guys give me a feedback on where to improve? Thanks!

Douglas Kirby Westphal

April 12, 2024

How do I figure out what board I should use given my surfing ability?

Clayton Nienaber

April 11, 2024

Almost in Nicaragua. Yew!
Jet lagged but excited for the OMBE retreat !

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