#nicholas Water flows up and down and so should you. Follow the flow of water. Toomuch compression can stifel that energy movement.
#nicholas Water flows up and down and so should you. Follow the flow of water. Toomuch compression can stifel that energy movement.
Clayton Nienaber I am starting to hit my forehand carves with more consistency and I think the biggest change has been going for the turn early in the wave... take off, bottom turn, forehand carve... versus trimming down the line building speed and trying to cut back from the shoulder of the wave.
I almost always bog the rail when initiating the cutback on the flatter shoulder, but this is much less of an issue when carving more in the pocket.
Does turning in the steeper part of the wave make it less likely to bog the rail since there is less water in the way?
Hello everyone :) happy to start my Journey here
Line 1: Lesson 4 |The Break...
Unfortunately after only 4 sessions to start 2025, I will be out of the water for several months following a bad shoulder dislocation. I want to stay connected to surfing and the improvement process, and have always been interested in surf coaching, so I'm looking to help my friends out by filming them from the beach. I don't have a lot of experience with cameras, are there any surf coaches out there that have recommendations on cameras to use for video analysis? Thanks for any suggestions. Hopefully I'll be getting back on my own OMBE journey soon too!
Hello guys
I started surfing in September 2024, obviously fell in love with it !
Currently in Indo at the moment for a surf trip, I have this video of me, my best wave of the day…
A lot to fix obviously, nothing more humbling then to see yourself on video, in my mind I was riping haha.
I’ve noticed that I’m using my arms pretty badly, my butt also is sticking out, way to much.
Need to understand how to use the energy of the wave to trim down the line, which I was trying to do while pumping badly 😂…
Do you have some tips to help me with that please ? Obviously gonna take some time but I’m working on it !
Thx 🤙
“Tension” Aha Moment…Now and then we all wake up with a stiff neck from sleeping wrong on our pillow right? Well I was almost healed and went surfing. Whilst waiting for a wave I had full range to turn my head with only slight discomfort.
I took off on a wave and BOOM I couldn’t even move my neck. Total paralysis. I paddled back out and sat … moved fine. Why?
I was tense and my sore neck exasperated it.
Here is me that same session with a stiff neck but consciously relaxing.
Really drove home Clayton’s point about stiffness and tension killing your movements
Hi all,
I’ve been trying to work on leaning in my turns so my body isn’t as stacked/balanced over the board but my latest session at the wave pool still looking very much upright. I’ve bought a surf skate to help. Any tips/drills I should focus on appreciated!
Feel like they are getting better, definitely more consistent.
Really working on trying to keep my hands up going into 1st turn and then just bringing the right elbow up and pivoting around the left arm.
2nd turn again trying to keep arms from getting out of control and flinging them wildly in front of me or across my body.
Again, I feel like it's coming along nicely... if anyone sees anything else I need to tune up please let me know.
New goal: is to get that second turn up and onto the coping. Let's see if I can get there without breaking something.
Yeeewww.
