I consume a lot of youtube content, looking for things that can help me improve. I’d put myself in the adult beginner category (I can catch my own waves and am angling my takeoffs and trimming down the line). I’d like to start working towards moving up and down on the wave and pumping (extending/compressing) to maintain speed, turning etc. My question today is - how do you read the wave while riding it? I hear so many things across channels and creators get pointed out to look for? But how do you do that without looking back at the wave? Does it all come down to wave count, experience and feel? My understanding is I’m supposed to be head up, looking down the line where I want to go. TIA

JD