Anyone struggling with making the transition from simply gliding across the face of the wave to going straight down the wave to set up for bottom turns? I feel like I'm going back to my beginner days by going straight down. Any advice on how to make this transition? Should I still be angling my takeoffs and look for sections to drop and try bottom turns or initiate bottom turns with all waves? I don't see any videos about this specifically. Thanks in advance!
Tom Richardson here you go
33 minutes 10 seconds
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FcEgE4peles&t=1834s&pp=ygUJb21iZSBzdXJm
Should one always get on the finger tips when practicing walk-ups on land? How does this relate to the water walk-ups?
I’ve missed you guys. It’s been an interesting month, a busy one at that but lots of fun, too! Hubby brought me to Waco for some birthday waves!! A little clip from our Waco surf sessions. I turned 56–ouch!!
[https://www.instagram.com/reel/C9Vz3DPoeW/?igsh=aW5jemt5Zjcxemxn](https://www.instagram.com/reel/C9Vz3DPoeW/?igsh=aW5jemt5Zjcxemxn)
Hope everyone is watching surfing olympics.
When practicing walk-ups on land, should one be on the fingertips? And how does this relate to the water walk-ups?
If you look closely this is unavoidable crowd reaction of our beloved tourmaline with tons of tourists. Where I got scalped and no aloha spirit. No longer surf there anymore. Such a shame. Would you?
So there I was minding my own business and the next thing you know... I think I might have got my first barrel...
What do you recon... Can I claim it?
Was from a session a few weeks back on the Dahlburg. The surf spot is Tubes in Jbay and the wave is a lot faster and also tubes more than Point where I usually surf... hence the name I guess... Shallow... especially on low tide... 😵💫
So anyways... Can I claim it? 😁
Hey beautiful people! Got a great OMBE story to share with you all! 😉
Despite the fact that my regular board is under repaid, and the massive wind we had today, I decided to go surfing today! And I am so glad I did! Was the best breakthrough moment for me ! And it’s all because of OMBE ✌️
As I said my board is getting fixed so I used a shorter board which I got as a gift, fish board, 6’1, 35 litres. I usually surf a 7’4, 56 litres. So pretty big difference ! 🤪
As I walked on the beach to the surf spot I saw the surfers from the beach and I thought this could be me, I could be doing that too!
And guess what?! I managed to catch waves, stand up on the fish board and even felt the board going on rails for the first time !!! It was sooo amazing the feeling on carving the water on the board! Wow! I can see the potential! 🙂
My short board was going so fast, I could only pop up once today, I had to hard time coordinate all the movements with so little time and so much speed! 💨
So I just watched the board course which is absolutely fantastic! And I now know the fish Board really picks up on speed!🤯
Now I may want to get a mid length board, lighter and rounder to work my turns, so that I can get on rails 🚃!
I just found this board for sake at the local surf shop where I got my board fixed. It is a 7’0 board with 50 litres volume. Round tail. Round nose. Looks pretty good! It’s locally made so the shaper knows the local waves.
Any tips to help me decide if this is the right move? 🙏
Thanks for everything!
