Hi, I have been following the intermediate course and the skateboard videos so far. The surf footage is from a surf pool in Rotterdam, the beginner wave. I have been trying to go back to the pocket after the pop up. On the skateboard I have been trying to wiggle less and compress/extend more.

I know there is a lot to improve that’s why I am posting it.

I would be grateful for tips I should immediately focus on, or mistakes I should try to avoid!

Hi everyone!

I'm new to the Ombe community and would really appreciate some general feedback on my surfing. I feel like I need to work on compressing and extending more, holding my turns longer, and staying on rail — but I’m not quite sure what to prioritise. This was filmed at the intermediate point setting in the new wave pool in Munich.

Thanks a lot in advance!

Cheers, Nico

Apparently I now qualify for an Over 60s Bus Pass in the UK!

Can you take surf boards on buses...? 😁

Has anyone got experience of these new settings? If so what are your thoughts? Is it still 50% off for same day surfs ?

First video post. I would appreciate a tip to utilize more of the wave. I feel slow to generate speed, and missed the turn opportunity once passing the person dropping in. OBME has helped me alot so far, hoping to be ripping at my full potential by hurricane season this fall. Thank you in advance, John from Point Pleasant NJ USA.

Hi OMBE community, just looking for some tips on how to improve my surfing, cheers!

Discussion: Bring back the live sessions (?)

Why I think it was better:

- you could be sure your footage gets reviewed at a specific date. getting footage reviewed was my main reason for signing up, but haven’t been reviewed since the change

- it was the only non-asynchronous format to engage with the OMBE team in realtime which was quite exciting

- the conversations between Ant and Clay offered an extra layer of depth to the analysis and it was more engaging to rewatch, learn from everyone else and follow along seeing Clay or Ant “acting out” their ideas

This isn’t a criticism just feedback and was wondering if it’s just me, but I’ve felt a bit unhappy about the change. only way to find out is opening up to the community what’s your thoughts?

(For transparency: I’ve only joined / submitted to one live in the past myself and rewatched many others but signed up recently to do it more regularly but now they’re gone)

Hey just a quick question. I’ve been surfing the advanced wave at the wave pool and I’m fairly comfortable on this setting. Recently I’ve started surfing the advanced plus setting (a bigger more powerful wave). I make the take off on this wave about 50% of the time and I’m trying to work out what I’m doing wrong. The times I mess this up even though I’m angling the board I tend to nose dive. I’ve tried a few things to try and make this better. First I changed board moving to more of a high performance short board with a bit more rocker as I thought maybe the board wasn’t fitting into the wave. Now I’m thinking perhaps I should experiment with the take off angle. Looking at some footage it looks like I drop in to the bottom of the wave and bottom turn. Perhaps I need to angle the board more, stay higher on the wave, pop up, then ride down the face and bottom turn? Anyone have any thoughts?