Anywhere in the southeast suburbs Melbourne where I can get surf skate lessons? Thanks
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April 21
00:30
Hello everybody! First time posting! I've been getting to the stage where I feel like I need to get some outside perspective of where my surfing is and what next to work on! I would love to hear any feedback on these waves! (I'm 6ft2 183lb, riding 5ft11 38L keel fin fish!) I put myself at a lower intermediate level and want to start surfing more vertically Yew!
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April 20
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
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April 22
How I feel (hanging out with my family excepted of course :-)
April 11
Almost in Nicaragua. Yew!
Jet lagged but excited for the OMBE retreat !
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April 19
• Edited (Apr 19, 2024)
00:16
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!!
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January 09
00:13
Anybody in the NYC area that wants to meet up? I’ve been following OMBE for a while and have made great strides to my surfing (Thanks Clayton!). I usually surf by myself and would love to share the stoke with more people! Leave a comment here or hit me up on ig (@brianyin). Just looking for someone to surf/surf skate together or just hangout and talk about surfing! Sharing a wave of me doing a top turn for the first time!
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September 22, 2023
What level surfer are you by the OMBE Four Lines?
April 03
The OMBE bowl in Nicaragua is ready. I’ll be heading over there next week to host x 3 retreats. So excited for this one!!
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February 20
Sometimes it's the simplest or smallest things...
I've been trying to get my shortboard walk up working, ie pushing up onto my knees, rather than my toes for when I'm using a smaller board.
When I'm at home, I can practice it on the carpet, no problems, it works fine, but today I, again, couldn't get it to work.
Because of the conditions (small, a bit messy) I was using my 7'6 board which is about the shortest I can do the "toes" method, but trying to avoid doing that.
Except, every time I walked up, I was finding I still not using my knees and I couldn't figure out why, even though, before I went out, I'd practiced on the beach and it had been fine.
So eventually I rode a wave back in, put the board on the beach and tried again, seeing if I could figure out what I was doing differently.
And suddenly it clicked!
When I was on the waves, my hands were coming a bit further forward on the board so they were under my shoulders, but when I was practicing on the beach, they were down by my lower ribs!
So I went back out again and, ok, it wasn't perfect, but I was definitely using my knee/ shin much more 👍
I'll have to practice more to get it drilled it, but it's amazing how much a few inches difference in hand placement can change things 🙂