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!
Hello everyone :) happy to start my Journey here
“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
Looking for feedback. Was not working on training or trimming. Position, popup, stance, etc. Thanks.
Hello OMBE team,
It feels like I'm rushing through the waves, thinking they're fast. In my head, I know I should be using more of the wave's up and down motion, even if I can't reach a full figure 8. I would appreciate any advice on what I should focus on.
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I attached an image of a surfer riding a giant wave, viewed from inside the house. Himalayas.
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I never thought there would be much connection between surfing and skiing, but...
I'm in the Three Valleys in France at the moment, but I'd been having problems controlling my line and speed on pistes that are steep or icy, so I decided to get a lesson.
My instructor pointed out that I wasn't pushing my knees down and into the front of my boots enough and that I should reach forward and down with my inside hand.
Light bulb!
"Oh, you mean compress the front leg and push the coffee cup through the turn!"
I then had to explain about OMBE and surfing, but using that simple thing, which i already knew, made it so much easier 👍🙂
Took some different angles of video of my figure 8 practice to see if I was bending at waist too much into the 2nd turn and/or if I was letting my coffee cup arm get behind me into the cutback turn.
These videos are not of all the same attempt cause I don't have 3 phones to record all the angles at once, but I tried to select turns that all looked/ felt similar when I did them for a better comparison.
Feel free to let me know what you think. I know myself watching these angles I definitely could get my head around more on the turn and I notice I tend to hold my breath, which now that I've noticed I can work on making some fart noises or something going into it.
As a side note: legs are burning after all the attempts I made today. Skating a bowl after leg day= hard!
