Very beginner here, any comments what for me to improve?
And then there are days why you wonder why you bothered to get out of bed... 🙁
So the forecast for Bracklesham was 2-3 ft at 7 seconds with a reasonable amount of push. Not great, but should have been ok and about the best you can generally expect on the south coast of the UK in summer.
There was also a forecast for cross/ onshore winds, but not blowing a hooley.
I looked at the webcams when I woke up early and decided it seemed worth it and headed down there with my 6'11.
Two mistakes 🙁
The conditions were really messy, almost no decent sets (when there was one, I got caught inside and missed it!) and the rest of the time any semi-good wave ended up with a lump in front of it, spoiling the take off.
Also I should have gone for the 7'6 or 8'2 board. I did think of taking one of the others, but didn't bother in the end.
All in all, a totally frustrating experience as I had wanted to practice my shortboard walk-up, but I barely caught any waves in about 90 minutes.
The ones I did went nowhere, even if I managed to get up on them which most of the time I didn't.
Not a great day of surfing.
I have started working on the bottom turn and cuts backs recently and I am happy to share what I feel like it’s a small progression. I only share pools footages because it’s the only time I can get filmed. So, I think pop up Oreo and gliding is now in my system. After the pop up I focused on going first to the flats and then looking back at the lip ahead of me to go back to the top of the wave. Afterwards I ..had to many thinks to focus on and did not go so good but..I am very happy I could clearly look back to where the foam is. I have to stay much more compressed and extend again which I did not do properly. Also..the elbow in the pocket..yes Graham..I forgot it again..but i am doing it on the skate.. the board was from the pool and not the best one but I think it worked fine for my level
Hi, my partner finally got persuaded to try and video my take off the other day, unfortunately there was a lull in the waves and anyway the banks are funny at the moment which meant catching them breaking next to the channel...
Anyway looks to me like something is clunky about my take off/pop up but I can't figure why? (It feels alright in the first person)
Cheers!!
Anybody have any good tips for assisting a brand new surfer catch whitewater waves and attempt to stand for the first time?
I'll be helping my niece in a week or so. I have a 7'6" soft tech foam board which has plenty of volume but hoping it won't be too short.
Should I try to push her into the white water waves or just help keep her in position and have her paddle into it on her own or have her paddle and give a little push if needed?
Posting an Indo barrel attempt for the entertainment of the chat 😆
You never know if you don’t go! 🤷♂️😇
Anyone in Lisbon/Lisboa?
I’m coming next week and would love someone to surf with.
Seal in the pocket
I got down to the Pump Track again and this time, although it was sunny, it was a hell of a lot less humid!
I'd been checking out videos on technique and it took me a few goes to get sorted, but, eventually, I managed to achieve a new record distance 👍
Ok, it's not perfect, I'm still too much on the back foot and not getting my head low in the corners (and it was only on this run that I managed to just get over that last big hump!), but I'll take the win 🙂
https://youtu.be/JcSwEbqkzA4
