Hi OMBE community, just looking for some tips on how to improve my surfing, cheers!
Hi OMBE community, just looking for some tips on how to improve my surfing, cheers!
Hey crew. I wanted to share a breakthrough insight I’ve had recently. I’ve heard it said before in different ways, but I feel there’s been a switch flipped in my take off.
As best as I can explain…
Surfing doesn’t start when I stand up. It starts as I paddle for the wave. More so it starts the first hint of lift and energy from the wave. Now I’m looking where I want to go and adjusting the front to back and side to side angle of the board to surf the wave. Now as I stand up, I’ve gotta be smooth to not upset that planing and angle I’ve chosen to get into the wave. I’m still surfing the wave right through the process of getting to my feet. Now, hopefully my feet are in the right spot on the board, but even if not, I’m still surfing the wave as it seems most appropriate to do at that time as best as I can. Looking and feeling the wave and the board and getting into that athletic fighting/ sprinting stance to be ready to do the next appropriate thing.
Bit of an obvious one I guess, but really concentrating on this has completely transformed my take off.
Big love.
I should add that this session was the first time I have gone left in the pool. My previous session was a right hand wave and as I am reasonably happy with my take off now I decided to move on to Trimming. After about 20 waves I don't think I got on rail at all.
Was it me, the small wave or the board volume. Without any OMBE insights I decided to try a left wave for a change. I found heading down the line difficult, I either surfed or fell off the back of the wave.
But when I played back the video I just thought while I was lying down trying to get behind the surfer in front I actually managed to momentarily get on rail.
Thanks for commenting Graham, Alessandro and Scott I am going to go get on my bosu ball right now.
Hi all, just a heads up that Video Submission page is bugged. I've tried multiple times to upload a video and keep getting a dialogue saying "The field is required" (see pic), despite having successfully uploaded the video and ticked the disclaimer box. This is essentially breaking the form and preventing submission from working.
I also tried to upload a video to the Community for feedback, but there is no way to actually attach/upload a video. I can only search existing videos (see second pic). Not sure if I'm doing something wrong here or if it's another bug?
Do I get on rail while I am trying to get around this young man?
I am struggling trying to trim on this high volume board
Has anyone got experience of these new settings? If so what are your thoughts? Is it still 50% off for same day surfs ?
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
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?
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!
#Eyal Bernstein Soften aat the bottom and extend at the top