Add a bit more compression and extension.

I would say more lean on the bottom turn, more nose to beach, and look back at the foam. You leave the best part of the wave behind.

You definitely more in the pocket on the first wave, also - and I am not sure if it's arm swinging back that causes this - you look up at the lip in wave 1, and your timing is a lot more in flow.

As noted... your difference in posture.

"and propels surfers across waves." Don't you mean up and down the waves...Close to the pocket... 😜

All jokes aside... Great info, thank you for sharing.

Hello and welcome to the fam 😁

That looks good bru... I am taking notes 😉

Thanks for the feedback and comments! 

Had two sessions after this that where a complete struggle and lessons in humility. Struggled to catch a wave, struggled to stay on the wave, struggled to do just about anything. 😂

Definitely still too much thinking going on.

At the bottom of the wave you pull you elbow behind you. Push it forward and lean while looking to the area of the wave where you fell. Only next time, look where you want to go to the bottom of the wave as if you were taking off again.

John Kuras Learn something new every day. 😁 Thanks for that. 

Way to go, well done! I think once you got it locked in, going closer to the coping is going to be easy for you.

Hey Libby, thank you, much appreciated 😀 The head is a great place to practice so keep on keeping on. 

What might also help while you're mind surfing is to imagine the feeling of how you drive your arm forward through the turn... Like you want to reach back and touch the foam and really push that hand there. 

If you stand and go through the motions and you get to the part where you turn left... when you think you at the max of your twist... push your arm forward more, even if it is over exaggerated... It may help with muscle memory when surfing. 

I remember at the time of the turns, I was just wanting to push my right arm as far around as I thought I could. Almost as if my hand, was pulling my body around.

let me know if that doesn't make sense, and I will attempt an explanation in another way 😂

It never looks pretty in the beginning... until one day. 😉