Agreed with Graham Marsden - land based training may be your friend in Hong Kong! I think you self assessed well, and great progress given limted wave access!

That sounds rough.

Impressed you are sticking to it! My goal is to still surf and learn into my 60s, so it’s inspiring to see you push through.

But still, that’s a lot of injuries and pain- hope it give you a break soon!

Looks like you are staying close to the pocket well and using the face!

The coffee cup arms could be a good place as it’s sometimes it’s behind you- but some nice looking turns!

Where’s this wave? 🙂

Depends how close to the pocket of the wave you? More closer to the pocket, less further away!

Graham Marsden fair enough! Many of my friends I ride with ski rather than board so I don’t judge 😉. Either way you can explore the mountain, and you are not picking up bad habits for surfing on skis either!

Graham Marsden you skiing not snowboarding? Lots of people do! The snow season is here in Canada and my angles are soooo positive this season to practice my stance, and I actually like it way more- it’s easier in trees and steeps!! Coffee cup snowboarding!

Fun question! I find learning the condtions fascinating, and that’s an interesting observation- depending on which sand bank/ reef section it’s breaking on for which direction/ size of swell maybe. Clayton’s question is helpful! I notice some breaks I ride, esp beach breaks have shifting peaks with the tide/ swell size, with waves at different positions having different personalities, even on the same day!

I should get a goal! You inspired me! I want to work on land training regularly for when I can’t get out, and may try to do something daily! I also realized I surfed the equivalent of once a weekend per year in the number of surf sessions I did this year, despite not living by the sea, due to surf trips and a hard core schedules on them! I plan to aim for the same! I also want to work on surfing on rail more and taking off deeper! Barrel is the dream one day 😍

Thanks mark cabra that’s helpful! Agreed with Graham below- looks like you are bending/twisting a the back and could bring the coffee cup are forward, so the botsu or stick on a surf skate could help!

Still, some nice trimming!

Ah thanks! That wave did close out on you to be fair, not giving you anywhere to go if you bottom turned, and leaving you being hit by whitewater as you went across! swooping around that foam section didn’t really look doable where you were. The other guy caught it way down from you and is still staying close-ish to the pocket!

I’d say your stances isn’t bad- I’m sure many of us could improve stance and get more front on(I certainly could!), but it’s not a poo man stance by any means!

I’d be curious what a green wave would look like by comparison!

I was too slow to sign up for the dates I could make unfortunately - they went justifiably fast!

A friend of mine is joining your camp at the end of April, so some female friends and I will be in Popoyo first week of May to surf after they are done!

I’ll try be on the ball (and budget /convince my non surfing husband it’s worth it 😅!) next year so I can join a camp or visit Aus!