Graham Marsden

Portsmouth, United Kingdom

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Jan 16 at 01:15 AM

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 👍🙂

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Jan 16 at 01:02 AM

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I can see now what you were talking about, that entry is a bit awkward.

It's definitely looking better, what I'd suggest now is maybe trying to compress and get the coffee cup arm more forward as you go into that turn as I think you may be rushing it and you're trying to force the turn early.

I posted a pic of John John Florence's "surfboard hand" yesterday, perhaps you could try the same thing?

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Jan 15 at 04:46 AM

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I had a similar problem, so, when I'm in this position, I push up on what will be my front knee and, at the same time, extend my back leg straight out behind me.

This helps me with the hip lift so I can get the back foot in place before I scoop the front leg through.

Maybe it will work for you too?

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Jan 14 at 06:32 AM

John Kuras I'll look forward to seeing it from another angle 👍

You could always use a bag or something else to support the camera 🙂

Jan 14 at 05:56 AM

John Kuras I think if you look again at Ant's posture, his head is up and looking to where he wants to go and his knees are kissing more so his back is straighter.

BTW I'd recommend getting a Gorilla pod Tripod by Joby, they're really versatile.

You can find them on Amazon etc, but watch out for cheap knock-off copies that aren't as well made and tend to break.

https://joby.com/global/gorillapod/ant

Jan 14 at 03:12 AM

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If you want to turn off the lip, the first thing you need to do is to look at it, then point at it, then extend up to it, unfortunately it doesn't look like any of these are happening ☹️

You go where you look and point, but at the moment everything is pointing down...

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Jan 14 at 03:05 AM

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John Kuras That's really looking like you're making progress 👍

One thing I would comment on is the second turn. I appreciate it's tricky because of the design of the bowl, but you're hunching over and leaving your coffee cup arm behind you.

If you could lift the cup to the rim that could be helpful.

Jan 13 at 08:42 AM

I think you're in the UK, aren't you?

If so, here's a list of skate parks. Ideally somewhere with a decent bowl is good, but any reasonable banking should help.

At the moment I'd say your stance is too long, so try some Bosu ball practice to help you get the feeling of stacking on the front foot.

https://www.skateparks.co.uk/park-finder/

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Jan 12 at 06:07 PM

Sorry to hear that ☹️

I've got a Sony HDR-CX405 camcorder which I bought second hand for just under £100.

It's got a 9.2MP sensor and an incredible 30x optical zoom which will be plenty enough 👍

You can copy the footage into another device for analysis.

Check eBay etc and you should find some.

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Jan 04 at 12:24 AM

Even the sun came out to celebrate 👍