You don't want to make a big change in your board's length or volume as you may find it difficult to adjust.

Talk to local shops and see what is available second hand or for rent so you can try them without spending too much money.

Also, when you're in the line up, chat to people who are of the same sort of skill level as you and ask what they are using. They might even offer to swap boards for a few waves 👍

Eng Mine is 58cm, although it's a copy which was a lot cheaper than buying a genuine Bosu

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Eng The Bosu ball lets you practice the stance on its own, without the distractions of having to think about the wave or the surfskate.

When you compress, you need to go forward like you're doing a lunge, to keep your weight on your front foot, instead of sitting back like you're going to sit on a chair.

Remember: compress to go down, extend to go up.

Keep the elbows high, preferably at chest level to remind you that your back needs to be straight.

That's a lovely wave for cruising (I'm jealous!)

What I think you need to do is to stand up straighter and get your hips forward so you stack on the front foot more.

If you bring your elbows up and forward, that should help too.

Look at the Bosu Ball Neutral Stance drills for more advice.

Here's the link to the video: https://youtu.be/KK1RIee-TZ4?si=KxgaGZn-AW47AqIC

Definitely worth a watch 🤙

(I wish I had the money and the endurance to be able to do this... 😕)

Your knees are pointing to the rail, your coffee cup is pointing backwards.

Turn your feet to 45 degrees from the nose so everything is pointing forwards 👍

Welcome to the OMBEverse! 🤙

First thing I'd say is that the second take off is much better, there's less stress paddling and your legs stay together.

On both, however, you're rushing down the line and almost wiggling, try to slow things down and use the wave to do the work.

As for the turn, having the arms up seems to help keep your front arm out of the way so you can twist, now you just need to pass the coffee back to the foam and hold the rail longer 👍

I've had a few good sessions there recently, but an awful one yesterday.

I think I'd overdone it with swimming and gym the previous two days and was utterly exhausted and had to quit because I couldn't handle the conditions 😢

It's a shame, because this morning was also looking good, but there was no chance of me getting out ☹️

North Devon has also been very good according to a friend who lives in Bideford, hope you've been catching some waves 🏄‍♂️

Ben I wouldn't trust Chat GPT full stop 😉

Here's the OMBE guide: https://www.ombe.co/guides/what-surf-skate-do-we-recommend

Surf skating in a bowl (transitions) is closest to being on a wave, you're compressing and extending, using the "rail" and looking through the turns, all skills you'll need.