Graham Marsden

Portsmouth, United Kingdom

19 May 07:02

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Hugh Trueger Your take off looks good, you're catching the wave easily and getting up without struggling.

I'd say the issue you need to work on is your stance as you get into a side-on poo-man position with your backside over one rail, your knees and hands pointing over the other one and your weight is on your back foot, so the nose is in the air, slowing you down.

I'd suggest getting a surf skate and practicing getting front-on so your knees are pointing the way you're going and you can stack on the front foot which will make it easier to twist and compress and extend 👍

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16 May 08:50

I'm going to be at Croyde from the afternoon of Tuesday 20th until Saturday the 24th.

If anyone is around and wants to meet up for a surf or mutual coaching, please reply here or drop me a message 🤙

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16 May 06:13

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You've got a good take off, although perhaps you could have been a few board lengths back to your left to get into the wave a little earlier.

But I think your issue with speed generation is that you're not using the whole of the wave.

If you look at the screenshot, you want to go up to the lip, but you're looking down at the nose and your coffee cup arm is pointing backwards which is telling your board to slow down as your weight goes onto the back foot.

Push the coffee cup forward to stack on your front foot, then look at the lip and lift the cup there so you can tap into the wave's speed 👍

Philipp Unterreiner. In early videos, Clay suggested turning the front hand to "point with the thumb".

Personally I found that would "lock" my shoulder making it harder for me to twist.

I find raising the hand and "putting my elbow in my back pocket" makes it easier to twist.

You can always try both ways and see what works for you 👍

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12 May 01:38

For anyone in the UK, Surfers Against Sewage are organising countrywide paddle-out protests to complain about the state of our rivers and seas next Saturday, the 17th of May.

https://www.sas.org.uk/water-quality/our-water-quality-campaigns/paddleoutprotest/

I'm planning to be at the Hayling Island event, look for the guy with long grey hair in a pony tail 🙂

11 May 04:04

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If you don't mind a little suggestion, I would say that the problem here was that you're bending at the waist. 

This is causing you to look down, your hands are pointing down and, as Clayton says, all of this is telling your board to go down, which it does.  

 

If you look along the line as you pop up and raise your elbows to straighten your back, you can point in the direction you want to go which will help the board fit into the curve of the wave and put you in the right position for your bottom turn 👍

03 May 06:19

Terry W Unfortunately the south coast of the UK is not noted for its great surf, neither is the east 😥

03 May 06:17

Maria Molè It's 200+ miles (and about 4 hours) from London to North Devon which is the closest place to find reliable ocean waves.

Cornwall is even further...

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02 May 22:06

I don't recall hearing that, unless it's maybe to do with the effect of sunlight on darker colours?

But if you go through the "choose the right board" videos etc, maybe it'll be mentioned there.

30 Apr 21:26

Coryn Daniel is probably the best person to talk to.

She and others go to The Wave in Bristol which is about the only place you're going to find reliable surf without a much longer drive 😕