I don't think you have a poo-man stance there, that tends to be when your butt is over one rail and your hands over the other.

You are pretty much front on, but you're bending from the waist instead of compressing the knees.

Try straightening your back and lunge the knees further forward while you bring your coffee cup arm forward so you "push the shopping trolley" through the wave.

Hope that helps 👍

It's now under Browse/ Insiders/ Surf Smart

I've certainly found that practising in a bowl helps, because it makes me concentrate on getting stacked over the front foot and looking where I want to go.

Check out the 12 week programme, (week 7, I think), for surfskate drills.

I'm definitely not qualified to give advice on barrel riding, but you can upload a video by using the "picture" icon (yeah, I know, it's confusing) however it's easier to upload it to YouTube and post the link in here.

PS your kid looks pretty impressive 👍

Your take off looks good, but then you're bending from the waist, instead of compressing and extending the front leg.

Try lifting your elbows to keep your back straight and stack over the front foot. Don't forget to bring your coffee cup arm forward so you're facing the nose of the board and your style should improve 👍

Regarding your surfing, I think your main issue is simply that you're too tense.

You hunch over and barely move until the end of the wave, when you stand up and relax.

Try doing that on the wave and you should find it much easier to compress and extend and twist back to the foam.

As for boards, fish tend to be fast, small wave boards, but they're wide, so don't turn as easily.

If you're in places where you get open Atlantic swells, there's more push, so you don't need the width and volume.

Check out what shops are offering rentals where you're going and see if they can recommend what's best.

Annoyingly, there's the possibility of some swell tomorrow, but I can't get back into the water until the stitches are out ☹️

I'd say your issue is that you're surfing side-on in a "poo man" stance.

Your back arm is behind you, your butt is over the rail and you're not extending when your friend says "get up to the top" 🙂

Turn your body so your hips and shoulders are facing the nose and bring your back arm forward so your hands are over each rails, then stand up and stack on the front foot 👍

Look at the surf skate and Bosu ball drills for more info.

OMBE I don't know if there was a delay in the sending, but it seems that both SteveE and myself appear not to have seen the email until after we read the post here.

I look forward to hearing how things will progress, also it would be nice to see a breakdown of the organisational structure, ownership etc of SurfLab.