Welcome to the community 🙂

You don't say what type of wave you're riding, as that could make a difference.

For instance is it a reef or point break that has a particular take off point, or a beach break?

On a beach break, unless it's peaky, ie goes from almost nothing to suddenly pitching up steeply, it might be better to sit further outside and try to catch it earlier.

Obviously reef or point breaks don't really give you that option as the Bus Stop is going to be more or less in the same place every time, but if you angle your take off, you can take a less steep line diagonally across the face which will give you a longer glide and more time to get to your feet.

If you have any videos, do post them as that would help people give you more advice.

Not bad for 20 years out of practise 🙂

It's good to work on the compressing and extending, but remember that you don't need to overdo it on the flats.

Also, push the coffee cup through and get the front arm up and out of the way 👍

I'd suggest taking a look at the Neutral Stance and Bosu Ball drills.

Slow things down, relax and just concentrate on getting a good posture on the board. Once you've got that, everything else should be easier.

Coryn Daniel The Lifetime members are some of the strongest supporters of the Community and ambassadors for the brand, encouraging others to search it out and sign up, so the benefits of keeping them onside to gain new sign-ups would easily outweigh the small cost of not making them to pay again.

Maybe try taking a step back and practising on the flats.

Get a couple of cones or cans or just mark some X's on the ground and work on going around them, concentrating on lunging forward with the knees as you come in to the turn, then extending as you straighten up.

Keep your elbows up and your shoulders down and remember to breathe 🙂

That should help give you the timing, then just extend as you go up the banking and compress as you go down.

It's difficult to tell just from a still photo, but thinking about what Clay has said about being able to see someone's intent, on the bottom turn, your arms are down like you are hunching over to protect yourself, rather than looking as if you're about to spring up to the lip.

Pointing your coffee cup to where you want to go would probably be helpful.

Emil Charlaff That's Members, not Lifetime Members.

The point of Lifetime Membership is that people could pay a one-off fee, then get all the content, *including* new content, in perpetuity.

I'm sure it does mean that Lifetime Membership will carry over, as there's a bunch of people, including long-time contributors, who would be very unhappy if that wasn't the case, but there hasn't been any official confirmation, hence the question.

Could you please clarify, will OMBE Lifetime members have access to new SurfLab content going forward or only OMBE legacy archives?

On the bottom turn, it looks like your back arm is hanging out behind you, instead of lifting the coffee cup to the lip.

On the top turn, I think your front arm is blocking your twist. Lifting the elbow and "putting it in your back pocket" would help you get your weight forward so you can look back at the foam.

On the SurfLab Facebook page they've just announced a 2 day Beginners Course at the SurfLab HQ on the Gold Coast.

It would be good if this app got a bit more love, though... 🤔