nick kirk Don't worry about the tail pad, the only time you need to have your foot on it is if you're doing vertical snaps off the lip!

Concentrate on getting your front foot at the widest part of the board and stack your bones so you're standing upright and you'll find it much easier 👍

1) As you take off, before you try to get up, straighten your legs and arch your back back so your head is up, instead of your chin being almost on the board.

2) Look under the Browse tab of the App for the Pre-Pop Up video 👍

Clayton Nienaber Sorry, just wanted to check, will Lifetime membership of OMBE include Surf Lab going forward?

Emily Brooks Plus Clay might actually want to go surfing himself at some point... 🙃 🏄‍♂️

So are we going to have an AI Clay? 🤔

The first thing you need to do is to stand up! 🙂

When you take off, you compress, but then stay that way, so it looks like you're sat in a chair all through the ride.

Stack your weight on the front foot, with your back straight and your head up, then turn your hips so your body is facing the way you are going.

This will make it much easier to compress and extend and look back to the foam.

Look at the surf skating drills and practice in a bowl with a stick in your hands to get used to being front on.

First thing I'd mention is that you go where you look.

You're looking down instead of along the line, so that's where the board goes.

If you get your head across, you'll engage the rail.

maor daniel If you go to the Browse tab of the app and look at the Surf Start and Surf Smart programmes, that will tell you all you need to know.

One piece of advice: Stand up! 🙂

You have a good take off, but you're riding the wave like you're sitting in a chair.

Stack on the front foot, back straight, head up and with your body square and you'll find it much easier to compress and extend and look back to the foam.

Try doing some surf skating in a bowl with a stick to get used to being front on.

As you mentioned, you need to get the coffee cup arm forward, as you're leading with your front shoulder instead of being front on.

Also compress and kiss the knees as you approach, then extend as you go up. Look at the Cardboard Slide drills to practice this.

But your twist is fantastic (I'm jealous! 😉)