You do get the rail engaged a bit, but a high volume board is always going to resist it. Boards like that are usually for very small waves or for beginners who need a lot of stability. Your take off looks good, maybe think about switching to something smaller?

Michael Van Mil I wasn't being entirely serious, I just liked the idea of using an Old Person's bus pass while carrying a surfboard 😁

Giulio Bamonte Yes, the legs do the work, the arms steer 👍

Nico Remember OMBE is Ocean, Mind, Body, Equipment.

Work on sorting out the mind and body rather than hoping that a different board will solve the problem 👍

A bigger board will just be slower to turn and harder to get on rail, which is probably the opposite of what you need at the moment.

Like Clayton told me on a recent video of mine he reviewed, you do your best surfing at the end where you just stand up, stack the joints and relax 🙂

Try to get that feeling from the take off.

When you're surf skating, it looks like your arms are trying to to the work of your legs.

Try the stick skating drills and lift and open the front arm more.

When you're surfing also you need to get the front arm open so you can look back at the moment.

John Andryszewski I reckon so 👍

At the take off, as you start to come down the wave, you chop sideways, then down, then rush out onto the shoulder.   If you had carried on down to the bottom of the wave before doing the bottom turn I think you could have got to the top much earlier, then come back down before the person paddling across the shoulder. You would then have been able to turn back to the foam and got another turn in before the person dropping in chandeliered the wave.

I think your problem is that your coffee cup arm is pointing backwards and you're leading with your front hand.

This puts the board flat instead of engaging the rail.

Bring your back arm round and point it where you want to go and you should get the bottom turn in.