You can get waves in quite a few places along the south coast of the UK if you look on Surf Line, but they're generally either small or messy (or both ☹️ )

Just occasionally, however, there's some really nice conditions if the stars align!

I was using my 7'6 Torq Mod Fun, but if I'd been able to paddle more I'd have been on the 6'11 Clayton Ambassador.

Much of the time, however, the only one I can sensibly use is the 8'2 Torq V+ because there's so little push.

Where are you coming from?

You're bending from the waist, rather than stacking on the front foot and compressing/ kissing the knees.

Have a look at the Bosu ball drills to practise your stance.

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.