Graham Marsden

Portsmouth, United Kingdom

16 Dec 12:11

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From the first clip, compare your body posture with the other guy.

See how he's relaxed, extended and stacked over the front foot where you're bending from the waist.

Try some Bosu ball and surf skate practise to work on your posture and you should find things improve 👍

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Matt Lyne It was pretty busy because it was good and it was Saturday, but Bracklesham Bay is big, so you can always move along to an emptier spot.

There's not just one peak 👍

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?

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14 Dec 09:18

Today at Bracklesham it was a lovely clear winter's day, glassy smooth, running 3 feet at 18 seconds which is incredibly rare, so, despite having done a couple of hours practise at Aldershot dry ski slope yesterday, which left me feeling pretty tired, I had to get out for a surf!

There were a couple of other drawbacks, firstly, because I was working on my skiing fitness, I hadn't been swimming for ages, and, secondly, I was wearing a brand new 5/4/3 wetsuit which was nice and warm, but a real struggle to get into and these made paddling very difficult 😕

Still, I had some nice rides and, after about 90 minutes, instead of quitting, I had some sandwiches and chocolate and went back out for another 30 minutes.

In the second session, I probably did some of my best surfing ever, but my Gopro had run out of battery and the surf cam wasn't working, so unfortunately I've not got any videos ☹️

Oh well, I had a good time anyway 🤙

Here's hoping the same conditions will happen some time soon...

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12 Dec 20:53

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.

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12 Dec 06:19

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 👍

11 Dec 05:25

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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... 🙃 🏄‍♂️

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09 Dec 02:04

So are we going to have an AI Clay? 🤔