Some surf skating footage from the park in Barnstaple.
I did some warm-up runs around the park to get the feel of it, then tried some backside and frontside turns in the bowl.
The bowl is much nicer than the one I usually ride in Portsmouth, bigger and with a "split level" setup, although it did take some getting used to.
As mentioned in my previous post, it's depressing when you feel like you're getting up the wall with your head low, but then see the video and it's... meh... 🙁
I think my main issue at the moment is simply gaining enough speed to be able to get further up so the centrifugal force will allow me to lean more, but I'm not sure how.
I've watched the surf skate videos of Ozzy and Kai in the OMBE bowl and they're getting so much more height with seemingly much less effort, so if anyone has any suggestions on what I can do to improve, please let me know!
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24 Aug 05:56
Emily Brooks Thanks for the comments.
One of my problems is that I've never learned to Drop In on a ramp, so I have to scoot for speed. I know the technique, but there's a big psychological barrier between that and actually trying it!
I have (sort of) started to manage to get speed by pumping across a bowl or on a half pipe, but it's not very consistent at the moment and I can only really do it backside, because my frontside turns aren't great either 🙁
When you mention "stepping on the tail and pivoting", that sounds like a skateboard kick-turn which would be like "stomping on the tail" when surfing that only works if you're going vertical, so you can get speed coming back down the wave and that's way out of my skill set...
I'm not sure what you mean by "taking a tighter line for the wall behind rather than infront". Which section of the clip are you referring to?
Can you screenshot the video and draw the line you mean?