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Graham

Portsmouth, United Kingdom

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Replied on Is the old OMBE app still working?Whe...

11 Sep 21:15

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Tom Tebbatt There's two apps, but only this one has much life...

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Replied on Struggling with take off on boxy wave...

10 Sep 03:31

Jerry Do you have any videos?

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Replied on Is the old OMBE app still working?Whe...

10 Sep 01:50

Coryn Daniel Possibly, but it would be nice to know if we can uninstall it.

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Commented on Struggling with take off on boxy wave...

09 Sep 21:34

It sounds like you're surfing messy beach breaks like I do.

The only real way to deal with this is to be very picky with your wave choice 😕

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Replied on Is the old OMBE app still working?Whe...

09 Sep 17:58

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I'm using a Samsung A52s running Android 14, so I doubt that's the problem.

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08 Sep 20:50

Is the old OMBE app still working?

When I go into it I get a message telling me to update it, but according to Google play store, I am up to date... 🤔
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07 Sep 17:53

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07 Sep 08:56

Following my previous post about finding that I suddenly found I could actually do a pop up on dry land, I wanted to see if I could do it on water.

The conditions weren't great (small, messy, short-period windswell) but there were a few waves to catch and, thankfully, after a couple of false starts, I managed this:

https://youtu.be/2nUd4GUBNRs

Ok, it's not particularly fluid yet and I was doing it on my 8'2, so I was pushing up off the top of my foot, rather than the shin or knee, but it's a start 🙂

And there's a bit of knee-kissing and coffee cup passing too at the end!
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Replied on Month of Surf Training in September:D...

05 Sep 06:09

John Kuras Excellent!

Good to see that Clay's influence is spreading 🤙

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Commented on Hi All, Just hoping someone could giv...

04 Sep 20:05

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I'd say your most important thing is to get more front on, being side on makes you back foot heavy, so the nose is coming up and the rocker is pushing water, causing drag which slows you down.

Bring your coffee cup (back) arm forward to help you lunge and kiss the knees, that will help you compress onto the front foot and let you engage the rail.

Also it's a nice wave, but you're not going top to bottom to make the most of it, although the people paddling out in front of you across the shoulder probably aren't helping ☹️

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