Graham Marsden

Portsmouth, United Kingdom

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Posted

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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John Kuras Excellent!

Good to see that Clay's influence is spreading 🤙

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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04 Sep 10:46

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Looking good 👍

But it's Clay's comment, I'm just repeating what he's said 🙂

(Of course it would be good if I could do it too... 😕 )

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04 Sep 07:49

You've got a nice flow going on the surf skate, now relax those shoulders 🙂

John Kuras As long as it works, that's what's important and there's always something that can benefit either you or someone else 👍

Tell me about it! ☹️

Many a time I've thought "great, I've finally got outside, now I can take a rest... oh sh!t where did those waves come from 😲"

02 Sep 20:00

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Nice ride 👍

A couple of suggestions:

1) When you take off, you turn back to the foam, but you're back foot heavy and then rush off to the shoulder.

2) You're trying to compress, but you're bending from the waist, instead of using your knees.

I think both of these may be caused by your being side on, rather than front on.

If you can fix that, you'll be more fluid 🙂

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Posted

02 Sep 00:57

I found this on YouTube and I think it will get a few wry chuckles (and winces!) from people 🤔

5 Things Surfers Don’t Tell You About Paddling Out...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYSzPF0T7S0

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