Get a surf skate (the Carver Triton range are reasonably priced and have the CX trucks which Clayton recommends) and practice in a bowl.

That way you don't have to worry about catching waves etc, you can just get used to lifting your elbows and twisting to look where you want to go 👍

That looks pretty good, you're nice and relaxed and using a fair bit of the wave.

I'd suggest looking at Clayton's "Four lines" videos and start bringing your arms up to help you go more top to bottom.

Lovely wave too, where is it?

Kerry Lynn Robbert Another suggestion: Try moving your hands further back so instead of pushing up with them eg under your shoulders, they're down towards the bottom of your rib cage which may help you get more height.

What works for me is that, as I push up on my front leg's knee, I stretch the back leg horizontally straight out behind me which helps me raise my hips.Then I drive the back knee forwards as if I'm trying to hit the centre of my chest before bringing my front foot into place and completing the walk up.

Clayton Nienaber damn, that's a shame, Ant was a perfect foil for your teaching, asking the questions that he knew OMBE members would want the answers to and teasing those Golden Nuggets out of your brain.

Anthony Laye I hope you'll still be able to contribute to OMBE, but best wishes and best waves to you for the future 🤙

Cath Gito I did wonder (although Clay would probably tell you off for not looking at the wave 😉)

John Kuras Sounds like a good idea.

A couple of things to think about:

1) in pretty much all of the videos I've seen showing how to drop in, they go front hand, front foot, so you may need to explain the Coffee Cup arm leading to the instructor.

2) The front truck of a surf skate is generally looser than that of a skateboard, so you might want to tighten it up to start with.

Hope it goes well 👍

John Kuras Ah, OK, in which case:

1) Buy a helmet (and elbow pads if you're not wearing them under your jacket)

2) Learn how to do a break fall 🙂

👍

John Kuras In your original clip, you appear to be rolling down a bank that has a rail on the left.

That's a good place to start practicing dropping in as you can start with the wheels on the flat section and roll down, then have the front wheels land on the slope and finally start with the back wheels on the slope too.

If there's someone else around who is dropping in, ask them for a bit of help and get them to pull your coffee cup arm forward as you start to drop which should stop you from standing on the back leg and having the board scoot out from under you.

That looks pretty good to me 👍

I'd say the main thing to work on now would be to relax more. Your body seems very tense and I think that's stopping you from raising your elbows which is restricting your compress/ extend.

Once you get that, it should help you be able to lower your head in the rectangular bowl.