@Libby - Clay started using his fists when he had to have surgery on the palms of his hands. It does also have the advantage of effectively adding a couple of extra inches to your arm.

A correction to my previous correction!

It was the March Feedback Session that didn't work, the April one is available.

If you can't see it, I suggest you message Jeremy Dean

Apologies for any confusion I may have caused 😳

You need to get more front on, that way you can stop racing down the line and look back towards the pocket which is out of the picture! 😮Try to lead with your coffee cup (back) arm and get your hips and shoulders facing the way you're going, that will make it easier for you to twist and look at the foam.

Here's an article that Luke Hardacre wrote about this: https://community.ombe.co/posts/what-to-do-if-you-surf-in-one-stance-and-skate-in-the-other

BTW nice video, can I suggest you try to turn a bit more front on and push the coffee cup arm (back arm) more forward.

That should help you stack on the front foot and let you relax and straighten your back 🙂

Oops, sorry, I meant April 😳

Which video are you talking about? There's no link in your post.But if it was the March Feedback Session [Correction: April - re-correction, it ,*was* the March one that didn't work!], there isn't a video due to technical issues (Clay and Ant spent 40 minutes talking into a camera that wasn't recording!)

Find a local skate park or pump track and follow the videos in the Intermediate course.

Then post some video and get feedback from people on here 🙂

It does depend on how flexible you are, but the simple explanation is that having the back foot at 45 degrees makes it easier to kiss the knees and compress on the front foot.

Also, if you get used to practicing with it at 45 degrees and then it drifts more towards 90 when you're surfing, it's still in a pretty good place for you to be front on, but if you practice with it at 90 degrees, you're more likely to end up with a side on or poo man stance.

Here's a video I made for myself a while back, perhaps it will help clarify things 🙂

https://youtu.be/P_LVXVW_aOE?feature=shared

You take off well, but then your legs are stiff and you're bending from the waist with your hands and head down.

Have a look at the Bosu ball Neutral Stance drills and maybe get a surf skate to practice stacking on the front foot and keeping your elbows up and your shoulders back so you can compress on the front leg with your back straight 🙂