Graham Marsden

Portsmouth, United Kingdom

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24 Feb 11:44

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Looking good 👍 (although I'm only repeating what I've heard Clay saying 🙃 )

I think he'd now say that you still need to go more top-to-bottom which should give you a longer ride too... 😉

21 Feb 20:48

Koko Bower  You can buy copies of Bosu balls for a lot less than one with a fancy brand name on. I bought mine second hand for the same price as a beer!

Clayton Nienaber We appreciate it anyway 🤙

17 Feb 19:14

Clayton Nienaber I think you've mixed up the videos, you've repeated Nicholas, but the text tags Mark 🤔

Hortense Hontebeyrie On the front page of the app, go to Browse/ Foundation Programmes and you'll find lots of useful information on surf skating.

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13 Feb 18:13

Your take off looks good 👍

What you probably need to do is try the Bosu ball drills to practice getting more front on so you can stand up straighter and stack on the leading foot.

Do you have a surf skate? That would also help.

13 Feb 03:42

First question is can you fit roof bars etc?

Alternatively, is there somewhere you can hire a board to try out?

You can also try chatting with others in the line up and ask what they're riding and maybe swap for a few waves.

Of course if you're on the Gold Coast, you're not far from OMBE HQ 👍

09 Feb 20:58

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Paul Doan It looks pretty good, but I think the issue is that you're not getting your coffee cup arm forward enough. Also you're looking at the nose of the board instead of where you want to go.

I'm going to post this pic of John John Florence again, because it's great for showing how he's compressing the front leg and kissing the knees while reaching forward with his back hand and looking at the lip.

Practicing this on the surf skate in a bowl will be a great help 👍

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04 Feb 22:04

@Philipp Unterreiner - Clay often gives the analogy of riding a bicycle.If you're riding slowly and you lean, you'll fall off, so you need to twist instead.Conversely, if you're going fast, then you need to lean into the turn.So, yes, speed does make a difference, but you still need to be front on to be able to look where you're going and pass the coffee there.

02 Feb 03:58

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Nice take off and walk up, but then you seem to be riding back foot heavy as the nose of the board is way up in the air.

This slows you down and you get caught by the lip.

If you bring your coffee cup arm up and forward so you stack on the front foot you'd be able to get more twist on the bottom turn and then lift the coffee to the lip 👍

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