It's difficult to tell just from a still photo, but thinking about what Clay has said about being able to see someone's intent, on the bottom turn, your arms are down like you are hunching over to protect yourself, rather than looking as if you're about to spring up to the lip.

Pointing your coffee cup to where you want to go would probably be helpful.

On the bottom turn, it looks like your back arm is hanging out behind you, instead of lifting the coffee cup to the lip.

On the top turn, I think your front arm is blocking your twist. Lifting the elbow and "putting it in your back pocket" would help you get your weight forward so you can look back at the foam.

On the SurfLab Facebook page they've just announced a 2 day Beginners Course at the SurfLab HQ on the Gold Coast.

It would be good if this app got a bit more love, though... 🤔

I think you need to get more front on.

When you do the bottom turn, you're putting your weight on your back foot and your butt is pointing at the wave.

This means you lose speed on the way up, so the board drops flat at the top.

Look at this pic of John John Florence and see how he's lunging forward with his coffee cup hand like a surf board on the wave.

Get on rail with your weight forward and you'll keep the speed for the top turn 👍

But apart from that, you're fine...? 🙃

The way to get a longer ride is to use more of the wave face.

At the moment you're racing down the line, but, as you said, you need to work on extending and compressing to get more vertical.

Look to the lip and pass the coffee there as you extend, then compress down the wave.

Also, if it's suitable for your skill level, try using a shorter board that can turn quicker.

That's pretty impressive 🙂

I'd say you just need to look where you want to go and hold the turns for longer.

Pass the coffee back to the foam, then point it to the lip and wait for the board to follow 👍

I think what you need to do is to lift your elbows which will also help you straighten your back as you seem to be bending from the hips a bit much.

Look at the stick surfing/ skating drills to introduce a pattern interruptor.

Although, personally, I prefer a length of webbing which I can loop around my wrist and tuck into my wetsuit sleeve when I'm paddling out, which is much more convenient 🙂

Nice positioning for the peak 👍

The only comment I'd make is to relax and slow down a bit as it looks like you're rushing things and your arms are moving around a lot but you don't quite leave time for the board to respond.

You always hold the coffee cup in your back arm.

Here's a video which shows more about it: https://train.ombe.co/programs/beginner-pathway?permalink=land-drill-coffee-up-coffee-down-routine-focus-on-breathing-lunging-not-bending-at-hips-unfreeze-your-body-session-4-beg-path&cid=2838955&utm_source=product&utm_medium=share&utm_campaign=content_share&utm_term=1914312&utm_content=mobile