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Graham Marsden

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21 Jul 17:56

Clayton Nienaber Just wondering, are there going to be any more video clip reviews or Live chats any time soon?
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21 Jul 17:53

I wish that was possible ☹️

At least conditions are looking nice in the next few hours here... 🤞

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18 Jul 18:19

Giulio Bamonte Glad to see you're getting the take off nailed 👍

I was just thinking that you needed to lift the elbow, but I see you know that 🙂 (also, of course, it would help you twist at the end instead of leaning which made you fall 😉)

It's all just a matter of practice and getting the muscle memory...

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18 Jul 08:46

Yew! 🤙

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17 Jul 19:06

Emily Brooks Unfortunately the waves were so small I was in chest deep water at most and there wasn't anything *to* duck dive ☹️

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17 Jul 09:29

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Two (linked) things I'd suggest working on:

1) Lift your front arm and, as Clay says, "put your elbow in your back pocket" which will help you to do...

2) Don't just stare down the line, look back at the foam 👍

You look pretty relaxed, though, which is good 🙂

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17 Jul 05:29

Maria Molè I drove home and went back to sleep 😴

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17 Jul 03:54

And then there are days why you wonder why you bothered to get out of bed... 🙁

So the forecast for Bracklesham was 2-3 ft at 7 seconds with a reasonable amount of push. Not great, but should have been ok and about the best you can generally expect on the south coast of the UK in summer.

There was also a forecast for cross/ onshore winds, but not blowing a hooley.

I looked at the webcams when I woke up early and decided it seemed worth it and headed down there with my 6'11. 

Two mistakes 🙁

The conditions were really messy, almost no decent sets (when there was one, I got caught inside and missed it!) and the rest of the time any semi-good wave ended up with a lump in front of it, spoiling the take off. 

Also I should have gone for the 7'6 or 8'2 board. I did think of taking one of the others, but didn't bother in the end. 

All in all, a totally frustrating experience as I had wanted to practice my shortboard walk-up, but I barely caught any waves in about 90 minutes.

The ones I did went nowhere, even if I managed to get up on them which most of the time I didn't. 

Not a great day of surfing.
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15 Jul 18:47

Mark Hind A good explanation and it's great to hear you managed to overcome your confidence issues and get some nice waves 👍

Your video looks good, I'd suggest lifting your elbows and extending more as you appear to be staying compressed most of the time 🙂

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15 Jul 18:40

Scott Wagenblast OK, so I'd suggest holding the board so she can jump on it, but trying to get her to paddle in on her own to start with and just emphasise the straight legs, back arched, Oreo Biscuit technique and see how she gets on with it.

If that's not working, then push her in, but hopefully it won't be necessary.

Don't overcomplicate things, eg when you're on the beach teaching her the walk up, just have her lie down, then stand a few feet in front of her and tell her to get up and walk towards you whilst looking at you and she should pick up the technique easily 👍

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