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Graham Marsden

Portsmouth, United Kingdom

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20 Feb 07:34

Sometimes it's the simplest or smallest things...

I've been trying to get my shortboard walk up working, ie pushing up onto my knees, rather than my toes for when I'm using a smaller board.

When I'm at home, I can practice it on the carpet, no problems, it works fine, but today I, again, couldn't get it to work.

Because of the conditions (small, a bit messy) I was using my 7'6 board which is about the shortest I can do the "toes" method, but trying to avoid doing that.

Except, every time I walked up, I was finding I still not using my knees and I couldn't figure out why, even though, before I went out, I'd practiced on the beach and it had been fine.

So eventually I rode a wave back in, put the board on the beach and tried again, seeing if I could figure out what I was doing differently.

And suddenly it clicked!

When I was on the waves, my hands were coming a bit further forward on the board so they were under my shoulders, but when I was practicing on the beach, they were down by my lower ribs!

So I went back out again and, ok, it wasn't perfect, but I was definitely using my knee/ shin much more 👍

I'll have to practice more to get it drilled it, but it's amazing how much a few inches difference in hand placement can change things 🙂
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Note: If you're a long term lifetime member, Jeremy Dean is working on a fix that should be in place over the weekend.

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15 Feb 21:36

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15 Feb 21:32

Watch what they're doing and look at where the wave is drawing up, they might be finding the right spot (Bus Stop) which is what is actually helping them catch the wave and they may be wasting energy with the stress paddling, but they don't know differently 😀

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15 Feb 21:28

The two most important things I've found are:1) Stacking on the front footYou should be in a comfortable Neutral Stance position where your bones, rather than your muscles are supporting you, so you feel like you could there stand all day without your legs getting tired.You want your hips forward and your elbows up to keep your back straight, your head up and shoulders back.2) The Coffee CupTo start with, keep it in front of you, then practice putting it down on the front of the ball, then lift it up like you're trying to put it on a high shelf. This will get you used to compressing and extending on your front leg.When you want to turn, imagine pouring the coffee out in the direction you want to go, but twist from the bottom up, ie your ankles, knees and hips rotate in sequence, then the shoulders and arms follow.Slow things down and it will get smoother.

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Commented on Falling forward when popping up

10 Oct 21:14

Try dropping your hips when you get your front foot in place which should help you keep your head up and shoulders back.

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Commented on How to get in paddling shape when land-locked

07 Oct 20:33

Try front crawl, but keep your head up and out of the water.

That forces you to arch your back and paddle more with your lats.

Similarly, doing the Superman position on the floor keeping your legs and feet together off the ground is good too.

Also get a set of bungee arm trainers like Power Strokers or Mavrex and a bar to do pull ups will help 👍

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