Better than 4-8cm here...! 🤔

Libby Stano Check out the Bosu Ball Neutral Stance drills and practice compressing and extending on the front foot whilst "kissing the knees" which will help you avoid the poo-man stance.

We can see the video now, thanks for sorting that out 🙂

It's actually not looking too bad, you're catching the wave and angling down the line, however your main issue to start with is having the confidence to walk up earlier in the glide section and that's just something that comes with practice (believe me, I know!)

Look at the walk-up drills in the Beginners Course and remember to get your back foot angled at 45 degrees from the nose so your rear knee points more towards the way you're going, instead of sticking out to the side.

That will help you get your hips and shoulders more front-on and enable you to stack on the front foot so you can stand up smoothly.

You've got a good start there, so keep at it 👍

Libby Stano How old is your Mac? It may be that the iOS is too old to be compatible.Here's a page that might help:https://discussions.apple.com/thread/254659965?sortBy=best

Rather than using the app, try going directly to the YouTube web page and upload it there via Create Video.

Scott Wagenblast Thanks for the suggestions.

I'm finally starting to get the timing right (or nearly), but I'm certainly going to work on the hands too.

I'm no expert, but here's some of the things I've seen Clay and others say:

1) Generally, when paddling, you want the nose an inch or two out of the water. Lower and it will just bury itself, higher and you're wasting energy pushing water with the rocker.

2) Don't worry about your back foot is. Watch some of the OMBE videos where they analyse the surfing of the pros, the front foot should stay around the widest part of the board so you can stack on it, the back foot moves around to wherever it's needed.

3) To find your approximate Neutral Stance, stand with your feet at 45 degrees to a line, then pivot your back foot on its heel so it's at 90 degrees to your front foot. Pivot the back foot again, on the ball of the foot, until it's parallel with the front foot.

Stack, then compress and extend on the front foot and let your back foot settle where it's comfortable and that's roughly your stance length.

Hope this helps 👍

Michiel van Gerven  That's a good point, I'm tending to look down at the bank or, at best, at the coping.

I'll have to try looking higher next time, thanks! 👍