John Dennis The coffee cup is always in the rear hand. The problem many people have (including me!) is their front arm getting in their way, so "putting the elbow in the back pocket" is a good way to help prevent that 🙂
To do it successfully you really need to make sure your weight is stacked over your front foot, ie you should be able to lift your back foot off the board. If you can't, you need to get your hips forward.
Hope that helps 👍
Commented on Well as usual it felt better than it ...
06 Aug 04:08
I agree that you're not close enough to the peak, you could have been at least three board lengths to the right.