Graham Marsden

Portsmouth, United Kingdom

08 Dec 19:30

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It looks pretty good, but my question would be what were you thinking about doing afterwards as your gaze is down the line instead of at the bottom of the wave where you will be next.

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08 Dec 10:32

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John Kuras  Fair enough, I saw the board apparently shooting upwards which is usually a sign of being back foot heavy. It's difficult to see the exact shape of the bowl from a single video point of view eg I'm not sure of the exact layout of the section where you do your second turn.  Maybe you could give us a quick walk around of it so we can see the layout properly?

06 Dec 03:21

John Kuras  Your first turn is looking better, although you seem to be flinging your arms around a bit, trying to force the turn, instead of going with the board.On the second, I think you're letting your weight sit back on your rear foot which is what is causing you to lose the board as you go up.Did you try the other end of the bowl?

05 Dec 01:17

Scott Wagenblast That's looking good 👍

John Kuras It's a matter of getting the timing right and, believe me, it's a bit tricky!

This is what I understand of it:

You compress before the banking, then, when you're going up, you extend like you're doing a cardboard slide.

As you lose momentum, just before the apex, start to compress and twist, so you kiss the knees as you pass the coffee through and put your inside elbow in your back pocket.

That should help you turn your body and knees to point back down the ramp and you look to where you want to go.

Hope that helps!

John Kuras I also find I can't easily scroll the videos on Android, but you can always download them and watch them in another video player.

John Kuras I found the "left hand open, point the thumb" would restrict my movement as the shoulder couldn't open fully.

I think that may have been why Clay changed it to "hand up, elbow in the back pocket" technique.

04 Dec 11:13

Damn, the conditions look nice and kudos to him for keeping on 🤙