Graham Marsden I will absolutely do.

Graham Marsden - so you got me thinking. I had to lay on the floor and practice my Oreo/ pop-up - I am pushing hard through my torso/midsection but my thighs/legs are almost off the board with no weight on them at all. Do I need to instead push weight through legs(top of feet almost) to get the most from this technique? That could totally explain why I am catching the wave so late - not getting the push from the wave from the tail of the board, rather the mid-section under my waist.

Maria Molè 100% - amazing eye! It was my first time there and I just couldn’t get the take-off location correct. Have to start the opposite direction of the wave - bizarre for sure

Ok Graham Marsden. I will focus on keeping my legs straight and together. I will keep you updated. Thanks for your input!

Yep, agree 100%.

What I don’t show are the multiple waves before this one that I completely miss when trying to catch them. Maybe I can send you a clip of that and you can help me to understand what I doing wrong.

Thank you so much for your reply Graham Marsden .

Hey Graham-

Thanks for your response.

Another thing I keep doing is popping-up into a deep “squat” position, where I really need to muscle my way up to stance. I’m in the correct “sprinters stance”, but just deep (while knees bent past 45 degrees and my butt very close to my board - makes it a challenge to stand up to normal surf position.@graham marsden

Clayton, you are definitely on to something here. In small waves, I don’t “stand-up”, rather am too low at pop-up (like almost popping to

my knees).

I can’t get past this, and I am not sure why I continue to do this. When I do pop-up to my feet, I’m in a deep squat and need to really muscle my way to standing.