Just my two cents: once you pick up surf skating you will eventually have to progress to bowl riding, otherwise it just won't really help. It will help you balance initially, but after that you will need to gradually start to go more vertical to learn to pump along the waves and turns after that. Training those on flat ground just isn't a great simulation. The C7 trucks are a much more loose than the CX truxks. I.e. they feel more flowy in the flats, but that is not the same as actually emulating surf movements. The CX works well in the bowl (it has taught me loads), I would be terrified of taking C7 trucks into a bowl.

Those waves look absolutely lovely

I would look into practicing your compression and extension. Your legs seem fairly locked. Some bowl skating can help with that.

Hadyn Wood it's pretty far up, you might not lose that much. Shape yes, but not so much actual performance.

Bummer man. What happened?Did you dig the nose in the sand?

You need to chose the left most option when attaching something. The one that looks like a picture rather than a video.

John Kuras I've listened to his podcast and seen some of his videos. His tool seems very expensive though. Love to see what you've come up with.

Nice man! Could you share a photo of the setup you use for paddle training? A little extra stamina never goes amiss..

I still feel the get the right board course is one of the best OMBE has ever done. If you've not looked into that yet, that's not a bad place to start.

Totally agree surfboard marketing is absolute nonsense. One of my favourites was the marketing video for the dumpster diver 2. "It's a small wave board", next shot shows Dane Reynolds doing a backflip. Instant classic.

I quite like to try friends' boards. Especially for shapes I would not normally consider. Also I try to problem solve when building my quiver. For instance: Nose getting caught on steeper takeoff. Maybe try something with more rocker and a thinner nose. Waves require a shortboard but lack power, try a squash tail instead of a round tail etc.

Boxy as in slabby barreling wave? No defined shoulder suggests a close or maybe a particularly racy wave?

This is not a bad video on taking off late. There are also two additional videos on barrel riding:

https://youtu.be/Q0uGkFvTtMw?si=JZP3jtCYx5Xz6Sjh