I thought I would drop this here for community comments… it’s 2 different waves taken on the same session. 1 carve was great… the other sucked! …. Why?

“Tension” Aha Moment…Now and then we all wake up with a stiff neck from sleeping wrong on our pillow right? Well I was almost healed and went surfing. Whilst waiting for a wave I had full range to turn my head with only slight discomfort.

I took off on a wave and BOOM I couldn’t even move my neck. Total paralysis. I paddled back out and sat … moved fine. Why?

I was tense and my sore neck exasperated it.

Here is me that same session with a stiff neck but consciously relaxing.

Really drove home Clayton’s point about stiffness and tension killing your movements