Graham Marsden That's good advice. I need to focus a bit on that- I do think my hands are a bit far forward. I also tend to grab the rails instead of putting my hands on the deck.

Michiel van Gerven Both. It's particularly prevalent when I have to popup quickly on a pitchy wave, when I default to ingrained habits under the time crunch, even on longboard where I can more easily keep the knee between the arms.

Thanks for finding this for me! Very helpful, and pretty much exactly my issue. I'm OK from toes, but things are much more difficult off the knee. Interestingly, Clayton demos a "chicken wing" style popup that's almost exactly how I used to pop up- chin down and flat on the board. Luckily, Oreo fixed that, but introduced the knee-outside-of-arm thing...

I can see how that'd help- it'd give the leg a bit of momentum to help overcome tension in hip flexion. I'll give this a try. Thanks!

Not yet...

Clayton Nienaber It wasn't until OMBE that I realized I was just about always looking down to the bottom of the wave, and just about never down the line. I've made it the focus of my surf sessions, and the fact that it feels so strange to me shows me that I haven't been doing it for the past 25 years or so. (!) Now that that's feeling better, I'm trying to get my back arm up and pointing where I want to go. Thanks so much for responding!

Coryn Daniel Eventually, I'll post a vid. On the Bosu, it's even harder for me because the rear foot has to go even further forward than I'm currently comfortable with, but it's certainly something I'll work on. Thanks for the input!

John Kuras Cool, thanks! 

Hmmmm. I hadn't considered that I might have bent arms. I'll try paying some attention to this during my next dry-land practice and see how it impacts my issue.

Since it sounds like Clayton and Ant mentioned the issue somewhere, and  Clayton suggested a fix- I haven't found that vid yet- it must mean that getting the knee inside the arms is a worthwhile pursuit.

Thanks for this!