So true. Graham Marsden.

I would go one further and apply this idea to the session itself. So many people sit out the back waiting for the perfect bowly wave, letting every sub-standard wave pass them by.

I find that I consistently underestimate the opportunities available on a wave. A good way to combat this is: I force myself to catch the first 10 waves that come my way, no matter what.

Yes I end up sitting on the inside and wearing the sets on the head. But once I get into this rhythm, I can double or triple the amount of actual surfing I do in a session, especially when it’s crowded (which is basically every surf where I live).

Graham Marsden most of your speed seems to be coming from the down pump. You gain *just* enough speed to get to the next down pump.

You could double the effect by working on the up pump. I’m working on this exact issue too learning vert ramp skating.

You come out of the flat bottom fairly straight legged and compress just a little right before the transition. Think about starting your compression half way across the flat bottom, then extend as you ascend.

Mitchie Bruscoe explains it really well at 1.10 in this video.

https://youtu.be/H9q8FXDHIlc?si=R_dhBZ_056W3F4s-

By the way, the rest of the video is what I’m working on. The wide power slide exercise is very similar to the way a lip line or projection floater feels.

Anthony your legs seem to be leading the twist, rather than your hips leading. Like Graham says, think about getting that leading arm around further. Visualise the style master:

Coryn Daniel thank you. I will give it a go. You seem to be a very generous river guide here in OMBE land. I have a couple of questions I hope you don’t mind.

Is there somewhere that the Zoom schedule is published so I can lock in to my calendar?

How are two two apps supposed to be used? Ought I to be using the OMBE community app? This training one doesn’t seem to have nearly the same level of participation.

No I can’t comment on those boards, the hypto is the only Hayden board I’ve owned. I’ve found Noel Salas from SurfNShow channel to give very reliable board reviews that make a lot of sense to me. Onboard Store at Mona Vale has by far the widest selection of boards, including a decent amount of used ones—worth checking out if you haven’t already

Josh Farbenblum nice. Yeah 45L is pretty high volume. I’m pretty similar to you: 179cm and 73kg. I’m riding a 5’11 DHD 3DV at about 30L. It took some getting used to and, despite what the DHD website says, I would not recommend for a low intermediate: it’s pretty unforgiving if you get the weighting wrong.

I also have a 5’9 hypto for when I’m feeling lazy. I don’t know the volume, maybe 35L, but it feels like a total slug when surfing top to bottom, especially on forehand.

I’m pretty new here also. I’ve been surfing about 25 years, much of that around the northern beaches too. I’m probably high intermediate in the OMBE definitions. Until recently I never took much interest in my surf equipment.

Conversely I’m only about 2 years into learning to skate (street and park, not surfskate) and about a year into it, I became obsessed with gear. I spent way too much time looking and buying gear instead of simply going skating.

For me, it was a lazy way to feel like I was progressing. It’s so much easier to buy equipment than to do the hard emotional work of accepting your current ability and—drip by drip over months and years—working on one good habit at a time.

So my advice would be, by all means take an interest in your gear, but take care not elevate the E over the other elements in OMBE vernacular.

10 months isn’t that long for most people. For what it’s worth, unless I get a total dud, Ill surf my boards 80-100 times (6-8 months) before changing