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Josh Farbenblum

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Feb 03 at 06:38 AM

Mitchell mclaurin are the waves huge? I'm a bit chicken with with 4ft and above

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Feb 02 at 07:54 PM

Mitchell mclaurin no worries. Let me know which one. Doesn't bother me.

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Feb 02 at 07:21 PM

Mitchell mclaurin I'm going to try to get there early in the morning tomorrow.

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Jan 31 at 07:55 AM

Mitchell mclaurin Hey mate. Sorry for ghosting for several months. Was out with an ACL injury. Still keen to catch up and surf. Let me know if you'd be keen to meet up at Freshie this weekend.

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Sep 30 at 06:47 AM

Total beginner here but seemed like a looking problem. I usually mess up when looking down at the board or not all the way around. But now, even with getting more height, I can make it as long as I look right around.

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Sep 05 at 09:12 PM

Oh cool. I do like it a lot. I have managed some turns on it but not consistently.

I actually bought a second hand 5'10 hypto over the weekend. I can feel the manoeuvrability immediately! I don't think it's out of my limits. I like the feel a lot. Definitely worth going down in volume. Obviously still getting used to it.

I do surf skate. Only recently started but love it a lot too.

Yeh keen to join you for a surf! I definitely like heading to the northern beaches. I'll send you a message maybe on the weekend and see if you're free.

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Aug 17 at 01:11 PM

Coryn Daniel what is the community app called?

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Aug 13 at 08:03 PM

Ian Warren thanks legend. Interesting about the hypto. Do you have any experience with any of Hayden's other boards? I was looking at the cohort 1, holy grail and love buzz as potential options.

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Aug 13 at 04:12 PM

Thanks Ian. Great to have some perspective.

To be honest, I've only had this board for a little over 4 months. But I can say with certainty I've surfed it over 100 times. I don't know if that changes much.

I'm not really obsessing over the gear to the point that I don't go out and work on my technique. I try to surf most days and am always working on something small.

I guess I'm just wondering if the current board is too buoyant for what I'm trying to do with it.

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Aug 13 at 09:45 AM

Hi legends!
I'm pretty new to surfing, only about 10 months. I started on a minimal and have since gone down to a 6'2". It's one of Hayden Cox's Atelier performance cruisers. Pretty wide and lots of volume (45L). I love it a lot, it was a great board to move on to.

I'm now trying to work my bottom turns and cutbacks and getting more on rail. For a while I thought the board was stopping me but then I managed to do it a few times (although I'm sure it didn't look as great as it felt), so I reckoned it wasn't so much the board and I just needed to work more on the technique.
But I do feel like I can't quite get it all the time, especially if the wave is fast doesn't have a nice big face to do that drawn out turn.
So my question to the group is, do I need to move on to a more responsive board?
And, any thoughts on what direction to take with that board choice?
I'm 180cm, 75kg, realistically low intermediate but looking to get to that higher intermediate level. I surf at Queenscliff and Bondi beaches in Sydney (my wave knowledge is pretty limited, but I hope that helps with the types of waves I'm surfing).
Or am I being impatient and should just keep trying with my current board?
Really loving the programs, and can see massive improvements within just a couple of weeks of using the OMBE method.
Really appreciate any help! Cheers