John K.

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26 Aug 22:37

Saw the writing on the wall when Ant left. Then OMBE turned into surflab which was just reselling the same info in a shiny new package, no real new content to speak of. No member video reviews, nothing.Now Clayton is gone. Glad I ended my membership but sorry to see OMBE go. It actually helped me a lot also helped me find a new love in skateboarding/Surf skating. Hope surfstrengthcoach doesn't disappear too. He will now be the go to information source moving forward. Bye community. It's been a fun few years, thanks for all the help. It really did make all the difference.

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09 Aug 01:01

Stoked to say it clicked finally.

Went out this morning for my first proper surf in what feels like forever. The wave here are always sub par so went into it with no expectations, just wanted to get in the water and ride a real board (Firewire Revo max 6'9" twin-fin midlength) instead of the usual foamie on family beach day.

Third wave of the day and the extension and compression just started happening. I can't even honestly say I was trying to do it, it just felt like it was happening naturally and was so easy. Even tried bashing a turn into the close out section cause it just felt right. The sun broke through the clouds just as it was all happening, like the surf gods were smiling down on me.

Because of the terrible typical surf conditions here in Myrtle Beach, SC. I've honestly only been skating the bowl everyday for weeks. Till that extension and compression also became so natural. And today in the water that carried over. The wave slowed down. It felt stylish, though I doubt it looked as good as it felt to me, but it opened up my day into trying actual turns and cutback attempts for the first real time ever.

Unfortunately the surfline cam stares into the sun that time of the morning so no decent clip to share but im stoked. The midlength really helped slow me down I think, I'll be sticking with that till I progress more.

Just super stoked.... wanted to share.... yeeewwww

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15 Jul 03:32

I don't know about anyone else but when I click link it says video is private and won't let me watch.

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Graham well as the other comment mentions on that particular wave you may just be too far back on the board in general to pull it off. While your foot should be on the tail pad for turning, it does not always stay there. I have the same issue, LOCATION, that you do. I ride small gutless slop all day too. When I'm playing around on my kids 7' micj fanning soft top, my feet (including back foot) are much further forward away from the tail. It allows the board to plain more, therefore generating more speed, and thus making the stacking easier.

If you have a bosu ball practice your stance on that with the idea that you need to move your back foot forward and backward freely. On a bosu with no forward momentum it will be more difficult to stack solely on the front foot, so hold onto a chair back or counter top and practice only being over that front leg and moving your back foot forward and backward while still maintaining the stacked front leg.

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Picking up the back foot for added emphasis, which you should be able to do on a board to move around. I've been skateboarding a lot recently, and trying to learn Ollie's and shut it, so it's a lot of jumping off your board and landing on the front foot, so when I'm not stacked or stacked on the back foot the board wants to shoot out in front of me. You can practice on a deck with no wheels just doing little hippie jumps and try landing with only the front foot down keeping your back foot up, if you can't do that than you are probably not stacked correctly over the front.

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04 Jun 23:53

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Gotta push the bush as Clayton likes to say. First pic definitely seems back foot, based on nose of board angle and how your hips are sitting. Gotta get those hips pushed forward over the front knee. I tried taking some pictures to show better, and of course this is just my interpretation, so take it at what it's worth.

Only let's me post 1 pic so I'll add 2 more replies with others. Hope it helps.

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03 Mar 05:32

Clayton Nienaber saw a YouTube video on someone else's channel, Jade, where she comes out to Australia for your coaching.

Just wanted to say it was enjoyable watching it from the "person needing the coaching" perspective. Telling her she was un-coachable- after her 1st session made me LOL cause it's exactly what I would expect you to say based on all the OMBE/Surf lab stuff I've watched.

I think it's absolutely brilliant if you could get more people to do this. Ie people with a youtube channel or social media following that can come out and get coached by you. And have them post it for everyone to see.

That is all. Keep up the great work.

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Scott Wagenblast they are building the same one right here in myrtle. Final approval was a few months ago. Just waiting to get in line for my lifetime pass.

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