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Replied on The Eddie is called on! 30-35 foot Ha...

23 Dec 03:30

They are forecasting it to get bigger throughout the day into late afternoon.

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23 Dec 02:15

The Eddie is called on! 30-35 foot Hawaii scale.
I just checked the surfline cam for Waimea, people lined up on the beach in the dark and waves are Yuge!!!
Believe 2016 was the last event and I'm hearing it's bigger this year.... stoked to watch it. Hoping John John wins his second!
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19 Dec 03:26

Pipe masters is on. 15-20 foot surf. Blak bear surf club and Nathan Florence going to be streaming on YouTube. It's the only way to watch it live.
Love me some Big Pipe barrels... I can't ride them, but I can dream!
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Replied on Surf lab life🏄‍♂️🏄‍♀️👌

14 Dec 01:20

I would love to go to one as well. Been trying to talk my wife into the 32 hours of flights, the 10k in airline fees, and shipping the kids over in boxes so I can afford it.

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08 Dec 10:22

Just wanted to share with everyone in the community and Clayton Nienaber.
This video is me working on one simple turn with the help of a few posts in the community and 20 mins a day in the bowl to practice.
3 turns over the course of 7 calendar days or so, practicing 20 mins a day in the bowl before work, posting my clips and taking the advice of the community members and Clayton.
I do realize it's still far from perfect and I have much to work on but the improvement I see in myself with y'alls help is amazing. I just wanted to say I'm proof that putting yourself out there and using the community can be an amazing resource.
Now to take it to the water...but im fully stoked on the results. Thank you everyone for all your help.

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Replied on Back in the saddle again...Went into ...

07 Dec 07:00

Graham Marsden I've made the mistake of being too back foot heavy before. Fell and hurt my hip so bad I couldn't walk for weeks. I'm very very conscious trying not to do that. Too old and fragile to make that mistake again.

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Replied on Back in the saddle again...Went into ...

06 Dec 23:41

Tried this line a few times this morning.... it was not pretty...my backhand turn is definitely something I need to work on more.

One of my goals moving forward is to try to spend equal amounts of time working on both turns even if doing it separately at first until I can link them together.

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06 Dec 04:05

I do have to say that 45 mins video of Ant doing this turn in the cutback section really feels like it helped.

The 1st turn in these clips felt so much faster than anything I've done before and it felt like all I did was a "gentle small ball toss to a 3 year old" and open my thumb.

It really felt effortless and watching it back it feels and looks so fast at least to me.

So excited to get back in there tomorrow if it doesn't rain and start working on the 2nd turn more. Yeeewwww

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Replied on Back in the saddle again...Went into ...

06 Dec 03:51

Yea Coryn mentioned that and I said I would give a try tomorrow if I skate. I've not tried that line yet.

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Replied on Back in the saddle again...Went into ...

06 Dec 03:49

I am fairly sure I'm not back foot heavy on the second turn as my back foot is usually the first one off when I bail. That would be harder to do if I was weighted on the back foot, the board would want to do a kickturn.

The next to last one my front foot actually slipped forward and my heel caught the edge which is why I slipped out and the nose goes down with the tail coming up. If I had been back foot heavy there the result would have probably been the board flying up, instead of the tail coming up.

I did try the opposite end of the bowl, with no hip and therefore no second curve to turn off its actually harder. It would be Like trying to do a cutback using corners 1 and 2 in the OMBE bowl except I approach a vertical wall instead of a corner.

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