Scott Wagenblast

19 Jul 02:45

Pretty interesting the way the board really followed where you were looking on the top turn.

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Graham Marsden 14 but not a whole of experience in the ocean apart from a little boogie boarding in the past.

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15 Jul 07:02

Anybody have any good tips for assisting a brand new surfer catch whitewater waves and attempt to stand for the first time?

I'll be helping my niece in a week or so.  I have a 7'6" soft tech foam board which has plenty of volume but hoping it won't be too short.

Should I try to push her into the white water waves or just help keep her in position and have her paddle into it on her own or have her paddle and give a little push if needed?

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Jon B I started on CX trucks and got a good deal on a used C7 setup later on. I like the C7 better for certain low speed turns, but I find it a lot harder to flow around the bowl and less stable than the CX.

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10 Jul 05:17

Nice, that's looking pretty smooth. Looks like you had a good rhythm going before that first turn.

Giulio Bamonte Yeah, I would go with the new board after seeing the clip. From your description in the post I was picturing more of a struggle, but I think that looks pretty good.

23 Jun 09:04

Do you have any footage surfing on the new board?

Have you surfed at Bristol before? I'm not familiar wirh either wave pool, but it might be better to limit the variables and take the bigger board if you don't have much experience at Bristol. You'd still have the option to rent a smaller board for a couple sessions if you find the bigger board is holding you back.

16 Jun 12:08

Looks like you are pumping and flowing well around the bowl. For working on turns, I like to focus on a corner and hit it with less speed so there is more time to work on the upper body movement.

11 Jun 02:22

Nice, are you going to try to get some video?

Coryn Daniel This day was probably the best the waves have been for practicing carving turns/cutbacks in my area since I came across OMBE. I got one decent turn on video from this day which I posted a while back. Had several others that felt good but my camera blew over 20 min into the session. After this day, it was about a month until I had another good session where the waves were cooperating. If waves were that good consistently I think I'd be a lot further along. Hardest part of surfing has to be the lack of repetition.