Scott Wagenblast

13 Apr 23:43

At the point where the video stopped, you're feet are close to the heel side edge of the board but you're hinged at the hips with your weight over the center or possibly toe side of the board.

I actually just tried this on a bosu ball.  Standing upright with my heels close to the edge, the ball was obviously tilted with the edge resting on the ground.  When I hinged at the hips and put my weight over the center/toe side it brought the bosu ball level even though my feet were on the edge.

I think you're upper body in that position is keeping the board flatter whereas if you were standing more upright with your feet in that position I think you would have gotten a little more rail engagement.  But like Graham said, that board would probably be hard to get on rail in any case.

09 Apr 02:17

Looks like a really fun wave! That board looks like it might be a little floatier than needed for the way you are surfing, and it might make it harder to get more on rail.

03 Apr 02:41

With the current format, my main critique is the 1 minute size limit of the clips.  Ideally, I'd like to be able to see the full wave/ride play out for context before Clayton dives into the breakdown.  With the time limit, I get that playing the wave in full would take away too much time from the analysis, so I think it is what is unless there's a fix for the time limit.

Beyond that I am mostly indifferent to the two formats.  I enjoyed watching the playbacks of the live sessions and the tangents, but it did become a little redundant with a lot of the clips being similar.

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13 Mar 05:03

Would be curious to know the answer as well. For the wave on the right, did you hit the top turn on a slightly softer part of the wave compared to the one on the left? Looked like maybe you didn't get as much push from the wave when you started the carve and your body got a little out of sync with the board.

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08 Mar 00:05

I think your technique looks pretty good. I'd suggest changing up your line a bit. For example, around the 12 sec mark on the second wave, you projected straight across the wave and initiated the turn midface. I think if you had set that up by going more nose to the beach and doing more of a bottom turn you would have stayed closer to the power source and gotten more help from the wave on the cutback like Graham suggested. This has helped me recently on my frontside turns.

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04 Mar 22:22

Looks like a good place to practice. I would say try moving your feet more to the heel side of the board so that your toes aren't hanging off as much.

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01 Mar 00:02

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Plenty of room for improvement in technique and video quality but over all psyched about this turn.  Probably surfing a little flat, but I was happy with the line, not digging a rail and flopping straight to my back (as has happened many times), and passing the coffee toward the foam.  Work in progress but starting to feel a lot better.

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18 Feb 06:13

Clayton Nienaber I am starting to hit my forehand carves with more consistency and I think the biggest change has been going for the turn early in the wave... take off, bottom turn, forehand carve... versus trimming down the line building speed and trying to cut back from the shoulder of the wave.

I almost always bog the rail when initiating the cutback on the flatter shoulder, but this is much less of an issue when carving more in the pocket.

Does turning in the steeper part of the wave make it less likely to bog the rail since there is less water in the way?

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That's awesome. Nice to be able to surf regularly. Bet the video feedback will be a big help in your progression as well.

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13 Feb 23:55

Looks like great progress for having just started last year. How often do you surf?