Thanks, that makes sense. I'll try to focus on that next time out.

I think part of the bend at the waist is from sucking my legs up to get the board to the top of the wave, but agree it looks like I am collapsing/folding over at the start of the turn.

It feels like the board drops out from under me as I go back down the wave through the turn. Do you think that might be from not having enough weight over the front foot?

Thanks! This is on Carver C7 trucks. I don't like them for pumping around the bowl, but I think they allow for a sharper turn at low speeds as compared to the Cx.

John Kuras Completely agree on the skating and opportunity for repitition and ease of getting video to review, etc. I haven't surfed as much as I would have liked since finding OMBE, but the skating has been a lot of fun.

Wave pool near by would be great.

John Kuras Nice, I grew up bodyboarding as well. Made the mistake of thinking I could switch from the bodyboard to a high performance short board as a teen, and quickly lost interest and set my surfing back by 20 years. Gave surfing another try as an adult after having fun on a SUP in small waves and I've been working my way down in board size from there. I spent about 6 years being content with just trimming/pumping down the line for speed in that line 2 style, but picked up the surfskate last year when I realized I had no idea what to do with my upper body when trying to turn on a wave.

That's not an easy change, were you surfing regular and skating goofy?

The frontside turn is looking good. Is the other end of the bowl the same basic shape without the rollin? Looks like you had the back side turn if that ledge wasn't in the way.

Maybe film a couple attempts with the camera setup across from the rollin to see if you have a little more room on that backside turn than you think. I see you have to avoid the rollin section, but maybe you can start that turn a little closer to it to give yourself more time/space to turn through that corner.

Clayton Nienaber Thanks. I noticed last time it happened to me that I was looking down the line as I was falling, but it happened so fast I wasn't sure if that was the cause or just my upper body trying to counter the fall.

The whole time I am surfing I thinking about looking back toward the foam, so it's hard to believe I still forget to when it counts.

Looks like you might be trying to muscle it a bit.

I'd love for someone to explain exactly why you fell back at the end of that wave. That happens to me pretty often and I see it happen to a lot of surfers going for a turn at the end of a wave. Idk if it's too late to go for that turn or if it's technique related, but drives me crazy when it happens to me.