Scott Wagenblast

14 Jan 02:17

Looks good. Have you had a chance to surf since making the progress in the bowl? NJ has been almost completely flat to start the year.

04 Jan 00:34

Nice!

John Kuras Yeah, looks like you'd have enough space on most the attempts to clear that ledge. I think backside turns generally feel easier for the reasons you mentioned, but the coping can definitely be hard to judge. I am always surprised how much room I have when looking at my video clips.

John Kuras Does that ledge stop around that shadow line in the clip?

03 Jan 02:40

For the backside turn, I know you're watching out for that ledge from the roll in, but it might help get your board around if you start turning your head to look back at the opposite corner sooner.

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?

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23 Dec 03:03

These waves are about one year apart. Different wave pool settings and different loaner boards. It's not a perfect comparrison, but my top turn is starting to feel better. On the one from this year, you can see I am still having an issue with getting my shoulders to open. It literally feels like my right arm and head are blocked from rotating, but at least my back arm isn't wildly swinging in the wrong direction like the turn from the prior year. I've had turns in the ocean that felt better where I was able to clear that right arm and look back to the foam, but I don't have any video to analyze exactly what I am doing different on my better attempts.

For speed generarion, I think I need to lift my arms higher on the extension part of the pumping so that I go up the wave more rather than just across it, but any feedback on the pumping or the turn is welcome.

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11 Dec 03:26

Anyone have experience surfing standing/flow waves, and if so, are they helpful at all for practicing turns or is it just totally different than an ocean wave?

My schedule and the waves, or lack thereof, haven't been lining up well lately, so looking for some different things to try in addition to surf skating. No proper wave pools nearby, but a couple places have flow waves.

Thanks.

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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.

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