Dear Clayton you are a wreck! But you aren’t the only one out of action. Last week I had a cortisone injection due to persistent bursitis in my shoulder

Ohhhhh….! So much better now but still have to rest then rehab

I hope all goes well with the surgery think about all the videos you will be able to watch and analyse while you eat Skittles on the lounge

Best wishes

Libby

Hey Michael my stance is terrible Everytime I go to the pool so I can be videoed I think I am facing forward I race home down load the videos and bloody hell I am still sideways and yet I could swear I was facing forward

I was going through some OMBE tutorials and heard Clayton add something that clicked for me

I don’t know what you are unhappy with in your video I am a beginner but if it is the whole sideways poo man issue this is what made sense to me

To do the coffee cup you have to rotate the shoulders not to difficult but what about when you try to add the kissing knees

There is a lovely skate shot of Clayton riding down the street he is bent at the waist yet his butt isn’t sticking out, he is compressed at the knees and his rear knee is tucked nicely in behind the front one They are kissing How can he possibly look so comfortable natural and fluid in that position

Why can’t I find that posture

If you mimic your surf stance on the ground can you get your back knee to bend to reach the front knee with out applying a whole lot of sideways pressure on the knee joint I couldn’t but I buggered my knee trying

Then in a more advanced video I heard Clayton mention the pelvis then I got it The pelvis also has to face forward I don’t know how far but to hazard a guess as far as your front hip will rotate internally with the foot at that 45 degree angle

The hip joint has all those big butt muscles to support it when rotated and it frees up the back leg to move more freely

And when you bend at the waist the butt goes backwards not out to the side like poo man

All my posts come with a warning I am a beginner I have no degree in anatomy but the body fascinates me so I am my own Guinea pig for better or worse it is trial and error

But I have had a few too many errors lately so be careful with your body especially if you start twisting more Go slow and gentle

Finally everything I have written could be a load of bullshit for you But it is true for me If you give it a try would love to hear how you get on

Hi Dean

As a beginner and having done a course with Clayton, I suggest you take the board you are most comfortable on or if travelling with a board is a big hassle the shortest/lightest one

The movie what the bleep do we know same experiment

Roxy Susanne Gunther I’m so glad you have had a great time together

Hope you can get some video of each other

Nice one Maria, have a good time the pair of you.

Roxy Susanne Gunther I'm broken at the moment Roxy. Bad knees, bad shoulders ( tendonitis) Too much surfing, not enough recovering. I hate getting old.

But sometime yeah, you're about to spend the weekend with Maria (I'm jealous) so enjoy that.

When and where would you want to go and perhaps I should kidnap Clayton and take him with us.

Really, you can go in a comp and win a board? That's awesome. Are you going to win it Roxy? Think positive, good luck.

Nice one Roxy. That's my size surf