Thanks for all the feedback. I can definitely see the points.

- Looking where I wanted to go and so angling my line on the takeoff and then get my coffee cup out in front

- stand tall/stacked (which I'm guessing would shift my weight more to the front foot)

- With my back foot, I found that I practiced on land and built that habit of keeping my heel up, but when I surfed like that it was really unstable. So I'll be practicing keeping my heel down for my lad based training. Thanks for the comparison of land vs water! That's awesome.

Much appreciate all the help. Nice to know what I need to work one.

Emily Brooks Thanks so much for the advice! I did mean tight Achilles 😁 But I do have a pain in my 1-3rd metatarsal heads when I really crank down on the foot. Started after a long skateboarding session after not doing it for 20 years last summer when I decided to try surf skating. Been babying it since as best as I can.

Standing up straighter would definitely fix the problem (which maybe isn't such a problem anyways).

Thanks again.

Thanks. I'll work on those suggestions. Much appreciated

Hi Matt, welcome! I started surfing about the same age and though I'm not great, I can tell you that is awesome if you can have that set up. Nothing quite prepares you for paddling like, well, paddling. Tough to catch waves if you can't paddle out and then paddle constantly for position.

I'm jealous of that setup. I have access to a public pool so I have to settle for swimming.

Thanks man, that's a good point about my back foot not hitting before the front. I'll try to correct that

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