Is there a 4 Lines of Progression map I can print out? Fun to keep tabs where I'm at.
Is there a 4 Lines of Progression map I can print out? Fun to keep tabs where I'm at.
Hi all
After seeing myself surf looking down, I'm practicing every morning to keep my eyes forward to the next thing. I also want a better pop-up for cleaner wave entries. Any tips to improve?
Thanks
As you may have noticed, I post a lot on here. I've watched all the videos multiple times, I can look at other people's clips and see what they're doing and how they might improve things.
Then I see a video of myself and, despite knowing all this stuff, it looks rubbish ☹️
Here's one from last week, (ignore the crap walk up, I was getting tired), but I'm not getting stacked over the front foot, I'm not well balanced and I'm bending from the waist.
So what should I be doing to fix this?
PS this is, unfortunately, about the only split screen video I could show, on most rides I was positioned too far over to get on the webcam 🙄
I’ve just finished watching Stab In The Dark with Ethan Ewing. Wow! My mind is completely blown by his surfing. 🤯
I really really wanna surf like the ‘smooth gorilla’!
Has anyone else watched it yet?
I think it would be a fantastic watch just before going out for a surf! Amp central!
Hi! I recently got a couple of videos and would love some advice on how to improve my turns. I felt a bit wobbly this session so I could have done better but they're good videos to analyze. I want my turns to be sharper and more vertical, and eventually spray more water ;-)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THBEJOF7AaA
Some things I notice myself (but correct me if these are false observations):
- I need to look more over my shoulder and open my shoulders/chest more. Now I look to the side but I should maybe look more backwards?
- Sometimes i think i'm turning in the high line of the wave, but then I see the video and i'm only like halfway. How can I make sure to not cut back too soon?
- In the last wave my goal was to cutback against the lip and land it, but I definitely messed that up and went straight through the white water breaking. I knew it was a tricky one and I think thats why my gaze is just off and I wasn't super confident to do it.
Any tips are very much appreciated!
Hi Ombe community, I think the reason of me struggling with cutback is that I didn’t look back the pocket and I didn’t hold my turn.
But would appreciate if someone can point out other serious issues. Maybe my stance is too wide or too heavy on the back foot? 🤔
Back hand seems to just be lagging behind. Might get one not terrible bottom turn (all relative) but then struggling. Open to hearing suggestions here. Have a couple more days at the wave pool.
A kook here new to the community 😃 A question I'm dying to know: I wonder if in general most waves will give you time to glide before pop up?
When I surf bigger (4-6 ft) / more powerful wave, the moment wave approaches me, the water beneath me become very steep and I feel a strong power. I get panicked and want to standup but it's too difficult because of the steepness (I definitely looked at the bottom). I actually don't know if I have time to glide.
I wonder is that a sign of me sitting too deep, or it's natural that bigger / more powerful wave will give that feeling and I can glide and pop up even if the water beneath me seems steep?
Much appreciated for anyone who could share their thoughts 🙏
I haven’t been on a skateboard in probably 20 years…it’s starting to come back to me though 😏 Loving the OMBE surf skate drills!
