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Hey guys,

I just bought a Rollei action camera, and made a few videos.

I went surfing a few days ago on my longboard (9'4 BiC, with a 10,25 single fin), and I took the camera out. It was a small glassy day, I'me a noob at video editing sorry.

Anyway, can you guys please help me with some surfing tips (not video editing tips hahaha) ... I accept all kinds of critics

Thanks



PS how can I upload video files here???

Hugo wrote:How can I upload video files here???

The URL for your YouTube video is -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gVgcmf ... e=youtu.be

To embed it in a Surfing Waves post,
1. Copy and paste the string to the RIGHT of V= into your message box
2gVgcmfJ1ok&feature=youtu.be
2. Highlight the new link
3. Press the YOUTUBE button.

Thanks.....

Big H, any advices???

From my perspective and I can only see so much from camera boards. The one thing that is clearly wrong is your toes come off the board in your backside turn. Perhaps this represents a lack of balance in which case you just need to practice some more but if this always occurs then you need to stay more centered over you board on the turns. There are others here who are better at looking at gopro type camera footage

Also perhaps the reason is that your hands are both in front of you most of the time. You need to be rotating your upper body (and your arms) along with your turns. In preparation for the next turn you need to rotate your upper body to prepare for the turn.

Looks great. Don't see any big problems. One thing I would change is to get a 9.5" fin versus the current 10.25" you're using. But if there's anything.
1) Don't grind your teeth and hold your breath.
2) Get that elbow buried into the water on each paddle stroke
3) Push off the deck with your hands. Don't just "release" your hands, EXPLODE off the deck to get your back straighter faster.

movement happens at 0:09
4) I lift my toes on the backside turn, some surfers do, some don't. http://alohaki.jugem.jp/?eid=410
5) Kick out and finish the wave in control, don't jump off your board.

waikikikichan wrote:Looks great. Don't see any big problems. One thing I would change is to get a 9.5" fin versus the current 10.25" you're using. But if there's anything.
1) Don't grind your teeth and hold your breath.
2) Get that elbow buried into the water on each paddle stroke
3) Push off the deck with your hands. Don't just "release" your hands, EXPLODE off the deck to get your back straighter faster.

Screen Shot 2016-11-06 at 6.18.08 AM.png

movement happens at 0:09
4) I lift my toes on the backside turn, some surfers do, some don't. http://alohaki.jugem.jp/?eid=410
5) Kick out and finish the wave in control, don't jump off your board.

Interesting I should always say wait to hear form Waikikichan. But unlike all your pictures he has both his arms over the front side of his board

I think surfers that are smaller-lighter ( like myself and the photos of Japanese surfers on my blog, don't have the power-weight to turn a "huge" 9'0"+ board. So that Up-Toe technique assists in getting that weight back over the fin. Larger surfers with power ( like Uncle OMS ), can more easily transfer that weight, so the Up-Toe is not needed.

Thanks Guys, as ever, a lot of help from all of you..

I am trying to be conscious about my arms, but I hardly ever put them in the "right position". As for the foot, I always do that, but I really thinks it's my mystake for not bending my upper body as I should, Im going to try to correct that too.

As for the power push up "EXPLODE off the deck to get your back straighter faster." I've never thought in that way, as the few longboarders I see here don't explode, they are very very light when they stand up, but they are also very little compared to me (:P) so maybe they do explode but I can't see it

Thanks a lot for all the advices, I'm definitely going to work on them....

Any more advices/critics are always welcome...

waikikikichan wrote:Looks great. Don't see any big problems. One thing I would change is to get a 9.5" fin versus the current 10.25" you're using. But if there's anything.
1) Don't grind your teeth and hold your breath.
2) Get that elbow buried into the water on each paddle stroke
3) Push off the deck with your hands. Don't just "release" your hands, EXPLODE off the deck to get your back straighter faster.

Screen Shot 2016-11-06 at 6.18.08 AM.png

movement happens at 0:09
4) I lift my toes on the backside turn, some surfers do, some don't. http://alohaki.jugem.jp/?eid=410
5) Kick out and finish the wave in control, don't jump off your board.

Why would you change the fin??? I was using a 9'0 fin, and I felt like I lost my balance a lot more. With this fin I feel I can way better turns, at least the first bottom turn lol. With the other fin I felt that if I pushed to hard I would fall facing into the wave, that didn't happenned so far with this fin. But please, give me your advice on the fin size, I would love to "hear" and learn ... Also I have a 7'7 with a 9'0 fin with some flex, do you think that it is to much??

Thaks

Hugo wrote:I was using a 9'0 fin, and I felt like I lost my balance a lot more. With this fin I feel I can way better turns, at least the first bottom turn lol. With the other fin I felt that if I pushed to hard I would fall facing into the wave,

What ever works for you. If you like a bigger fin, then that's fine. BUT........ like most beginners , they push/try too hard. You're just doing what I call "Whack-a-Mole" arrggh humph !! bam bam ! Slow it down and smooth out your lines. If you're catching a rail and face planting, your forcing a square peg in a round hole. Like you said the big(ger) fin feels great for the first Frontside bottom turn, but what about later on your Backside turn ? How's your backside bottom turns ? That's like putting big wide Mickey Thompson racing slicks on your car to get a good launch off the line, but then realize "hey, this is a race circuit course not a drag strip and now I gotta turn".

I sort of agree with old man - once you are up on the face (post first turn) you should have your shoulders more toward the front ie open up your chest a bit through your front hand moving more to the right side. Sometimes putting both hands out to one side is because it's balancing your hips sticking too far out the back. But if you are just riding along the face, which is totally a fine thing to do, it doesn't really matter because you aren't going to turn or anything. It's a bit hard to see but I wonder if your front foot is a bit too far toward 3 o'clock rather than 1 o'clock

(Random internet photo)

Hugo wrote:Thanks.....

Big H, any advices???

Hugo, I'm no instructor....I take notes from the old heads same as you on subjects like this. Only thing I would say is to get a better end of ride technique.....diving off is never good esp. if there are random coral heads or boulders around. One thing that impresses me about Korean and Japanese surfers is that they are impeccable in the control they have over the board...ending rides they all come off their feet and the board is in their hands - an extension of their polite societies I guess....whatever the reason I always watch and try to learn from them as even the biggest Korean or Japanese Kooks know how to do this.