Surfing Waves

pulled off my first hang 5 today still got that big grin across my face from it now

i must admit i didnt cross step to the nose more shuffled my feet along to the end, i only held it for a few seconds till the wave closed out but it felt good now i just have to master cross steping but i allways seem to trip iver my leesh anyone else have this problem

Stoked for you!!
Its just the greatest feeling when you can pull off a manovure which youve been working at for weeks, congrats!!
Sorry, cant help you with the cross-stepping, born and bred shortboarder here!

wahey congrats!!!
ive not quite pulled it off properly yet, sorta almost got thereonce or twice but not on any kind of decent sized wave. yeah crosstepping, err get a longskate, and a plank of 2by4, practice on the log on land, and then at night, prop your plank up between 2 piles of thick books and walk backwards and forwards and back and so on while watching tv. make it second nature.
when your in the sea, keep your knees bent, when you take a step, dont lean up and forwards, this is what your instinct will make you do, but you have to not do it or it wont work.
all stuff ive picked up from people or magazines or videos etc, im no expert. just practice.
congratumalations and good luck!

Its just the greatest feeling when you can pull off a manovure which youve been working at for weeks, congrats!!

yup theres no other feeling that comes close it it :D

sorta almost got thereonce or twice but not on any kind of decent sized wave

saunton today was pretty small most of the waves were about a ft if that i find its alot easyer practasing stuff on smaller days

good advise there on cross steping babyboarder will have to give it a try i have a balnce board i made for this but its sooo heavy its very hard to balance one one foot as theres to much wobble on it, maybe i should invest in a proper one

oooh! i saw the web cam, of saunton it looked lovely!! im stuck in leicester, all my friends have deserted me, i cant go snowboarding. i cant surf. i may just cry.
balanceboard crosstepping is so much harder! i can do it ok but with soemone holding out there hands cos i get scared theres a video called the walkabout, its about indoboarding and crosstepping and longboarding, and stuff like that. its quite good and has loadsa tips in it.

i can cross step on the one i made but only with my foot facing lengh ways along it, if my foots facing the side i cant keep it balanced on one foot

ill have to get hold of that dvd though ill try and pick it up next week