by waikikikichan » Wed Dec 09, 2015 10:13 pm
by oldmansurfer » Wed Dec 09, 2015 10:45 pm
by drowningbitbybit » Thu Dec 10, 2015 12:12 am
keithwdixon wrote: heelside carving stuff is just ... it feels unnatural.
by keithwdixon » Thu Dec 10, 2015 12:53 am
waikikikichan wrote:The funny thing is the two things you have a problem with, front side cutback and back side bottom turn, basically utilize the same form/technique. If you improve one, it helps the other.
by keithwdixon » Thu Dec 10, 2015 12:54 am
drowningbitbybit wrote:keithwdixon wrote: heelside carving stuff is just ... it feels unnatural.
Similar to what waikikikichan said above - don't think heels, think shoulders.
If you turn your shoulders (and head, arm, chest too) when you're on your backside, your heels will work out the rest for themselves.
by dtc » Thu Dec 10, 2015 3:53 am
by waikikikichan » Thu Dec 10, 2015 6:51 am
keithwdixon wrote:i wonder if working on front-side cutback will begin to make lefts feel more natural.
by keithwdixon » Thu Dec 10, 2015 1:30 pm
dtc wrote:"In any heel based turn (the backside bottom turn, for instance), always LIFT the front shoulder and arm open to the turn. Many surfers tend to "fall" into the backside bottom turn, dropping their shoulder and leading arm into the wave face and trying in effect to pivot around the arm. Unless you're a really really good surfer who's figured out how to do this while keeping his or her weight off the front rail, you're gonna bog this turn."
by drowningbitbybit » Thu Dec 10, 2015 9:48 pm
dtc wrote:so if you turn your body so you can see the wave, you end up putting more weight on your heels (stand on land with feet in surfing position, then turn to be able to see the imaginary wave behind you - you will notice that you end up with more weight on your heels). This can dig in the rails
dtc wrote:And a final tip from Nick Carroll, who is a surf instructor/journo/guru (and brother of pro surfer Tom Carroll) - in any case, infinitely more knowledgeable than me - "In any heel based turn (the backside bottom turn, for instance), always LIFT the front shoulder and arm open to the turn. Many surfers tend to "fall" into the backside bottom turn, dropping their shoulder and leading arm into the wave face and trying in effect to pivot around the arm.
by dtc » Fri Dec 11, 2015 1:22 am
drowningbitbybit wrote:Now, I'm not going to argue with Nick Carroll...... but... dropping the leading shoulder and pivoting around the arm at the beginning of the bottom turn is precisely how I do it. Then the shoulder and arm comes up for the second half of the bottom turn.
dtc wrote: Unless you're a really really good surfer who's figured out how to do this while keeping his or her weight off the front rail, you're gonna bog this turn."
by oldmansurfer » Fri Dec 11, 2015 2:23 am
by dtc » Fri Dec 11, 2015 5:29 am
by LostAtSea » Sun Dec 13, 2015 3:03 pm
by oldmansurfer » Sun Dec 13, 2015 3:48 pm
by dtc » Sun Dec 13, 2015 11:56 pm
by waikikikichan » Mon Dec 14, 2015 12:23 am
JJGreenberg wrote:Just curious....would Mark Richards be riding a single fin in that pic, and would that have a big effect on how he bottom turns?
by Big H » Mon Dec 14, 2015 1:19 am
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