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| 289902 | 16537 | Learning to accept that you don't rip | 66 | mightyrime | Aug 16, 2023 | 2023-08-16T17:10:03-0400 | Chilly Willy said: Not about surf coaching or training programs, but two things that have been somewhat helpful for me: (1) Skateboarding a lot, particularly carving in bowls. It doesn't have to be a surfskate necessarily. I find that it makes some small changes in my body english and has changed my perception and awareness of how I engage my rails and going from rail to rail. Not sure why this is, but it just has. (2) Filming and rewatching video of myself. I generally enjoy that whole process of capturing video for posterity, fun, and progress, so I picked up a Soloshot. Plenty of pros and cons can be said about them depending on your outlook on that kind of stuff, but I like it for myself. I definitely notice some things that need improvement -- one big example that I'm trying to overcome is my tendency to turn early instead of dropping in straight and then cranking a bottom turn to take advantage of all that thrust that can be derived from a proper turn. Here's the thing though: seeing these things that need correction is one thing, but being conscious of them AND correcting them is another. It's hard to remember these things in the heat of the moment, or maybe there are other reasons (fear, reluctance to blow a nice wave, etc). The biggest thing for me is really the reluctance to blow a great wave. ^ To that last point, I have never surfed a wave pool, but I would imagine that in a perfect world being able to dial up some ultra consistent waves to practice on would be key. No worries about blowing a nice wave. No variables of differing waves to deal with. (And as I said, perfect world -- no one else would be in the water to compete for these waves.) Just dial up the Trestles setting and let me work for a few hours on dropping down for that killer bottom turn over and over again. Click to expand... I have the same problem when dropping in where i turn to early. Actually my biggest problem is turning too early in general. I think because i do long board a lot i am used to being in trim more toward the top 1/3 of the wave, where as with the shorter board i need to use more of the face. When i watch just the surf cam rewinds of waves that i am trying to rip usually my bottom turn is not deep enough, my top turn is too early, and when i wrap it around back into the pocket i dont wait long enough / go deep enough too really get into the power section of the pocket. Again its the micro movements and timing that make the difference... its like i am so close but so far as well. If i just waited maybe .5 seconds more in each turn it would make a huge difference..... but like you said in the heart of the moment it just happens. |