Thanks for stressing the back foot placement. For bout... 10 years (no lie) and reading many books bout surfing, I could never turn radically to even do a cut back. It was until recently (bout a year ago) where I finally stressed my back foot to turn. It changed all my surfing in a matter of a few months.
That's great you were able to figure it out. It makes a world of difference. What kind of equipment are you riding these days? (dimensions) Best of luck to you. You can always email me if you wanted to chat surfing technique. chapin@surfprotechniques.com "Progression through technique!"
surfprotechniques thanks for the reply! Please keep up the great videos! I started on a foam board, then jumped a bit to fast down to a shortboard. That was probably my biggest mistake as I learned A LOT of bad habits and put myself in situations that were not beneficial to my surfing growth. I found my sweet spot riding shortboards at about 6'4"+ and loving my eggs and esp bonzer that are around 7' (eggs are so versatile I take em everywhere). I appreciate the email and will ask you questions if they arise. I am working on my cut backs, bottom turns, snaps off the top etc. basically whatever the wave offers. I do want to point out and having personally going though this myself, is the lack of foam but also length. I see A LOT of people buying short boards but numerous folks get hung on the lip. This is were length tremendously helps. This pays dividends because you can catch more waves and learn a lot faster. I was probably riding boards that were way too short 95% of the time till I finally wized up and swallowed my ego. I'm bout 5'5" and 175 lbs. I got shorter arms so I need more board up front and length to increase the waterline (This aspect is an eye opener) for wave catching. Sorry to rant but hopefully this will be an aspect we all consider. It helped me learn a lot faster and have 10x more fun.
Thank you for the nice compliments. I appreciate them. There is so much we can learn from boards when we have realistic exceptions of what specific boards can do. I love pushing the boundaries but it's easy to get frustrated when you're not seeing the results you were hoping for. Keep up the good work. By the way...i noticed you use the term "increase the waterline". Are you a swimmer or did you learn this concept from Rob Case? He does great surf paddle videos on RUclips. I've learned so much from him. ruclips.net/video/0YjNBe9smYI/видео.html
Hey thanks for the video link. I learned about waterline and the necessity of board length to get into waves because I was having a major problem - not getting enough rides. And we all know no waves = no surfing = not progressing. It's until I read a few articles on board length by searching on google (search "waterline speed surfing" and you'll find that a majority of us noobies ( i call myself a noobie because I've been struggling with surfing for a long time until recently) aren't getting into enough waves! I really blame the surfing explosion with the wannabe Kelly Slaters and the shorter boards. There's absolutely nothing wrong with that by the way.
Ya that makes sense. I'm glad you're getting more waves. I'm looking forward to hearing about your progression. Please keep me in the loop. Best wishes!
You're welcome! If you want to go more in depth please feel free to email me. chapin@surfprotechniques.com. Best wishes! "Progression through technique!"
Thanks a lot for the video. One thing I have been struggling with is with my frontside bottom-up that sets for a turn like this. I have difficulties in applying pressure with my backfoot toes, this feels much more difficult compared with my backside for which i''m using the heel side. Do you have any tips to overcome this? I know it sounds a bit silly but any tips are welcomed.
Hey Pedro, thank you for reaching out. I recommend getting your back foot farther back on the tail. Get it as far back as possible. This will help with applying toe pressure. Best wishes, :) Feel free to email me in the future if you have more questions. chapin@surfprotechniques.com
Hey Chapin, thank you so much for making such awesome tutorials! I'm one of those people that has an issue digging rail on these types of turns. When you say "the trick is to not let your head drop", do you mean to not look down at your board or the immediate area in front of you?
Hey Ryan, thank you for your nice comment. Yes is the answer to your question. Do not look down at your board or in the immediate area just in front of your board. This is one of the main reasons you dig your rail. Try this....when you get to the top of the wave or the portion of the wave where you start your turn "look up and down the line". Look toward the next section if you're doing an off the lip. This helps keep the flow of the turn flowing and helps prevent you from digging your rail. Let me know how that works. You can email me at chapin@surfprotechniques.com. Best wishes! "Progression Through Technique!"
Thank you for the quick and detailed response! I generally have this problem when I'm trying to do a hard cut back or roundhouse, like the turn you did in this video (which was very nice btw). A lot of times I will either fall on my back which I think is because I don't even set my rail in the first place, or I'll end up digging my rail completely and falling over my front foot.
@@ryankernus Hey Ryan, do me a favor and on your next couple of waves take a look down are your feet. If your back foot isn't all the way back on the tail pad when you attempt to do a turn or cutback you'll fall in the way you described. It's just a hunch. It could be other reason as well. If you ever want to shoot me an email with any other questions please feel free. chapin@surfprotechniques.com. Best wishes!
surfprotechniques Will do! I was thinking that could be the issue as well. Looks like we're getting some waves this week so I'll let you know how it goes!
You're welcome! If you have any specific questions feel free to email me at chapin@surfprotechniques.com. I'm always happy to try and help. "Progression through technique!"
Hey, thanks for taking the time to comment. When you say cut off the last part of the maneuver do you mean not rebounding off the white water? Can you describe what you mean by cutting off the last part fo the maneuver? I'll do a better job of answering. Thanks!
Hey Cassandra, Thank you for taking the time to comment. I'm glad it helps. Is there anything frustrating you with your surfing that I can help you with? You can always email me at chapin@surfprotechniques.com with any thoughts or request. I also just create a Pop-Up video I know will help anyone who is frustrated with their pop-up. You can get that at www.surfprotechniques.com/kelly-slater-pop-up-technique
Stoked! I'm glad you figured it out. If you ever have any specific questions please feel free to reach out. I'm always happy to be a sounding board. chapin@surfprotechniques.com
Thanks for the feedback...I'm alway looking for ways to improve. If you want to share the missing feature here or via email chapin@surfprotechniques.com please do. My goal is to make all my videos useful to everyone.
This is such an excellent video. Thank you for having gone through the trouble of filming and posting it. Very helpful!
Gald you liked it Mike. As I said in a previous reply feel free to reach out if you have questions. chapin@surfprotechniques.com
Thanks for stressing the back foot placement. For bout... 10 years (no lie) and reading many books bout surfing, I could never turn radically to even do a cut back. It was until recently (bout a year ago) where I finally stressed my back foot to turn. It changed all my surfing in a matter of a few months.
That's great you were able to figure it out. It makes a world of difference. What kind of equipment are you riding these days? (dimensions) Best of luck to you. You can always email me if you wanted to chat surfing technique. chapin@surfprotechniques.com "Progression through technique!"
surfprotechniques thanks for the reply! Please keep up the great videos!
I started on a foam board, then jumped a bit to fast down to a shortboard. That was probably my biggest mistake as I learned A LOT of bad habits and put myself in situations that were not beneficial to my surfing growth. I found my sweet spot riding shortboards at about 6'4"+ and loving my eggs and esp bonzer that are around 7' (eggs are so versatile I take em everywhere).
I appreciate the email and will ask you questions if they arise. I am working on my cut backs, bottom turns, snaps off the top etc. basically whatever the wave offers. I do want to point out and having personally going though this myself, is the lack of foam but also length. I see A LOT of people buying short boards but numerous folks get hung on the lip. This is were length tremendously helps. This pays dividends because you can catch more waves and learn a lot faster. I was probably riding boards that were way too short 95% of the time till I finally wized up and swallowed my ego.
I'm bout 5'5" and 175 lbs. I got shorter arms so I need more board up front and length to increase the waterline (This aspect is an eye opener) for wave catching.
Sorry to rant but hopefully this will be an aspect we all consider. It helped me learn a lot faster and have 10x more fun.
Thank you for the nice compliments. I appreciate them. There is so much we can learn from boards when we have realistic exceptions of what specific boards can do. I love pushing the boundaries but it's easy to get frustrated when you're not seeing the results you were hoping for. Keep up the good work. By the way...i noticed you use the term "increase the waterline". Are you a swimmer or did you learn this concept from Rob Case? He does great surf paddle videos on RUclips. I've learned so much from him. ruclips.net/video/0YjNBe9smYI/видео.html
Hey thanks for the video link. I learned about waterline and the necessity of board length to get into waves because I was having a major problem - not getting enough rides. And we all know no waves = no surfing = not progressing. It's until I read a few articles on board length by searching on google (search "waterline speed surfing" and you'll find that a majority of us noobies ( i call myself a noobie because I've been struggling with surfing for a long time until recently) aren't getting into enough waves! I really blame the surfing explosion with the wannabe Kelly Slaters and the shorter boards. There's absolutely nothing wrong with that by the way.
Ya that makes sense. I'm glad you're getting more waves. I'm looking forward to hearing about your progression. Please keep me in the loop. Best wishes!
Thanks for the tip on rail digs, I'll be conscious of that
You're welcome! If you want to go more in depth please feel free to email me. chapin@surfprotechniques.com. Best wishes! "Progression through technique!"
Great video - thanks Chapin
Thanks Scott!
i only wish I watched all this videos before i got all my bad habits. :) thanks heaps
Always happy to help Ira. Thanks for taking the time to reach out. It was great connecting with you over email. :)
Thanks a lot for the video. One thing I have been struggling with is with my frontside bottom-up that sets for a turn like this. I have difficulties in applying pressure with my backfoot toes, this feels much more difficult compared with my backside for which i''m using the heel side. Do you have any tips to overcome this? I know it sounds a bit silly but any tips are welcomed.
Hey Pedro, thank you for reaching out. I recommend getting your back foot farther back on the tail. Get it as far back as possible. This will help with applying toe pressure. Best wishes, :)
Feel free to email me in the future if you have more questions. chapin@surfprotechniques.com
Hey Chapin, thank you so much for making such awesome tutorials! I'm one of those people that has an issue digging rail on these types of turns. When you say "the trick is to not let your head drop", do you mean to not look down at your board or the immediate area in front of you?
Hey Ryan, thank you for your nice comment. Yes is the answer to your question. Do not look down at your board or in the immediate area just in front of your board. This is one of the main reasons you dig your rail. Try this....when you get to the top of the wave or the portion of the wave where you start your turn "look up and down the line". Look toward the next section if you're doing an off the lip. This helps keep the flow of the turn flowing and helps prevent you from digging your rail. Let me know how that works. You can email me at chapin@surfprotechniques.com. Best wishes! "Progression Through Technique!"
Thank you for the quick and detailed response! I generally have this problem when I'm trying to do a hard cut back or roundhouse, like the turn you did in this video (which was very nice btw). A lot of times I will either fall on my back which I think is because I don't even set my rail in the first place, or I'll end up digging my rail completely and falling over my front foot.
@@ryankernus Hey Ryan, do me a favor and on your next couple of waves take a look down are your feet. If your back foot isn't all the way back on the tail pad when you attempt to do a turn or cutback you'll fall in the way you described. It's just a hunch. It could be other reason as well. If you ever want to shoot me an email with any other questions please feel free. chapin@surfprotechniques.com. Best wishes!
surfprotechniques Will do! I was thinking that could be the issue as well. Looks like we're getting some waves this week so I'll let you know how it goes!
@@ryankernus How did it go?
Awesome Video, spot on. Thank you
You're welcome! If you have any specific questions feel free to email me at chapin@surfprotechniques.com. I'm always happy to try and help. "Progression through technique!"
Thank you! Feel free to email me if you have any specific questions. chapin@surfprotechniques.com. "Progression through technique!"
why cut off the last part of the maneouver??
Hey, thanks for taking the time to comment. When you say cut off the last part of the maneuver do you mean not rebounding off the white water? Can you describe what you mean by cutting off the last part fo the maneuver? I'll do a better job of answering. Thanks!
Thanks really helpful
Hey Cassandra, Thank you for taking the time to comment. I'm glad it helps. Is there anything frustrating you with your surfing that I can help you with? You can always email me at chapin@surfprotechniques.com with any thoughts or request. I also just create a Pop-Up video I know will help anyone who is frustrated with their pop-up. You can get that at www.surfprotechniques.com/kelly-slater-pop-up-technique
so rad!
Thanks Eli, Let me know if you have any video topics you'd like made and I'll do my best to make it. chapin@surfprotechniques.com
thank you! your videos and techniques are awesome!
I had the same exact problem with the lead arm for years and years, bought a skateboard and trained the problem away.
Stoked! I'm glad you figured it out. If you ever have any specific questions please feel free to reach out. I'm always happy to be a sounding board. chapin@surfprotechniques.com
@@SurfProgressionTechniques actually i do have some questions, i have always progressed very slowly though i surf often.
@@IIrandhandleII I know how that feels. Please shoot me an email with your questions. We'll see what we can do. :)
good tips... but missing the most impotant feature ...
Thanks for the feedback...I'm alway looking for ways to improve. If you want to share the missing feature here or via email chapin@surfprotechniques.com please do. My goal is to make all my videos useful to everyone.
thanks for open mind
skype at lucien.lutz1
In Spanish please
Thank you for the comment. I'll do my best. :)
1st you need waves!
Lol...True! If you ever have any surf related questions please feel free to email me at chapin@surfprotechniques.com "Progression through technique!"
Sorry bro but a weak bottom turn and a weak cutback.
J Doe this is a video help us to improve, he is not compiting or , "thanks god", showing off.
J Doe lets see yours
Yes post some footage of yourself.