the people who volunteer their footage are absolute heroes (this feels like a supercut of my own popup fails with free advice, that first tip based on my living room popup practice is fire)
Kale kills again! One thing I've seen that's helpful for hip rotation is sliding your front arm forward when popping up. Most people pop up with one arm more forward than the other, which is easier and turns your shoulders. If you slide your arm forward then your shoulders align more easily and your hips open up.
I noticed in video, my right arm sometimes pushes the nose of the board to help get in. But usually it's more forward. Never correlated it to shoulder and hip direction.
the secret is the back knee. after initiating the cobra move the back knee slightly forward and outward. only then pop up. This one small change makes everything else falls in its place; fwd leg, hip rotation etc. It also acts as a cantilever preventing from falling backwards.
I think the most important thing is to twist your hips as you're popping up. It's that that keeps your bum down and head up. Kale doesn't mention it but he does it automatically and without thinking. I got that from another RUclips surfing site and it was an absolute game changer for me as I truly am a struggling surfer!
Excellent explanations Kale ! I've been surfing off & on for the last 5 yrs on a longboard or mini Mal. Like many, I still struggle with a solid pop up maneuver. Many surf instructors don't explain this fully. This is stellar. Thank you again ! Love your channel
Some excellent practical advice here. As an older surfer (65) returning after a long spell and hip replacement, I struggle to take-off, which is so embarrasing after years of doing it without any thought at all. This breakdown helps reduce what was once Auttomatic down to steps that I can manage. Thanks so much.
These videos are seriously so useful...signed up for the Beginner Surfer's Roadmap course just out of mad respect for how much I've gotten out of all Kale's RUclips content over the past few months!
Hey Kale. I would like to thank you for everything. I am from Hamburg Germany and we do not have that many options to practice surfing. When I am on my surftrips I try to implement every advice. Today everything came together like a puzzle. And thats only because of you. You put out so much easy to use content and helped me a lot in my progression. As a content creator my self I know how hard it is to become feedback from the people who implemented everything you teached. So thank you again for the great advice which I now could use at our 10 weeks in Portugal. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
shift your back hand back half a hand span from your front hand that way when you pop up your hips are already angled toward the front side of your board. 🌊✋🏽🤚🏽🏄🏽♂️ 🤙🏽
Learning to foil reeeeally helped me pop up on a short board. Foiling is just more front foot biased. But it forced me to pop up clean and smooth. Interesting you say focus on the front foot. That's how I get up on a foil, and now translated it to surfing. My surf technique has been: Paddle in the direction of the wave (left/right), keep your hands on the board, get that front knee to your chest, the rear foot will follow. Get your feet planted, balanced, and gently ease your hands off the board as your feet/legs handle the weight. I never correlated the hip direction until this video and it's SPOT ON! Also, can we get a longboard in the wave pool? Too many people seem to think a longboard doesn't work in a wave like that. Keep it up Kale!
Thank you so much for this video Kale. I've been stuck here at OB San Fran for over a year, hesitant to charge harder because of an inconsistent take-off. I'm using an old foamy without fins and practicing this now in my garage like it's a martial arts training, even filming in slo-mo to see what I can improve. Biggest one for me is keeping my head up and balanced as I swing my legs around. I love this analytical approach that I can then take to the water to try out. Cheers everyone and much love - Troy
Great video! life long surfer but back issues have slowed my pop up to a crawl - limiting my ability to make sections and critical drops - and these coaching cues were still extremely helpful - gracias!
Great tutorial as always Kale! I've noticed the posture and the dynamic get better if you pay attention to shoulders as you pop up: head up and bums down benefit from keeping shoulders open and down instead of keeping them closed forward and upward while pushing to pop up.
I always use the chicken wing method. Biggest thing I do is put my lead hand further up on the board than my follow hand, this naturally puts me in a planed out solid riding position once I pop up. One thing I have noticed about it though is if its not done quick enough I do tend to stall out on the wave because too much weight is on the brake (back end) of the board from the initial push off the back foot to get to my feet. Now when I am not thinking about it (IN THE ZONE) just focused on the line I end up doing it the right way in the methods you describe in your video and this usually leads to a better ride! Great job!
Just surfed the best waves i've ever surfed. It kinda barreld and i'm a beginner/intermediate so i pretty much didn't really commit.(i had a really good wave tho :D ). So this video will be my saviour😂
awesome vid. the secret is the back knee. after initiating the cobra move the back knee slightly forward and outward. only then pop up. This one small change makes everything else falls in its place; fwd leg, hip rotation etc. It also acts as a cantilever preventing from falling backwards.
Kale, could you please offer advice or do a video about how to pop up on steeper take offs? The waves where I surf have a small window to enter as they tend to be steep and close out quickly. I often hesitate or pull off and could use some advice on either taking the drop or setting the rail to prevent the crazy steep drop. I see great surfers hardly paddle at all and still catch/pop up at just the right time on these steeper waves. Thanks for all of you help!
love this...like watching funniest home videos of myself surfing...laughing as i watched and learned how I was making the same mistakes while never improving. thank you!
I want to thank you for an excellent and well explained video. I’ve been surfing on and off for about 25 years and learn to serve later in life in the challenging conditions of Hawaii. I got by when I was younger on pure force of will but I sure wish that I had this video to go by back then. Mahalo.🤙🏼
kale, awesome vid, always been having trouble with reading the wave and knowing where and when to do my maneuverers, if you could make a vid on it, would be awesome
One mistake I even still make now after years of surfing is to not point or turn down the line quick enough. Heading straight to the beach then trying to turn ends up with you stalling and you'll see the wave heading off without you as you struggle in the foam. Either paddle onto the wave on an angle along it or turn as soon as you pop up. Only if the wave is real slow can you take your time.
This is a great video made up of parts. My objective statement as being a surfer and visionary person for a while, is that, once you have collated these parts and calculated what you have to do to pop-up you must imperatively VISUALIZE the whole process and inject this process into your mind. To summarise - calculate pop-up physically, work on your strength physically, visaulaize you can do the process, and finally commit to the whole procedure - mentally and physically. 👍
Yeah Kale mate!!!! Ok buddy as I've done over the last 16 years after my 3 back surgeries I've had to teach myself to get to my feet. I'd be honored to hear your take on what i could do to help. Ok I'm goofy foot and my my front leg will knock my hand off my rail as i get to feet. I'd love to email you a clip of my getting to my feet, which is weird lol But i do what i need to to get back in the water! I'm a year out from my 3rd back surgery so I'm getting close to starting my training to get back. Who knows maybe your answer will help everyone else as well. P.S. Like you I've surfed my entire life, I'm now 53, and competed at a pretty high level but i start over after every surgery. Everyone out there KEEP GOING cuz our sport is AMAZING!!!! Sorry message was long mate. Keep up the GREAT work Kale Looking forward to your answer buddy 🤙 Email? G⭐
After Lock Down my Surfing Suffered, but now I'm nearly back to a Decent Intermediate. Basically, my System was Paddle, Angle, Pause, Look Down the Line and NOT at the Board and then Pop Up all in the time of Perhaps a Couple of Seconds, If you Look at Your Board on the Pop Up your Feet will be to Close together and in the Wrong Place.
thanks! I have not been so afraid of the "box" so far, because, unfortunately, that's where I have been (incorrectly) trying to surf these years, until only recently I discovered that you are supposed to take off on the shoulder, the unbroken wave :( ...... I normally chickenly balance on top of the box with the front of my board going out over the box, like going over a ledge, until it gets lower. it's a difficult balance, I either lean back too much and the wave goes under, or I lean over too much and nose dives into the heavy wave ..... riding the shoulder makes much more sense
Great video! But looking since days for a video explaining techniques to learn surfing (paddling & popping-up for one-handed (armed) people). Looked at Bethany’s videos, but there is nothing detailed about the technique. This would be HUGE, if you maybe can give us advices, how can we tackel this handicap. So many people in the world would get help from that, because as of now, there is nothing in the internet about it. Cheers mate!
Thanks Kale! I have been surfing for 20 y and never took a lesson. I sometimes really suck with my take off and I have wasted many waves. I wish I could go back and have you as a teacher. Never too late, so I will put this to practice ASAP. Aloha!
I believe I am too fat to push up properly. I have been working on pushups and bumbell workouts. I continue to practice on witewash to find the the way. I was a great surfer in my 20’s-30’s I am now 58 and need to get back to the water. After several crashes on my mountain bike and Shoulder injuries I have made the transition to the ocean again. A body board and fins have helped me to be aggressive in wave selection and placement. I continue to learn from you and your awsome videos. Southern California native. Thank you 😊
Omg amazing, I was having the locked hips the whole time and didn't know how to explain it. Thats a lot for the prescription how to fix it! Can it be, that the leg I'm putting on first is my leading leg and not as I thought otherwise?
Very helpful! You are very good at articulating what needs to be adjusted. Love that and I love how u gave us those side by side examples!🙏🏾 thanx you!
I've fairly short arms and not very flexible (office job) I just can't get up without doing:- Back Knee > Front Foot > Twist back leg to stand. I can do it pretty fast but it's not ideal.
So for a beginner then isn’t the, what they call the “Chicken Wing” pop up where the back foot stays down and the right knee is out towards the right. Planting that front foot first and then planting the back the best approach? Also keeps the hips lower than the head
I was watching your channel on youtube and thought that it would be really great to introduce your video to Korean surfers We have lots of people here in Korea that are interested in surfers around the world. The market is growing rapidly, but we lack in information since surfing is quite new here. could I translate your video into Korean and introduce it on my RUclips?🤙
How to overcome the fear of dropping a wave, for example sometimes I feel omg this wave is going to eat me alive. Because of that I just jump off the board without dropping in..
Thanks! Wish I'd seen this before I went to the Wave at Bristol, in 2 sessions I stood up for about 3 seconds! I was very nervous, and I damaged my board in the concrete floor. However in the sea I'm fine. Thank you for explaining.
Very interesting 🧐 a lot of tutorials suggest focus on back foot then front foot including the chicken wing and Brent rose video slow mo of the pros .... I tend to drop my back knee a lot and have built up a bad little habit there but I think it’s a preventative habit as I tend to only do it on green waves .... any tips And thank you 🙏
So I've watched this video intently about 300 times and one difference I have just noticed between your pop ups Kale and the students is that you are letting go (hands off the board) as soon as you plant the front foot. Everyone else (and I include myself here) seems to be holding on longer to "get steady" and then incurring in follow on errors. Kale, can you please (if you haven't already) do a bit of a guide or analysis on that aspect of the pop up?
I’ve been putting more power into the push up part lately. I feel like what that does is gets you extra momentum rotating your body in the right direction - from prone to upright. Whereas for a while I trying to do a “tri-pod” method of balancing on locked out arms and back foot, then trying to swing the front foot into place. That led to some of the problems Kale mentions, including locked-hips, feet facing forward, and butt-too-high/weight-too-forward. Putting plyometric power into the push-up can also help get you extra room for that front leg (especially if you have short arms like me), by making it easier to get up on your fingertips and beyond. And then continuing upwards, getting your hands up quickly into the surf stance along with the rest of your body, all in one continuous, quick, upwards motion. It’s almost like the push up sets the pace and timing for entire pop up, with the legs moving into place while you’re pushing up and exploding out of it. I know that it’s a whole body movement that requires a lot of hip mobility, but thinking in terms of the power/plyometric push up I believe is helping with some of my posture and timing issues while popping up.
Thanks for this excellent video---I have struggled with the pop-up for years and am really excited to get back into the water and try your suggestions! /s/ Chris Kennedy, San Diego
Not sure on the front foot first one kale, your back foot is hitting the board first everytime, as do nearly every single pro. I think one of biggest problems with pop ups is hip mobility which allows the front leg to come through properly. I really struggle with this, I'm doing loads of yoga to correct it but it's still really difficult
@@BasEditz1 at around 2:40 he does say "land the front foot first". I have the same question as many other pop up videos mention landing the back leg first, and now I'm confused as to what I should be practicing on land...
Stop doing Yoga, start doing expolsive muscle strength training. That is people´s problem, fast twitching moves. YOGA DOES NOT HELP AT ALL WITH THIS. Yes Kale himself has a poor front footed take off, do not copy it!
Been surfing all my life and i still to this day have a nasty habit of dragging my backfoot’s big toe across my board into position. It hurts like hell and its hard for me to correct when I’m thinking of the drop and looking down the wave. Any tips anyone?
Great vids, as always since you began dude! I seem to struggle more with the take off in wave gardens...any insights (besides more practice!) haha. Anyone else expoerince this?
i am 52 years old started for first time surfing a few years ago. Thank you for the florear tips- actually i am able to do a pretty good and solid pop up outside the water on the sand - but when i get inside the water- i completely do the opposite and i do agree it is the fear from the drop... I cannot really create the commitment needed for the drop... any tips?
So in time. I’ve also noticed that there’s a prettily big difference in a take off between your front hand and back hand. Especially when it comes to steep waves. I felt like a totally beginner when recently I was surfing my backhand on a very steep barreling waves. No problems on a wave itself, but so much struggle during pop up. Do you think if there’s a real difference or it’s more inside my head? Thanks for the tips and your work. It really encourages to progress even when surfing is a struggle haha
Really a very good video, im 42.. trying to learn, im working on my flexibility and strength, its way better but i need more of course, the tips really helps, ill focus on that front foot.. and i might sign up for that online course.. seems great..
One good stretch thats helping me right now is the Horse Stance (“Mabu” right?). I am working on this stance for mobility reasons in my lower body. Enjoy the journey everyone!
🤙🏻 thank you so much for your tips and reflections. I would love to know what size and type of board do you recommend? I’m 5 feet and 6.5 inches. Thanks so much for your kind help!
You want to lean into the drop but not too much. Kinda of like dropping in on a big skate ramp! Also make sure you are far back enough on your board that you are not pushing the noes down with your pop ups!
What if my gut is too big to get the lead leg in position first? Haha. Iv had 2 sessions at urbn surf, and I'm hooked!! And your vids are incredible mate, keep up the great work
This is great!! Thank you Kale! I see you wear booties at times. Do you change your pop up when wearing booties??? I just started wearing them and I'm really struggle with placing my front foot. I am an experienced surfer and been surfing barefoot my whole life. I can't seam to figure out how to have a consistent pop up with having the front foot placed where I want it to be.
Me watching this and go that sounds familiar, which part, wel all off the above. Every day I am practicing this at home and before I hit the water a do some popups on the beach, dry humping as my surf buddy is calling it 😅
Would love to see some tips on a specific problem I’m having with my pop up! Can’t get my back foot to land and end up getting stuck on one knee. Even with practice at home, just can’t get this to budge and get into a full standing position in the water.
the people who volunteer their footage are absolute heroes (this feels like a supercut of my own popup fails with free advice, that first tip based on my living room popup practice is fire)
Same here. I've been taking for granted the benefit of practicing the pop up before actually being in water
Kale kills again! One thing I've seen that's helpful for hip rotation is sliding your front arm forward when popping up. Most people pop up with one arm more forward than the other, which is easier and turns your shoulders. If you slide your arm forward then your shoulders align more easily and your hips open up.
I noticed in video, my right arm sometimes pushes the nose of the board to help get in. But usually it's more forward. Never correlated it to shoulder and hip direction.
the secret is the back knee. after initiating the cobra move the back knee slightly forward and outward. only then pop up. This one small change makes everything else falls in its place; fwd leg, hip rotation etc. It also acts as a cantilever preventing from falling backwards.
@@jameskay6040 thanks man this tip was super helpfull !!
3 minutes in and you've entirely hit on the problem I keep encountering. Mind-blowing and so helpful about getting the front foot up first. Thank you!
I think the most important thing is to twist your hips as you're popping up. It's that that keeps your bum down and head up. Kale doesn't mention it but he does it automatically and without thinking. I got that from another RUclips surfing site and it was an absolute game changer for me as I truly am a struggling surfer!
twist it facing where?
Excellent explanations Kale ! I've been surfing off & on for the last 5 yrs on a longboard or mini Mal. Like many, I still struggle with a solid pop up maneuver. Many surf instructors don't explain this fully. This is stellar.
Thank you again ! Love your channel
Some excellent practical advice here. As an older surfer (65) returning after a long spell and hip replacement, I struggle to take-off, which is so embarrasing after years of doing it without any thought at all. This breakdown helps reduce what was once Auttomatic down to steps that I can manage. Thanks so much.
🙏🏽🙏🏽
These videos are seriously so useful...signed up for the Beginner Surfer's Roadmap course just out of mad respect for how much I've gotten out of all Kale's RUclips content over the past few months!
Thank you 🙏🏽
Hey Kale. I would like to thank you for everything. I am from Hamburg Germany and we do not have that many options to practice surfing. When I am on my surftrips I try to implement every advice. Today everything came together like a puzzle. And thats only because of you. You put out so much easy to use content and helped me a lot in my progression. As a content creator my self I know how hard it is to become feedback from the people who implemented everything you teached. So thank you again for the great advice which I now could use at our 10 weeks in Portugal. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
shift your back hand back half a hand span from your front hand that way when you pop up your hips are already angled toward the front side of your board. 🌊✋🏽🤚🏽🏄🏽♂️ 🤙🏽
You were born to teach mate. Invaluable info. Thanks so much
Totally agree - you were born to teach. (From someone who was a high school teacher -30 years.) It is a special gift!
Learning to foil reeeeally helped me pop up on a short board. Foiling is just more front foot biased. But it forced me to pop up clean and smooth.
Interesting you say focus on the front foot. That's how I get up on a foil, and now translated it to surfing.
My surf technique has been: Paddle in the direction of the wave (left/right), keep your hands on the board, get that front knee to your chest, the rear foot will follow.
Get your feet planted, balanced, and gently ease your hands off the board as your feet/legs handle the weight.
I never correlated the hip direction until this video and it's SPOT ON!
Also, can we get a longboard in the wave pool?
Too many people seem to think a longboard doesn't work in a wave like that.
Keep it up Kale!
Thank you so much for this video Kale. I've been stuck here at OB San Fran for over a year, hesitant to charge harder because of an inconsistent take-off. I'm using an old foamy without fins and practicing this now in my garage like it's a martial arts training, even filming in slo-mo to see what I can improve. Biggest one for me is keeping my head up and balanced as I swing my legs around. I love this analytical approach that I can then take to the water to try out.
Cheers everyone and much love - Troy
Yo props to you for learning at OB. Shes a gnarly place to surf. See you out there
@@NightHawksVlog Appreciate it man, feels good to be turning the corner 🍻
Kale and his vids are a gift that keeps on giving
Great video! life long surfer but back issues have slowed my pop up to a crawl - limiting my ability to make sections and critical drops - and these coaching cues were still extremely helpful - gracias!
Great tutorial as always Kale! I've noticed the posture and the dynamic get better if you pay attention to shoulders as you pop up: head up and bums down benefit from keeping shoulders open and down instead of keeping them closed forward and upward while pushing to pop up.
Brilliant! Now I know why sometimes I get disconnected from my surfboard when popping up! Cheers!
I always use the chicken wing method. Biggest thing I do is put my lead hand further up on the board than my follow hand, this naturally puts me in a planed out solid riding position once I pop up. One thing I have noticed about it though is if its not done quick enough I do tend to stall out on the wave because too much weight is on the brake (back end) of the board from the initial push off the back foot to get to my feet. Now when I am not thinking about it (IN THE ZONE) just focused on the line I end up doing it the right way in the methods you describe in your video and this usually leads to a better ride! Great job!
Just surfed the best waves i've ever surfed. It kinda barreld and i'm a beginner/intermediate so i pretty much didn't really commit.(i had a really good wave tho :D ). So this video will be my saviour😂
same bro 🤙
From Larry? Florida got bombs from him 🤙🏻
I recommend when taking steep drops try not to think about it to much😂
awesome vid. the secret is the back knee. after initiating the cobra move the back knee slightly forward and outward. only then pop up. This one small change makes everything else falls in its place; fwd leg, hip rotation etc. It also acts as a cantilever preventing from falling backwards.
Kale, could you please offer advice or do a video about how to pop up on steeper take offs? The waves where I surf have a small window to enter as they tend to be steep and close out quickly. I often hesitate or pull off and could use some advice on either taking the drop or setting the rail to prevent the crazy steep drop. I see great surfers hardly paddle at all and still catch/pop up at just the right time on these steeper waves. Thanks for all of you help!
How To Take Off & Ride STEEP, HOLLOW WAVES | Surf Lesson
ruclips.net/video/zFwkmAoOX0Q/видео.html
love this...like watching funniest home videos of myself surfing...laughing as i watched and learned how I was making the same mistakes while never improving. thank you!
I want to thank you for an excellent and well explained video. I’ve been surfing on and off for about 25 years and learn to serve later in life in the challenging conditions of Hawaii. I got by when I was younger on pure force of will but I sure wish that I had this video to go by back then. Mahalo.🤙🏼
Very insightful…even for intermediate/experienced surfers
kale, awesome vid, always been having trouble with reading the wave and knowing where and when to do my maneuverers, if you could make a vid on it, would be awesome
One mistake I even still make now after years of surfing is to not point or turn down the line quick enough. Heading straight to the beach then trying to turn ends up with you stalling and you'll see the wave heading off without you as you struggle in the foam. Either paddle onto the wave on an angle along it or turn as soon as you pop up. Only if the wave is real slow can you take your time.
i just go straight and turn right away because going at it at an angle takes more paddling
@@BasEditz1 yep, just need to turn quick if you do that I meant.
This is a great video made up of parts. My objective statement as being a surfer and visionary person for a while, is that, once you have collated these parts and calculated what you have to do to pop-up you must imperatively VISUALIZE the whole process
and inject this process into your mind. To summarise - calculate pop-up physically, work on your strength physically, visaulaize you can do the process, and finally commit to the whole procedure - mentally and physically. 👍
Thanks for your advice!
Best pop-up lesson I've seen yet!
Always clear and perfect !! Thanks !
Amazing tips! You addressed one of my biggest issues and gave me a different way of looking at it. Will apply these next time thanks a bunch! 👍👍👍
Yeah Kale mate!!!! Ok buddy as I've done over the last 16 years after my 3 back surgeries I've had to teach myself to get to my feet. I'd be honored to hear your take on what i could do to help. Ok I'm goofy foot and my my front leg will knock my hand off my rail as i get to feet. I'd love to email you a clip of my getting to my feet, which is weird lol But i do what i need to to get back in the water! I'm a year out from my 3rd back surgery so I'm getting close to starting my training to get back. Who knows maybe your answer will help everyone else as well.
P.S. Like you I've surfed my entire life, I'm now 53, and competed at a pretty high level but i start over after every surgery. Everyone out there KEEP GOING cuz our sport is AMAZING!!!! Sorry message was long mate. Keep up the GREAT work Kale Looking forward to your answer buddy 🤙 Email?
G⭐
Also had 3 Nucleotomies, fucking hard to get back.
After Lock Down my Surfing Suffered, but now I'm nearly back to a Decent Intermediate.
Basically, my System was Paddle, Angle, Pause, Look Down the Line and NOT at the Board and then Pop Up all in the time of Perhaps a Couple of Seconds, If you Look at Your Board on the Pop Up your Feet will be to Close together and in the Wrong Place.
This is the kind of tips that will let me go forward on my surfing for sure. Thanks Mr. Broccoli 🥦😎🤙🏻
Thank you once again for your amazing tips
Thank you, I needed to see what i was doing wrong messed up some good sets on a bad day...
thanks! I have not been so afraid of the "box" so far, because, unfortunately, that's where I have been (incorrectly) trying to surf these years, until only recently I discovered that you are supposed to take off on the shoulder, the unbroken wave :( ...... I normally chickenly balance on top of the box with the front of my board going out over the box, like going over a ledge, until it gets lower. it's a difficult balance, I either lean back too much and the wave goes under, or I lean over too much and nose dives into the heavy wave .....
riding the shoulder makes much more sense
Great video! But looking since days for a video explaining techniques to learn surfing (paddling & popping-up for one-handed (armed) people). Looked at Bethany’s videos, but there is nothing detailed about the technique. This would be HUGE, if you maybe can give us advices, how can we tackel this handicap. So many people in the world would get help from that, because as of now, there is nothing in the internet about it. Cheers mate!
As usual, precious tips ! Thanks.
Another detail well explained video, love it. Thanks Kale.
Been surfing for 30+ years. I can catch one wave and pop up, ride it perfect. The next wave, I’m a complete kook 😂
Thanks Kale! I have been surfing for 20 y and never took a lesson. I sometimes really suck with my take off and I have wasted many waves. I wish I could go back and have you as a teacher. Never too late, so I will put this to practice ASAP. Aloha!
Thanks, Brock!! Fantastic tips
I believe I am too fat to push up properly. I have been working on pushups and bumbell workouts. I continue to practice on witewash to find the the way. I was a great surfer in my 20’s-30’s
I am now 58 and need to get back to the water. After several crashes on my mountain bike and Shoulder injuries I have made the transition to the ocean again. A body board and fins have helped me to be aggressive in wave selection and placement. I continue to learn from you and your awsome videos. Southern California native. Thank you 😊
Спасибо Kale !
such a great detailed explanation! seriously thanks so much!
Omg amazing, I was having the locked hips the whole time and didn't know how to explain it. Thats a lot for the prescription how to fix it! Can it be, that the leg I'm putting on first is my leading leg and not as I thought otherwise?
Very helpful! You are very good at articulating what needs to be adjusted. Love that and I love how u gave us those side by side examples!🙏🏾 thanx you!
Really, really great instruction. You describe the processes so clearly and in a way that's easy to understand. I'm stoked to go get in the water!
Fantastic video, Kale. A real epiphany, if you will. Thanks mate :)
I've fairly short arms and not very flexible (office job) I just can't get up without doing:-
Back Knee > Front Foot > Twist back leg to stand.
I can do it pretty fast but it's not ideal.
So for a beginner then isn’t the, what they call the “Chicken Wing” pop up where the back foot stays down and the right knee is out towards the right. Planting that front foot first and then planting the back the best approach? Also keeps the hips lower than the head
*Popped* ✅
I was watching your channel on youtube and thought that it would be really great to introduce your video to Korean surfers We have lots of people here in Korea that are interested in surfers around the world. The market is growing rapidly, but we lack in information since surfing is quite new here. could I translate your video into Korean and introduce it on my RUclips?🤙
it will be nice to se you do that pop up on dray land step by step like the popup you use in the water
How to overcome the fear of dropping a wave, for example sometimes I feel omg this wave is going to eat me alive. Because of that I just jump off the board without dropping in..
Just stop surfing if you have fear droppng in.
perfect answer to my questions bro thanks
Great advices Kale. Big thanks. I’m taking notes for this winter season🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻
Thanks! Wish I'd seen this before I went to the Wave at Bristol, in 2 sessions I stood up for about 3 seconds! I was very nervous, and I damaged my board in the concrete floor. However in the sea I'm fine. Thank you for explaining.
Kale is like one of my most common nicknames over the years lol
Thank you for this video 🤙🏽🙏🏽 felt identified with a lot of these mistakes
Great tips. Thanks.
Thanks for this
I am doing all of the wrong stuff
And will work to implement your pointers - forthwith
i wish this guy was my surf coach
Very interesting 🧐 a lot of tutorials suggest focus on back foot then front foot including the chicken wing and Brent rose video slow mo of the pros ....
I tend to drop my back knee a lot and have built up a bad little habit there but I think it’s a preventative habit as I tend to only do it on green waves .... any tips
And thank you 🙏
So I've watched this video intently about 300 times and one difference I have just noticed between your pop ups Kale and the students is that you are letting go (hands off the board) as soon as you plant the front foot. Everyone else (and I include myself here) seems to be holding on longer to "get steady" and then incurring in follow on errors.
Kale, can you please (if you haven't already) do a bit of a guide or analysis on that aspect of the pop up?
I’ve been putting more power into the push up part lately. I feel like what that does is gets you extra momentum rotating your body in the right direction - from prone to upright.
Whereas for a while I trying to do a “tri-pod” method of balancing on locked out arms and back foot, then trying to swing the front foot into place. That led to some of the problems Kale mentions, including locked-hips, feet facing forward, and butt-too-high/weight-too-forward.
Putting plyometric power into the push-up can also help get you extra room for that front leg (especially if you have short arms like me), by making it easier to get up on your fingertips and beyond. And then continuing upwards, getting your hands up quickly into the surf stance along with the rest of your body, all in one continuous, quick, upwards motion.
It’s almost like the push up sets the pace and timing for entire pop up, with the legs moving into place while you’re pushing up and exploding out of it. I know that it’s a whole body movement that requires a lot of hip mobility, but thinking in terms of the power/plyometric push up I believe is helping with some of my posture and timing issues while popping up.
Truly Stella instructional video mate! Keep them coming ! 🤙🏻🤙🏻
Thanks for this excellent video---I have struggled with the pop-up for years and am really excited to get back into the water and try your suggestions! /s/ Chris Kennedy, San Diego
Your videos are so helpful. 🤙🏻
Good lessons
brilliant, thanks.
Nicely done
Hey kale you should make a video for intermediate into advanced
Look up the surfers roadmap intermediate to advanced
Not sure on the front foot first one kale, your back foot is hitting the board first everytime, as do nearly every single pro. I think one of biggest problems with pop ups is hip mobility which allows the front leg to come through properly. I really struggle with this, I'm doing loads of yoga to correct it but it's still really difficult
i don’t think he means get up with front foot first i think he’s saying focus on your front foot
@@BasEditz1 at around 2:40 he does say "land the front foot first". I have the same question as many other pop up videos mention landing the back leg first, and now I'm confused as to what I should be practicing on land...
I emphasise FOCUS on the front foot
The back foot will naturally land first
@@KalesBroccoli ok thanks !
Stop doing Yoga, start doing expolsive muscle strength training. That is people´s problem, fast twitching moves. YOGA DOES NOT HELP AT ALL WITH THIS.
Yes Kale himself has a poor front footed take off, do not copy it!
Terrific thanks heaps
Been surfing all my life and i still to this day have a nasty habit of dragging my backfoot’s big toe across my board into position. It hurts like hell and its hard for me to correct when I’m thinking of the drop and looking down the wave. Any tips anyone?
This was so good
Great vids, as always since you began dude! I seem to struggle more with the take off in wave gardens...any insights (besides more practice!) haha. Anyone else expoerince this?
i am 52 years old started for first time surfing a few years ago. Thank you for the florear tips- actually i am able to do a pretty good and solid pop up outside the water on the sand - but when i get inside the water- i completely do the opposite and i do agree it is the fear from the drop... I cannot really create the commitment needed for the drop... any tips?
Take your time, and don’t rush!
Great tips Kale..love to know some drills to use on land to help with the pop up please.
Video on my channel called 5 pop up exercises which actually work
Thx u Kale !! Am at a stage where I dont know where I am on the wave once I am on it
So in time. I’ve also noticed that there’s a prettily big difference in a take off between your front hand and back hand. Especially when it comes to steep waves. I felt like a totally beginner when recently I was surfing my backhand on a very steep barreling waves.
No problems on a wave itself, but so much struggle during pop up.
Do you think if there’s a real difference or it’s more inside my head?
Thanks for the tips and your work. It really encourages to progress even when surfing is a struggle haha
Really a very good video, im 42.. trying to learn, im working on my flexibility and strength, its way better but i need more of course, the tips really helps, ill focus on that front foot.. and i might sign up for that online course.. seems great..
Ty so much for this!
One good stretch thats helping me right now is the Horse Stance (“Mabu” right?). I am working on this stance for mobility reasons in my lower body. Enjoy the journey everyone!
great tips! respectfully you should get rid of the knee drop Kale :)
🤙🏻 thank you so much for your tips and reflections. I would love to know what size and type of board do you recommend? I’m 5 feet and 6.5 inches. Thanks so much for your kind help!
Check out thesurfersroadmap.com our surfboard guide :)
00:30 whats up guys its your boy Korg here
Love this channel and How to Rip.
awesome vedio man. thank u
I am so scared of taking the drop as my board would nosedive most of the time, any way to prevent that? So I could successfully make a turn
You want to lean into the drop but not too much. Kinda of like dropping in on a big skate ramp! Also make sure you are far back enough on your board that you are not pushing the noes down with your pop ups!
Another key advice is to remember to arch the back. This will put more weight on the center of the board and prevent the nose from diving
Practice balance and control your weight👌
Arch back and go for it…it’s actually not like a skateboard on a ramp the nose always stays up when u drop in…of in small waves
Well explained good video thanks ;)
What if my gut is too big to get the lead leg in position first? Haha. Iv had 2 sessions at urbn surf, and I'm hooked!! And your vids are incredible mate, keep up the great work
This is great!! Thank you Kale! I see you wear booties at times. Do you change your pop up when wearing booties??? I just started wearing them and I'm really struggle with placing my front foot. I am an experienced surfer and been surfing barefoot my whole life. I can't seam to figure out how to have a consistent pop up with having the front foot placed where I want it to be.
Me watching this and go that sounds familiar, which part, wel all off the above. Every day I am practicing this at home and before I hit the water a do some popups on the beach, dry humping as my surf buddy is calling it 😅
my front leg makes it but i always have my back knee down before quickly getting up into the final stance. how do you fix this?!! thank you!
Can be a mobility thing or protective mechanism. Allow the board to drop away from you more (can also practice on bigger boards temporarily)
Would love to see some tips on a specific problem I’m having with my pop up! Can’t get my back foot to land and end up getting stuck on one knee. Even with practice at home, just can’t get this to budge and get into a full standing position in the water.
How tall are you and what size board are you riding?
how do you put your front foot first?
Ride a kneelo but getting a lot of goodness out of your vids. Thanx
Brock there's rival surf lesson plans being advertised in the ads of this vid
They can try but they’ll never deliver what we can 🙏🏽
As someone who’s skateboarded his whole life, riding the board is the easy part but god damn I struggle popping up sometimes
Great video...where is this,wave pool?