Quote Originally Posted by mmandley View Post
Just from seeing what you filmed, couple tips I would give if you where behind my boat.

First look where you want to go. You staring at the back of the boat, the water, the platform only makes you target that spot. Try and get used to looking into the boat, preferably at the Observer Seat for your sirf side. <Regular would look at the driver>

This helps keep your shoulders in line and board in line with the rear corner of the boat.

Second is physics.

You can not honestly expect to stand still on a board, with moving water under it and surf.

The thing with surfing is its ever-changing. Just like each time you go out in the boat and set your wave, it will always be a little different, unless you have the same people, same weather, same water depth, same fuel level something is always changing.

This in fact requires you to constantly change your forward-backward momentum on your board.

When I teach people how to surf, Surf 101
1st Learn to balance on the board to get ready to be pulled.
2nd Learn to get up
3rd Learn to Stand up and pull yourself into the wave
4th Learn to Balance in the wave without falling off.

Now your ready for Surf 102
This is the phase your at in your video.

You are balanced now
You have a good stance

Now its time to work that wave.

While holding the rope practice speeding up, and slowing down in the wave, then practice carving up and down in the wave so your working the entire wave.

Once you can do all this and keep slack in your rope then you are getting ready to toss it in.

When you toss the rope, just drop it to your feet. Don't throw it, this tends to set people off balance and they fall. Plus your mind is concentrating on throwing a rope and not hitting anyone.

Next is typically when you hold the rope your lead arm is extended towards the boat, this automatically balances you slightly forward, and unknowingly you compensate by leaning on your back-foot. This is ok until you drop the rope and now you are off balance again.

To fix this remember to keep that lead arm out forward towards the boat.

When you start to fall out of the wave or fall back two things really help, one is bend your knees and point your lead arm to the boat and this will weight the board forward.

You mentioned shooting forward to the platform and then leaning back and falling off the wave, this is because your movements are too drastic. Its a very fine line leaning forward and back.

Just like your boat is constantly adjusting speed when surfing you too will be constantly leaning forward then back then forward and then back again. If your standing completely still on your board and surfing in the wave, it will only last until the boat makes a speed adjustment and the water flow reflects this and bucks you out.

Keep practicing and Surf it up man. Your doing good already.
Spot on .. Good advice right here.. Movements are to drastic.