3 REASONS YOU SURF TOO SLOW ON A WAVE | Surfing Lesson
Speed flow is one of the most important surf techniques to perfect in your surfing journey. It provides a foundational underpinning to the rest of your surfing progression which is why it's become an important part of The Surfer's Roadmap.
Let's cover some common mistakes that I see as a professional surf coach and how you can correct them for faster surf progression!
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What I realized is that the "first" pump is crucial to start with good flow and speed related to the wave. I work each time on taking off on a compress position after the pop up and imidiately pump up to the higher 3rd of the wave and then point the nose to the beach to keep speed rail to rail. The challenge is that as a beginner this "first pump" doesn't come out optimally every time, but when it does, oh boy, it opens up a "door", very addictive. Thanks for the channel!
Me and my Dad watch your surfing tutorials together, even though he's got about 20 or so more years of experience then me we still learn a lot. Keep up the good work dude!
so awesome to see quality surf tutorials on youtube. Contrasting beginner mistakes to proper technique is such a crucial part of progressing
@KalesBroccoli
2 жыл бұрын
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Yo, this guy needs more praise
@KalesBroccoli
2 жыл бұрын
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@martindowman6383
2 жыл бұрын
He the man aye!
Literally the tips I need right now. Perfect timing
This was awesome 👏! Thank You for breaking it down the way you did 🌟
fantastic tutorial as always. good work mate!
This is amazing! Keep up the great work ❤️
Love all your videos great tips as always
Awesome video!! Thanks Kale!!
Great tips Kale! Big thanks 🤙🤙
This is good stuff, great analysis Kale, quality video
Thank you i learnd alot from this video
i love your videos man, keep it up🤙🤙
That’s awesome Kale thanks👌
The “pluck”! Is gold! Thank you 🙏🏼
Well done, this will help many many surfers out there!
brilliant vid...cheers Kale
Sick tutorial us usual bro🤙🏾🤙🏾
NICE!!!! The tip on grabbing the dirt and throwing it over the wave is HUGE!!!
Amazing video Kale!
Nice one! Always great advice 👍🏻
Thanks for the backhand tip mate. I was struggling on that one. I'll try it out. I remember the tip from the smooth star team: "scoop and clap" haha. Worked quite well
again... great video! Absolutely cannot wait to get in the water
Cool mang ! Thank you my brother for bringing the funk,the thunder from Down Under
very helpful thank you.
Your videos are always super helpful and posted at just the right time for me thank you from New Jersey
@KalesBroccoli
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you 👊🏾
Thanks for your video!!! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks 🙏
this video will help a lot
Brilliantly explained as ever . Thanks
@KalesBroccoli
Жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
Great surfing progression tips. Thanks.
@KalesBroccoli
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks
love the intro!
Love the new intro
Great video. Something that may be useful is looking at martial arts and the way body movements and principles transfer to surfing. Like body compression, weight distribution, drawing and directing power from the hips, keeping the arms tight to the body, foot position, ect. Keep up the great video and cheers.
Love the new intro 👍
7:35 is such a good example for me to understand i cant wait to try this tomorrow
i cant believe this content is free to watch. Amazing bro
The backhand pumping is a struggle. I'll try throwing some dirt around 😂😂. Thank you for the tip!
Goldmine as always. Cheers from france!
@KalesBroccoli
2 жыл бұрын
Merci mon ami! 👊🏾
Thank you!!!!!!!!!
@VesicantMorgues
2 жыл бұрын
I’m goofy footed and surfing Noosa Heads. I needed this hahaha
loved that animated intro! cheers
bro your helpin me sooooo much with my surf progresion that I should be paying you like this is not okay
@KalesBroccoli
2 жыл бұрын
😂 just sign up to thesurfersroadmap.com - if not, you’re still welcome 🤙🏽
I watching this video yesterday before surfing and it instantly helped me! Thank you! I do have a tip from one coach to another. It can be confusing to talk about knee and back bend for some people. Talking and bending your ankles really helps to get people into the desired, athletic position. Keep up the great work, I am beyond grateful to have such amazing coaching at my finger tips!
@searuler789
2 жыл бұрын
i found this comment extremely interesting! as a beginner/intermediate surfer, i don't have the knowledge as you guys. but as a snowboard instructor I think I do see a resemblance with the common bending problem. to carve with a snowboard (heel to toe) a big tip for intermediate carvers is to imagine pushing your knees over your toes. toe to heel, is all about pushing the knees out(duck stance) or pushing the back knee into the font one (alpine snowboardstance). all that while keeping your upper body as upright as possible (balance/control). all this will allow you to go deep with well bent knees, "straight" back + staying in balance and generating power out of your carve when you enter the second part of the turn. the stance is different (snow-surf), but is was wondering if it is the same for surfing, or am I trying to see a resemblance that isn't there? big fan of this channel and the comment section, its a goldmine of information for a surfer who is trying to get better (still not good though ^^)
@jessebuktenica8475
2 жыл бұрын
@@searuler789 as far as balance goes, mostly, however with surfing you turn from a place of balance over the back of your board, back foot pivote, not the front. And I'm my experience (I'm learning too!) You have to edge your board (go on your rail) then it's an upper body rotation that helps the turn. Idk, I can finally do it surfing! Doing my best to describe what I think I am doing
Great video, am an intermediate surfer and will think of the scooping the dirt tip on my backhand rides 👍 Love the intro tune, is that by "thatkidgoran"?
Nice video brother!!
@KalesBroccoli
2 жыл бұрын
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Would be nice to see one video about the backside more in depth man but other than that great tutorials as always 🤙🏻
Yeah kale you are so awesome you have tort me so much now i can all most do a full air do you now the best place in the Northern beaches that have nice long waves so that i can set it up once again so many people admire you and you need much much more praise
@KalesBroccoli
2 жыл бұрын
Heya grommet! Give curl curl a go or Avalon! 🤙🏽
@swimandsurf4life413
2 жыл бұрын
@@KalesBroccoli thank you so much for the advise
kale i found this video so helpful. i always had trouble with keeping my speed after initially catching the wave. i finally had some good waves here in norcal where i could practice this. i must say it helped so much i was able to keep speed down the line and make it past the wave closing out on me. it helped out so much that people gave me fist pumps that i was really working the wave down the line. so thanks for explaining this so well.🤙🏻
Really helpful to see the basics performed by a good surfer on a foamy. I frequently go back to larger boards to work on maneuvers and find that the technique work translates well. I don't think people spend enough time really mastering midlengths and logs before jumping to high performance thrusters, which is a mistake.
@KalesBroccoli
2 жыл бұрын
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Top tips as always Kale. At the start I was like, "Uh-ho, at the pool again Kale" but then I realised that because it gives a much more controlled and predictable ride, it helps your analysis and it's far easier to see and understand what you're talking about for us. So thanks heaps :-)
@KalesBroccoli
2 жыл бұрын
From a coaching perspective it’s unbeatable (but it’ll never replace the ocean)
That video is your best to me
@KalesBroccoli
2 жыл бұрын
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I know its not new, but love the intro😍
@KalesBroccoli
2 жыл бұрын
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The bottom turns, like you say, are a bit excessive in most of these examples. I think it was in one of your videos were you mention the value of bad wave surfing. Those are definitely the days to figure out on small, poor shaped waves how to improve where you're looking when you paddle into a wave, the flow and continuity of the pop-up, and getting onto the face earlier. You really can relax with your stand-up when you get the flow right. On many of these bad wave days you just can't ride the face of the wave at all with some of these bottom turns and pop-ups. Great video!
Awesome tutorial and really helpful tips! The thing I struggle with is that I'm more comfortable riding the goofy stance when I'm on my cruiser skateboard, but when it comes to surfing my leash is always on my right foot (back foot) so it's the opposite positioning. I'm wondering if it's worth retraining either my skateboarding or surfing footing so that it's consistent for learning and progressing.
@KalesBroccoli
2 жыл бұрын
Commit to the surfing stance on both 🤙🏽
@melp3736
2 жыл бұрын
@@KalesBroccoli Cheers!! definitely gonna take some time adjusting to the change but it's probably for the best🤣 Thanks Kale!
Hi kale! I'm glad you're speaking about it. I have a problem with my Achilles tendons they're a bit short so I cant bend my knees that much as u described in the video. I wanted to know if this problem is one of the main reasons my progress is slow..
@KalesBroccoli
2 жыл бұрын
Potentially! But strength perhaps could overcome
@nadnad123456
2 жыл бұрын
@@KalesBroccoli you mean core strength or Hips strength might cover it?
@bw8476
2 жыл бұрын
@@nadnad123456 You could try and find a work around: create loading/unloading technique while not having full mobility. Skateboard and a few bumps or pump track are your friend, try and generate speed without putting your feet on the ground. It is not so much strength as it is technique.
@nadnad123456
2 жыл бұрын
@@bw8476 Wow man actually I got a pump track near my place and never thought of it! That's a great idea!! Thx for giving me hope about this lol
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How much does foot placement have to do with getting into the power zone?
@KalesBroccoli
2 жыл бұрын
As much as it has to do with anything else - watch my video on foot placement 🙏🏽
those visualizations might be helpful...scoop the dirt, jump, throw it behind the wave. I think I don't compress as much as I think I'm compressing. Knowing my hand should almost touch the wave will help me correct that. I'm really struggling with pumping...
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 KZread?
@KalesBroccoli
2 жыл бұрын
Would love to come over and teach at the pool but my country has imprisoned me
I like the clear cut jump, and shrug.
How good is John Fisher courts to skate on!
Cool animation bro
@KalesBroccoli
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you
Hi Kale, love your content! quick question. My surf/snowboard positon is Goofy buy my Skate position is Regular. Is that a problem? I can't skate while in Goofy position, I've tried. I can Surf both positions actually but when I leaned to surf my coach told me I surf better as Goofy. What do you think about it? Thanks!
@KalesBroccoli
2 жыл бұрын
Commit to goofy on both otherwise skate training won’t transfer over
Awesome tutorials 🤙 is this technique good for a longboard?
@KalesBroccoli
2 жыл бұрын
It’ll look a bit jolty
@roge4018
2 жыл бұрын
@@KalesBroccoli thank you 🤙 I appreciate it, wish I could had learn to surf at a younger age.
Is this pool in Australia ?
If you can pump a skateboard or a scooter hard around bowls pumping on a surf board is the same thing all from the hips and abbs, most people need to work on flexibility before they even start
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I suck at surfing but I can ride fairly well. I have much more talent foiling. I’d love to start a channel to help people learn. Love your inputs Kale! Always helpful to get better
Have you ever surfed a chilli Rare Bird? If so how'd it go?
After "jumping" into the power section of the wave, do I try to stay there when I'm pumping?
@KalesBroccoli
2 жыл бұрын
Too contextual to answer here
You just let the genie out the lamp 🪔
Is a wavepool in Australia really cold enough to need a hood, boots and gloves? Genuinely curious
@KalesBroccoli
2 жыл бұрын
Can be
@Bargalie
2 жыл бұрын
Wave pools more closely reflect atmospheric temp than the sea/ocean so in winter the wave pool is colder than the sea/ocean
I only get to surf ounce or twice a month as an experienced surfer how could I keep my progression up ? BSR is my local spot.
@KalesBroccoli
2 жыл бұрын
Join my surf skate program thesurfersroadmap.com 🤙🏽
If there’s anything I’ve learned, engage your rails and stay higher on the wave face. If you see white wash, good luck. Kelly Slater can beat it. But it’s tough.
I think a lot of surfers have problems with looking down at the board or at the bottom of the wave. No matter how hard I try, I always look down and never ever look down the line. Even when I say to myself… don’t look down, I always look down. Any tips
@surfershaper
2 жыл бұрын
Don't you want to see where you're going, what the wave is doing where you're wanting to go?? Don't drive a car looking down you won't live long hahaha
@KalesBroccoli
2 жыл бұрын
Confidence. Surf skating might help reinforce/re-shape the motor pattern - my course on thesurfersroadmap.com is helpful or check out my free tutorials on the channel
Second
also will you be coming back to Avalon
@KalesBroccoli
2 жыл бұрын
Sorry not at this stage 👊🏾
@Goofyboi661
2 жыл бұрын
@@KalesBroccoli I ment when covid has cleared up
This is a amazing tutorial, but what does a guy like me do when the waves are so mushy and barely pushing me, I catch waves pop up and try to generate speed and it’s like my board bogs down the moment I put my back foot all the way on the tail (shortboard). I basically struggle with thigh high and under, but once it’s waist high and above, I seem to generate speed very easily. I’m 6’3” 195 lbs and a intermediate surfer, I just struggle in really small mushy gutless waves. Any tips?
@urmama54
2 жыл бұрын
more volume required in your board?
@offthewallsurfer1
2 жыл бұрын
@@urmama54 all my boards are 44 to 48 Liters, I have plenty of float. It’s like my fins don’t engage on any gutless wave.
@urmama54
2 жыл бұрын
@@offthewallsurfer1 whoa thats ample volume... what kind of fins u got?
How much volume on a foam board would be duckdivable at 40kg
whos your board shaper
@KalesBroccoli
2 жыл бұрын
Numerous. #greatestboardtest
@Goofyboi661
2 жыл бұрын
ok i use haden shapes normaly
Is there anything that will stop surfing being turned into golf? Of all the blights on the world, I think this is the worst.
Kale you just don't understand, or maybe you are just jealous this is the new style. Everybody surfs like this nowadays. We call it Soulkook. Beginners for life.
@KalesBroccoli
2 жыл бұрын
I love it
Any way other than emojis😂 What length smooth star should one consider🤔
first
"Reason you're going too slow on a wave." 1. you're riding a HPSB when you don't have this skills to. Ride a fish, egg, or groveller that generates its own speed from the wave and learn the feeling and how to harness it. Then move to a HPSB when you are ready. Fun fact, many people will never be ready to surf a HPSB. So they can disregard all the funny shoulder/hingeing techniques and jumping to the top of the wave. Just get a board that goes fast on its own, point it and enjoy.
Great tips Kale! Big thanks 🤙🤙