dude! You have to make a shirt that says activate the banana!

someting to practice while waiting for waves, great tips!

@KalesBroccoli

5 жыл бұрын

fanks 🤓

I really like the point you made about being able to keep your eye on the wave when you are paddling to the outside, instead of sitting outside paddling in. My neck is not what it use to be, thus I struggle to look over my shoulder to see how the wave is developing. Nothing feels better than hunting a peak, paddling to it and catching it with a pivot and two strokes. (I would appreciate an advanced episode of this, covering the different combinations of this technique in larger waves...lefts rights backdoors, add other surfers etc)

Total agree bro, awesome vid. This technique really allows you to eye off your wave rather than losing sight of it in a frantic paddle. Once you've done it for a while, older surfers on short(er) boards will appreciate the extra energy saved.

Ima leave the like for the next pivot and turn video where you show us how you use your legs to do all the work😉

Thanks Kale great feedback regarding pivot and swing catching waves

One point about riding White water vs riding the face of a wave. When riding White water you are literally riding the moving water. However, when riding the face of the wave you are riding the moving energy that is lifting the water. The water itself isn't moving forward until it breaks. An example, throw a tennis ball out into the water. It lifts and falls with the wave but doesn't move from it's location. It's the energy that we ride, not the water. Understanding this helps to explain the process of staying in the energy instead of riding straight and into riding the water. Throw the ball into the White water, and now the ball rolls and rides in with the water. I point this out because often beginners don't, "get it" until they finally experience riding the energy vs riding the water. Sadly, many never progress this far.

@jeremyfreetoroam

4 жыл бұрын

I've found surfing to be incredibly hard to learn. You're right, many never progress to the point of actually riding a green wave and performing a turn or two under control for this reason. In learning to surf proficiently, I spent about 200-300 hours over the course of the year in the water before feeling any real control over the board and connection with the wave's energy. I think people underestimate the time it takes to learn to surf, and if you don't live near a surfable break, it's unlikely that a person would have enough access to the ocean to progress effectively. Going surfing on vacation is great, but if someone can only surf a few days per year, I can't see how they could ever really learn to surf. I'm sure some have done it, but damn, it takes a loooong time to learn.

@simsonyee

Жыл бұрын

It's riding a moving downward ramp

You guys are absolutely amazing . Keep up the good work my dudes.

@HowtoRip

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Samuel Fraser!

Love the video. So informative 🤙

Love a good pivot & swing team!! See you guys in the next video 😁

As always, great video! 👌🏻🤙🏼

@KalesBroccoli

5 жыл бұрын

Erick Palacio excellent 🎉🏄🏼‍♂️

This video is great. I will have to watch it again next time I'm going to be near the ocean.

love your videos..good job guys..if you could do a video for older surfers who rather use shorter boards and what type of equipment do you recommend...thanks...

goood lesson helped me a lot..................THNX

Again thank you for your brilliant advice !on the best!

@KalesBroccoli

5 жыл бұрын

Kzycho Be 😁😁

Love your vids they all help me

@KalesBroccoli

5 жыл бұрын

KYEANDREWS38 ! Excellent thanks Kye

Awesome positional video. Haven't gone out much lately, soon enough.

@KalesBroccoli

5 жыл бұрын

Jim McCarley 😁😁😁

Muito legal seu vídeo, vou indicar para algumas pessoas. Valeu. Very cool this video, I'll share with friends. Thank you.

Thanks, great stuff 👌🏼

@HowtoRip

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Bozek!

Thank you very much for the advice

@KalesBroccoli

5 жыл бұрын

julian pacheco no wuckas 😁

Nailed it !!

@HowtoRip

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Rodge!! How’s the surfin coming along?

@rogerpye1865

5 жыл бұрын

👍👍🤙

Great tip I'll try it tomorrow

@KalesBroccoli

5 жыл бұрын

Deborah Redwood how’d it go?

Big thank you for the pivot and swing tutorial. I watched the video couple of times rewinding that part. I think I got it. Now I need practice.

@KalesBroccoli

5 жыл бұрын

MilanChamling awesome!!

Hey mate!! I love your videos bro it helps me a lot!!! Can you guys also do a video explaining about wetsuits and the differences among them ? Cheers

@HowtoRip

5 жыл бұрын

Sure eventually

Sick as like normal yewwww 🤙

Such a good intro

Hey guys, iv started surfing regularly during 2018 on a 7’6 while travelling and after a year I can get green waves comfortably, but now I’m back in my home country and want to buy a board But how will I know when to move to a shorter board? And which board should I move to? Cheers, love your videos

Have you ever seen anyone sink the tail of the board to propel forward on takeoff?

@thefeldenkraiscenter

4 жыл бұрын

i've been doing that since the 1970's. Works awesome!

@patrut8698

4 жыл бұрын

@@thefeldenkraiscenter thanks Lori, you know of any video tutorials on it?

@nodorksshouldgrow3309

4 жыл бұрын

@@patrut8698 yep on vhs and beta out soon

Good stuff. Did you talk about rotating legs clockwise or anti clockwise to assist the speed of swing right or left?

Really awesome I really never surfed but I been so amped to try.... Do you think as a beginner should I go to a surf school to learn first hand how to surf first just to get the feel of surf or should just go and hire a surf board and try it what should I do

@nodorksshouldgrow3309

4 жыл бұрын

Move to Hawaii for 10years or Australia

Soooo coooool

Great episode Kales One question, what's the main difference between a daily and a groveler board? Thanks and keep it up!

@KalesBroccoli

5 жыл бұрын

Groveler board typically has more volume in it to allow for smaller weaker waves :) Daily board is sharper and better for high performance (should the waves be good enough). Hope this helps thanks for watching! :)

:D This shall help, thanks

@KalesBroccoli

5 жыл бұрын

Grace Believer 😁

I catch much more waves now that i've learned to pivot and swing (is this Right?) Even in a 9'0 longboard, does wonders! Great content as always

@KalesBroccoli

5 жыл бұрын

Awesome mate :)

@goaway1236

5 жыл бұрын

Kauan which part of the board do you sit ? I find i am always slipping on my 9ft board

@kauanlamaison

5 жыл бұрын

@@goaway1236 man, i sit back enough so the nose stays at 90degrees more or less, or something like that in the moment of the turn. I got enough grip from my surf cloaths, maybe thats the difference.

@goaway1236

5 жыл бұрын

@@kauanlamaison thanks bro might need to start investing in proper surf clothes

@jimmccarley9609

5 жыл бұрын

I found I had to use wax, even on my soft top, just to keep my body from slipping during paddling.

Is there a video on how to start doing little carves up and down the wave like not big huge turns but more for beginners like little carves

Thank you 🙏 When pivoting a walden 9, i have to move back further on the board, then when getting into prone i have to scoot forward a bit because i am tall. It feels awkard. Could it be i need a longer board?

Thanks for your awesome video tutorials!! I have a small question - is this possible to catch the green waves with the longboard (around 7,6 size)? If I feel comfortable on the board this size on white water what is the maximum heigh of real wave I can caught with this board? Or should I take only short board for green waves? thanks in advance :)

@lewis809

3 жыл бұрын

You can definitely catch green waves on a longboard, I'm just about reaching intermediate stage myself and have caught a couple on mine. I find its good to go out when its calmer though to practice paddling out and pivoting e.t.c :)

Lol, I didn’t know I was actually doing the pivot swing until now

2:54

Could you talk a little bit about the timing? I find beginners pivot and swing too late and the lip causes them to nose dive. I tell people to pivot and swing when the wave looks 45 degrees in the face. Also when theres some feathering at the top of the wave.

@KalesBroccoli

5 жыл бұрын

Connor Pearson changes depending on what the wave is doing obviously - very tricky to convey visually. More of a try it and see kinda deal

@jeremyfreetoroam

4 жыл бұрын

Hey Connor, here's what I've found works in terms of timing. Imagine that you are trying to paddle out past the breaking waves. Do you know the moment where you aren't sure that you're going to make it out past an oncoming wave, but you do, and the wave lifts you up really high and then you kind of slap down on the backside of the wave as you continue paddling out? Well, if you would have turned your board around right at that moment and paddled back towards the shore, you would be performing the Kale's Pivot & Swing move with excellent timing. There's plenty of energy in the wave at that point to get you on a plane without having to paddle more than a couple of strokes. Have fun! Maybe I'll see you out there some time.

@JosephJujnovich

4 жыл бұрын

@@jeremyfreetoroam rad, gonna try this tomorrow

@jeremyfreetoroam

4 жыл бұрын

@@JosephJujnovich Good luck. Also remember to "activate the banana" at the moment the waves starts lifting the back of your board to keep from nose diving. The energy in the wave is pretty strong at this point depending on the size. As soon as you feel like you're definitely going to head down the front of the wave- jump to your feet bro!

@JosephJujnovich

4 жыл бұрын

@@jeremyfreetoroam sweet! Yeah I remember someone telling me to arch my back more (like a banana). Makes sense, pulling the centre of gravity and vertical rotation / roll back to prevent toppling forwards. On holiday in Bali - Dreamland and Padang Padang beach today! :-) thanks for the tips!

Please do a pop up video specifically for shortboard/fish.

@HowtoRip

5 жыл бұрын

We have :) same principles apply

Thnx Kale a bunch ! Of brocolli please, oh can you please tell us about the fush short board and why it is so good at intermediate level please ! I'm a kiwi so i call it a fush ! 🐏

@KalesBroccoli

5 жыл бұрын

Michael Wilson it’s basically an intermediary between sharp performance boards and a soft longboard and offers the best of both worlds - more buoyancy but not too big and cumbersome

@michaelwilson8760

5 жыл бұрын

@@KalesBroccoli thanz kales this is a gr8 tip i surfs one yrs ago and was goot dunno why eye didnt stick wiff it. Fanks its also wider flat deck and stable too. Pardom me spell its late ear. Moochos grayhias kind sir. Local shops dont hire em out often dey mostly do 8 foot soft tops gjeez its a.wheel sciemz dis sport n needa plenya dosh also. I have had good.luck on a fish beforw.spose i will look out fir one aginee e. Luv yr wok broc. !

I thought I seen you at Blacks this morning

Can you do a video on small barrel riding?

@KalesBroccoli

5 жыл бұрын

TheWaffleGuy just barrel riding in general perhaps

@jeremyfreetoroam

4 жыл бұрын

Yes! Small barrel riding please!

3 sessions and still haven’t caught a wave:(. but im not given up

@lukashreds9708

3 жыл бұрын

6 months later, how you doing now

@kolasinksi23182

3 жыл бұрын

yeah facts lmao where u at in ur progress now

@hugeg1121

3 жыл бұрын

@@lukashreds9708 Way better im on a shortboard now, got about 10 waves last sesh

@kolasinksi23182

3 жыл бұрын

@@hugeg1121 sickkk bro

@aedanbyrne2820

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah dude one day you'll get a insane sesh and you'll be catching waves from then on

Can you make an instructional video for how to surf more and work less?

Here in California we call that "corking" or "pop cork"

@HowtoRip

4 жыл бұрын

Hundred percent

Stay psyched and stay safe everyone! May God bless you all🙏🏼🙏🏼🤙🏼

When would you guys recommend getting a traction pad? I surf a 6’8 at the moment, not too sure on the other dimensions at the moment.

@j3in725

5 жыл бұрын

When you feel you need more traction on your back foot executing turns

@nodorksshouldgrow3309

4 жыл бұрын

@@j3in725 when you learn to paddle out and actually go surfing is the time

@j3in725

4 жыл бұрын

@@nodorksshouldgrow3309 Doesn't really make sense to me, a 6'8 can turn in whitewater as well. So, if your turning wax or a traction pad can help as well.

Kale were is that beach

Pivot & Swing start at 5:00

But when do you want to initiate the pivot and swing?

@HowtoRip

4 жыл бұрын

When the wave is close

Hey I’ve been looking for the answer to a question. What size board should someone who weights 125 lbs and 5’4?

@ourwilliam2405

5 жыл бұрын

Depends on your surf level and the place where youre surfing.

@melindaruiz9716

5 жыл бұрын

I’ve been on the water for about 1 year in cali

@KalesBroccoli

5 жыл бұрын

Depends on your ability as well and volume is most important. 60kg beginner you'd be looking around 28-30L go for a hybrid fish shape :)

@melindaruiz9716

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Extremely helpful!🤙🏼

@Nandox7

5 жыл бұрын

@@KalesBroccoli would a hybrid fish with more volume also work for heavier people (~90kg) or better a longer board?

When will the “activate the banana” shirts be available?!

Can you make more videos specifically for beginners?

@KalesBroccoli

5 жыл бұрын

Halo Rafael is this video not specific for beginners? And about several others on this channel?

@octopus3805

5 жыл бұрын

Kales Broccoli I guess not...

@halorafael3084

5 жыл бұрын

Kales Broccoli , no i think this video is very helpful for beginners and same for a lot of your other videos. It's just that I'm still scared of catching green waves, so most of my surfing is done in the white water.

@simonwyndham

4 жыл бұрын

@@halorafael3084 I'm more scared of other surfers! Maybe a video for newbies dealing with learning to surf on populated beaches? I know there's a video about the rules/lineup etc. But on long sandy beaches like are usual for most beginners in the UK like Newgale, Whitesands etc you could be at any point along a 2 mile stretch with no formulated lineup. Just lots of people all trying to catch waves all over the place.

what beach is this? Congrats for the content

@HowtoRip

5 жыл бұрын

Sydney :) up near Narrabeen

@nodorksshouldgrow3309

4 жыл бұрын

@@HowtoRip sellout

I find it is really hard to pivot and swing on a large softboard

Is this bondi Beach?

@nodorksshouldgrow3309

4 жыл бұрын

Nah man its Melbourne near the gold coast on the west coast close to Darwin which is next to Hobart on the way to Adelaide in new Zealand but its a secret spot for KZread

Where are these guys? West coast of Australia??

@HowtoRip

4 жыл бұрын

Sydney

Watched the whole video and didn't find what to do to pivot. Did I miss it?

many times I paddle hard, give it all but don't catch the wave , and it seems like other guys paddle a few small paddles and catch it easy.. what am I doing wrong ?

@HowtoRip

5 жыл бұрын

Watch my paddling video

Ever been stung by a stonefish in that pool?

More on long boarding.

@KalesBroccoli

5 жыл бұрын

Sean Boyle what specifically

But for now.....let’s just go surfing.......that’s all there is....

Bro Please, sub for your Latins followers, if isn't not a annoyance for you, in English and Spanish Pleaseee

I activated my Banana and wound up raping some poor chick in the dunes...

Who else grabs the rail to pop up

@HowtoRip

5 жыл бұрын

A lot of professional surfers - watch them

@MilanChamling

5 жыл бұрын

I tried once. The force of the water pushed my hand backwards and my nose planted on the deck. Never again. Not for me.

I must admit, I do not understand your approach to teaching surfing. You seem to think it's typical to begin on a short board, even in relatively small waves. I live in Hawaii. Everyone here starts on a long board, 9' or more, maybe an 8'6" or a bit shorter if you're a kid, but still with the spoon-nose, long board shape. No one starts on a pointy nosed 7 footer. And people stay surfing on that 9-footer for a long time. You can ride plenty big waves, over head-high on a long board, learn to turn, go down the line, go backside, grab the rail. Maybe you can't do snappy, roundhouse cutbacks, but that's for experienced surfers anyway, and by the time you're ready to do those, you've dinged up your long board and are ready for a new one anyway. Folks, start on a long board. It's easier to balance on, faster to paddle and plenty smooth riding. You can perfect all your techniques and have a lot more fun. The only disadvantage to a long board is that it's harder to punch through broken waves while paddling out, but if you study your break, you'll usually find a path where the break isn't as strong or you'll figure out the timing and paddle out after a set has passed.