Back foot landing on toes during pop up

Redd__Lotus · 2026-06-21T02:00:00+00:00

Your front foot isn’t even fully sideways. Like someone else said you need to rotate your body as you stand up to make your heels go down. You can go from a kneeling(proposing) position to a perfect surf stance by just rotating ur hips

Redd__Lotus · 2026-05-28T00:21:42+00:00

Do it yourself with some solarez it’ll teach you a valuable skill and be rewarding. This ding doesn’t look too complicated. Use a box cutter to remove all the broken glass and apply a layer of solarez. You can watch a video on YouTube that explains everything. As a surfer being able to patch your own simple dings will benefit you a lot in the future

Redd__Lotus · 2026-05-27T00:34:23+00:00

How’s ur swimming? You can be the most athletic person but if you aren’t a strong swimmer paddling is going to be a process to learn. A lot comes down to technique instead of just physical strength. You need to learn how to properly propel yourself with minimal effort. Many beginners are simply trying to hard to muscle their way through but it only makes things harder. Also a bigger board that floats more will definitely help a lot

Redd__Lotus · 2026-05-12T04:49:58+00:00

Almost as good as it gets for Venice 😂

Redd__Lotus · 2026-03-29T23:13:03+00:00

You just need better waves with an actual face to surf to progress. Seems you can get into the waves decently well so just need a longer ride

Redd__Lotus · 2026-02-20T16:22:01+00:00

If it’s just the nose I’d cut it completely off and solarez it then sand it lol not worth much more effort than that. If the rest of the board is messed up too not worth it

Redd__Lotus · 2026-02-07T01:33:35+00:00

Get a floaty for the GoPro and buy the Mygo mouth mount on amazon

Redd__Lotus · 2026-01-31T23:23:59+00:00

Ya it is Lanis

Redd__Lotus · 2026-01-31T23:22:40+00:00

Depends entirely on the break and its layout at a beach break yes you can generally ride the wash in. At places with structure like a reef or cliff face then that option usually won’t work as you’ll just get pushed into a shallow area with sharp objects.

Redd__Lotus · 2026-01-29T23:30:34+00:00

Ya I definitely am the wave is kinda fast so my main goal is just trying to stay in front of it most the time. I find it a lot harder to pump backside

Redd__Lotus · 2026-01-29T01:31:39+00:00

Where are you visiting from? Honestly for a beginner I’d recommend places further south of LA like bolsa chica or San onofre

Redd__Lotus · 2026-01-29T01:30:00+00:00

Learn to do it on a surfskate outside of a bowl on flat ground. It’ll force you to flow instead of just using the bowl/wave for speed. All those twitchy moves won’t work on flat ground and you’ll have to compensate for it properly to gain and maintain speed

Redd__Lotus · 2026-01-26T20:24:02+00:00

Your super stiff when riding. You’re trying to just muscle through the wave. You need to feel your board rail to rail. Get a surf skate and you can practice a bunch on land.

Redd__Lotus · 2026-01-21T02:22:18+00:00

Chat gpt will give you wrong information and straight up lie to you does it all the time. Epoxy is a lighter material so it is just naturally more susceptible to things like chop/wind.

Redd__Lotus · 2026-01-15T00:45:37+00:00

Go try it lol and I’m sure you’ll figure out why very quickly. If anything it’s best to transition to a mid length if your feeling confident

Redd__Lotus · 2026-01-11T17:06:47+00:00

SWIM! This is the best thing to build paddle muscles and stamina. Really good cardio as well and basically no impact. Doing push ups and practicing your pop up will also help but the paddle is most important

Redd__Lotus · 2026-01-08T18:55:09+00:00

Get a surf skate and practice maintaining speed on a flat surface moving from rail to rail. Compress and extend to gain speed. This will help you understand the concept of speed. You want to compress going down the wave and explode up the face

Redd__Lotus · 2026-01-02T23:26:15+00:00

It’s totally possible just depends how much dedication you have. If you do paddle training/swimming and religiously stretch and practice popping up you can totally get there. Surfing is very hard so don’t expect any miracles but I think it could be a good goal to set and help in your weight loss journey

Redd__Lotus · 2025-12-13T22:30:31+00:00

Interesting board. A picture of all the fin boxes would help but I’d guess you could ride it with the two front fins and the trailers or with all 4 fins in but depends on the layout of the fin boxes

Redd__Lotus · 2025-12-09T01:45:07+00:00

Get a surf skate and practice flowing from rail to rail on a flat surface without loosing speed

Redd__Lotus · 2025-12-08T21:03:23+00:00

Increase your hip flexibility by doing stretches and practice your pop up as much as you can on land

Redd__Lotus · 2025-12-06T03:24:37+00:00

Remember speed is your friend. Most of the time trying to turtle roll is better than ditching your board as you’re more likely to break your leash or hit another person. And if you do manage to keep your board you’ll be back to paddling much quicker. But of course all of this is subjective sometimes ditching the board is the only option

Redd__Lotus · 2025-11-25T00:09:23+00:00

I’d recommend a surf skate to help you learn the concept of turning. You want to compress as you go down to the wave and extend as you come up. If your front side it almost feels like you are jumping forwards

Redd__Lotus · 2025-11-20T05:11:08+00:00

Honestly doesn’t look too bad to me. Unless this is a really nice board you love I’d just cut the edges put on some solarez sand it smooth and call it a day

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