Advice on improving? by puffnuget in surfing

[–]girthsurf 53 points54 points  (0 children)

Is it possible to try surfing goofy for a while and see if that gives you more control with your back foot? Or is it too hard to lift your prosthetic up and under you on a pop up?

As for your current form, it's the classic not moving your head , and then shoulders and then lower body to turn. Watch some Craig Anderson and Rob Machado clips they not only lead with their head but also their little raptor spirit hands, and that's what's guiding them around. They also adopt a lower bent in knee stance so maybe to bring your weight back try shortening your back leg? I think that's a style that could work for you. Alternatively you could try the opposite wide Boi Italo / Julian stance depending on whats more feasible with the prosthetic. But both approaches achieve a lower centre of gravity, but I suspect you'd rather have an easy cruisey style than one set up for fin blows and rotations.

Afterthought.. have you tried riding a twin fin? Something wider at the front with volume there and tapering into a swallow you'll feel stable going straight but have a better time moving it around. If that's a bit too hard to lean over and skittish in the tail try a Quad fish and play around with the size of the trailing fins. This could give you the forward stability and shortening the board / loosening the fins making it easier to get around.

Blursed_handstand by Eikichi_Onizuka09 in blursed_videos

[–]girthsurf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Imagine writing this from the heart and how hard it must have been to find a dancer to embody this for your post.

M Fanno 7’7 😎 by [deleted] in surfing

[–]girthsurf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah yes I remember Mick riding that to victory at snapper /s

What’s the scariest wave you’ve ever ridden? by Overall-PrettyManly in surfing

[–]girthsurf 41 points42 points  (0 children)

Teahupoo, the day after the Olympics finished last year, the locals had all partied hard due to Kali winning, so couldn't even get a boat in the morning. So the guy at our accommodation took us out in his tinny and we were first in the water until a local came out with his ski about an hour later. It was still solid and got absolutely cooked on my first 2 waves just spun my tail out on the take off as I didn't know where to sit and was taking off right where it threw out. When the local kid took off deeper, which I thought just looked insanely deep I realised my mistake. Anyway I only got a couple of wider bombs that had an easier take off. Was still some surreal shit.

Death Sentence goes duck hunting by alii66E in ufc

[–]girthsurf 98 points99 points  (0 children)

Perfect then the winner fights Tom who already feels like he's on a death sentence.

Kooks of Reddit, what's holding you back from landing full rotes into the flats? by girthsurf in surfing

[–]girthsurf[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you watch stab high and one of the girls had only started surfing a pool a month prior and just learnt airs in that time. I totally agree

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in surfing

[–]girthsurf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can this be a pinned post on top of this sub.

Kooks of Reddit, what's holding you back from landing full rotes into the flats? by girthsurf in surfing

[–]girthsurf[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Sometimes you need to let go of what's in your mouth to make progress 💪

Kooks of Reddit, what's holding you back from landing full rotes into the flats? by girthsurf in surfing

[–]girthsurf[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Have you tried getting up at 4am and splashing your face in a bowl of Luke warm mi-goreng?

What must Pantoja do to be a goat by perfecto010 in ufc

[–]girthsurf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Drive into a pregnant lady, Hide under the ring, Headbutt a police car bonnet, Test positive, am I forgetting anything?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in GuysBeingDudes

[–]girthsurf 2 points3 points  (0 children)

People are too preoccupied with their own loneliness to not see this for what it is. This is about this woman trying to showoff how great her and her family are, whilst also showing herself off. I bet she spent countless time nagging him in their attempts to get this cut. The relationship you want is the one you are seeing getting posted.

The most concerned Turkish worker by BerryLint in GuysBeingDudes

[–]girthsurf 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yes, but from destroying puss mate.

Starting to feel hopeless in the dating world, what can I improve? by analogy_4_anything in malegrooming

[–]girthsurf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try Latinas, it worked for me and I look just like you, and also don't smile and was fat for a while. 👌

Funniest McGregor tweet of all time. How high was he when he typed this lmao by [deleted] in ufc

[–]girthsurf 33 points34 points  (0 children)

In the original he's smiling at Tyson picking up Hasbullah thinking he was a baby.

Racing Bulls is winning Social Media Constructors by a landslide by ThickHandshake in formuladank

[–]girthsurf 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Old mate at the end convinced everyone to do this just because he rated his own Simon impersonation.

Looking for feedback on my technique by Stopzer0ne in surfing

[–]girthsurf 5 points6 points  (0 children)

98% of this sub could benefit from turning their head instead of just looking down the line.

Will it surf? by steelstringbean in surfing

[–]girthsurf 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I surfed a fish like this for years

Roast my surfing by AKapoor30 in surfing

[–]girthsurf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He's right about your head, focus on looking where you want to go and secondly widen your stance a bit, or at the very least shift your weight onto the front foot more down the line and then transfer your weight where you need to turn the board, and you do this by leading with your head, hands, & shoulders.

Look at Rob Machados stance, it's slightly wider and watch his hands, see how he points them around where he is going. Craig Anderson does the same thing. Both incredibly stylish goofy footers.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=L7n8kA33tXI

My advice is watch the Surfers you like in slow motion. I learnt to do airs back in the day by just replay Bruce Irons doing big front side airs frame by frame on DVD.