Focus on bending and lowering the body to generate speed/initiate turns.
Ombe Surf provides 20 quick tips for improving your barrel riding, focusing on commitment, posture, finding the deepest lift, controlling acceleration, and using the “shopping cart” technique to set your line.
Kale Brock breaks down the pro takeoff, focusing on the three pillars (paddling, positioning, movements) and detailing arm placement, the coiled spring position, and the importance of looking down the line.
Josh Kerr details the fundamentals of the surfing takeoff, focusing on the eyes leading the body down the line, performing the pop-up in one motion, and avoiding common mistakes like looking down at the feet.
Ombe Surf breaks down the correct line for a pop-up, arguing that a straight line creates drag, while the curved, cycloid line is the most energy-efficient way to match the wave’s spiral energy and gain speed.
Kale Brock provides five effective pop-up exercises you can do at home, focusing on correcting hip mobility, instilling a low stance, and creating space to swing the leading leg through the pop-up.
Kale Brock breaks down the most common pop-up mistakes, focusing on why landing the front leg first corrects hip alignment, prevents tilting, and ensures you land in a strong, coiled-spring position.
Ombe Surf argues the traditional pop-up is a “lock-up” that hinders progression. This tutorial uses Kelly Slater’s walk-up to show how to stand up with 3 points of contact, keep the head centered, and maintain balance for instant control.
Pro Surfer Brett Barley teaches how to take off late for barrels, focusing on positioning behind the peak, the difference in technique for heavy vs. weaker waves, and using the air-drop to survive steep drops.
Episode 1 on layback snaps focuses on initiating the snap with 60% back foot weight, using the trailing arm to create maximum coil, and utilizing the heels to pull the board back under the body for a powerful finish.
Pancho Sullivan breaks down the Layback Snap, a powerful maneuver that involves rotating the upper body in the opposite direction of the board to push the rail out and finish the turn under the feet.