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Cheers everyone!
Ben 🤙

As always, a succinct explanation - thank you.  I am 76 years old and as happens as you age, I am losing strength, so these techniques are what I need.

I watch all of your videos. Epic, as usual! Many thanks 😊 especially from most of us where splashing around is a reward after a hard, hard week. After nine months of working two jobs and not being able to surf or exercise, I found that I could’t catch a wave. I watched every paddling, and many swimming and muscle building tutorials. After a year of training, found myself with friends in head high surf with my log out really deep, no leash. Couldn’t enter too critical or too flat. Waited for perfectly building wave, scratched away, caught it and road it to shore. Then stayed inside, caught a couple, got thrashed and just had fun. When you have a free moment 😀(you’re busy)please walk us through the pop-up variations. John 3:16

I had a stroke 4 yesterday ago, I'm now 68yrs old. I have been looking for a video to help me get up on my boards again but, I've been frustrated and bored with a lot of these online. I've just subscribed to your site Ben because I've been trying now for two yrs and not been able to pop up correctly due to limited mobility but I'm almost there, you're video has just shown me exactly where I'm going wrong, I'm now practising on the floor (in the North West of the UK)  and have made rapid progress almost immediately. I no cannot wait to get in the water to try. I'll update you soon and thank you for this video, best regards  Bernard Ryan 🫡🤙

really cool that you show examples of how-to and how-not-to and doing this on waves that are far from perfect! For me, this is the reality. Thanx Ben!

I've only been surfing for 5 weeks now. This has been a really helpful video. I look forward to implementing your suggestions into my surfing practice tomorrow.

I can clearly visualize what I've been doing wrong thanks to your explanations! Your videos are super helpful ❤

Over paddling is something I realised I was doing. My take is, you can't catch a wave, the wave catches you and you decide if it does that in a way that allows you to ride it with control.

Brilliant - love the format of having tips broken up by skill level as most of us are somewhere in between and it helps to know what we should be comfortable with (in the early levels) vs what we should start thinking ahead to (of the more advanced). Had the best day in a while today after watching your vid over my breakfast. Cheers from nyc 🤙

Thanks for the tutorial. Really  informative and excellently explained. A great help. Cheers.

Such a thorough breakdown!! Thank you very much 🤙

Thanks, I needed this today. These are all good details and things I think about when out on the waves watching other surfers, and I’m sure I’ll rewatch and study as your videos are immensely helpful in assessing my own progress and developing my understanding. So keep up the good work, Ben.🤙

Wow. 'Matching the body to the wave angle' was huge for me. I've been focusing on not having pressure on my knees to allow the tail to lift more, and its been helping but not enough. This is such a better way to think about it. I've been way too rigid and not letting the board match the angle of the wave. There's so much in this video that explains what I've been doing and what really needs to happen. Thank you so much, I honestly think this will be transformative.

Another Great video Ben,
Definitely plenty of lightbulb moments for me.
The twisting of the torso towards each side of paddle stroke will give me greater stroke depth.
I always thought I had to keep the torso from moving side to side.
It makes sense to keep the weight on the chest and lean into each stroke.
I do stop paddling hard as the wave is lifting me up and I agree that this is the worst thing to do when catching waves.
I often feel like I’m trying to chase down waves to try and drop down the face, to pop up (late) as I hardly ever glide into waves.
Anyhow I’m going to watch your video again & again until I re train the brain to use these techniques at the appropriate time in the water.
Thanks so very much

I've been looking at hours of videos since 1.5y I started surfing, and I do find your explanation really thorough and on point! Eager to go back in the water and try them out

Love the looking back 3 times rule - such a helpful idea.  Many thanks for this and all the other amazing videos you share.

Hi Ben! I always enjoy your video. 🤙

I admire your ability to catch these small low energy waves with such control, something as an intermediate surfer I struggle with

Great video! I am beyond the very beginner stage of surfing but still learning how to read, paddle into and position on waves! This helped a lot with filling in some gaps and confirm some of the issues I have been having and what to do to fix them. Thanks! 🤙🏻

Finally got my first proper hang 5 yesterday, then my second this morning, and 3rd, 4th, 5th. Been watching the tips and tricks for a while and was reflecting on a few of your videos about noseriding and clearly somethings clicked 🙂