Your current skill level

[Dingus]

Getting pleased with the way my stand up surfing is starting to come together after about 6 months. Thought I'd start a thread where you can put what you see your current skill level is, and the major areas you'd like to improve in, as kind of snapshot of where your at now, and an online reminder of where you want to get to.

I'm starting to get the take-offs more consistently, but have trouble in sucky waves on the 9'1, I can get a bottom turn ok, left and right, and can link it into a turn back if I get ahead of the break. Turns are pretty drawn out on this board, I'm on a single fin and may need to play with the position, but need to work on my balance when I try and turn sharper. My take-offs are defininately the thing I need to work on most, quicker and smoother.

[Shaunm]

Still have 2 fractured fingers on one hand, a krook shoulder a bung hammi and opposite knee, but borrowed a 7'2 today & did a 3/4 , 4 turns at the bottom and smacked the lip 3 times and finished by nailing a swimmer, but hey it was Freshie, over crowded, so I gave myself a 6.9 (2 extra points for the swimmer) I've had a few goes on a 9+, it's a log and end up turning too quick when it's over 3 feet and end up punching the nose into the wall?

[fong]

ehhh i rode a 6'2 in head high waves yesterday and was pretty bummed with myself

but looking back to early this year.....i had some nice waves....and did some pretty out there backhand snaps....got a few hoots

so at the moment....i recken i'm going thu a form slump thu to much alchol and a extended time away from the water no injury...just up nth fishing

i want get tubed....i want get bit more into mal riding and at the sametime rip on my fish....i'm keen do some tow ins

and....well....i'm thinking joinin a gym to boost my upper body strength

out of 10...with slater being a 10 and macca being a 1....i rate myself a 6 i want b a 7 or 8 this time next year...and some good tubes under my belt

[Johnno]

out of 10...with slater being a 10 and macca being a 1....i rate myself a 6 i want b a 7 or 8 this time next year...and some good tubes under my belt

That makes me about 1.5 ............................

[macca202]

m still shit on all craft

[Johnno]

m still shit on all craft

Less drugs might work ............................

[fong]

m still shit on all craft

come on bent leg 15 toes at least u got your looks....oh hang on...shit....u better get some surf lessons or u really are screwed

and johno u too hard on u self......u at least 1.8

the idea dae's cool thread...i think is to consider how u going in the surf at the moment and set a goal 4 how much better u will b in a few months

now who wants go half in jet ski i'll let u drive all the time

[locallad]

DaE: give up while yar fgarkin behind, yar kook. Why dontcha take up ten pin bowlin and leave room in the line up. Yar obviously a waste of fgarkin space.

[dammit__01]

bodyboarding = ok

surfing = KOOK!!!

[Dingus]

bodyboarding = ok

surfing = KOOK!!!

Dude you can still say where your at and want to go with the bodyboard.

[dammit__01]

come again?

[Longygrom]

let your surfing do the talking and if its good enough-people will begin to recognise it...

[stoive]

on the bodyboard im trying to improve my flow and turns linking the moves in different parts of the wave

[patske]

I'm happy with where I'm at right now. Been surfing for about 1 month. Starting on a 6ft skinny thing was a bit hard and frustrating but I'm starting to get a real grasp of it all now.
My biggest area to improve would have to be backside anything lol.
I'm still the biggest kook you'd ever see but generally stoked with the progess I've made thus far.
Hopefully a bigger more buoyant board will help me out later in the year.

[Shaunm]

At the moment - really late take-off &/or slow to get up so being beaten to it a lot of the time

[stylefirst]

let your surfing do the talking and if its good enough-people will begin to recognise it...

Thats my philosophy at the moment, one that more people shoudl adopt i think...

[sean--]

let your surfing do the talking and if its good enough-people will begin to recognise it...

Thats my philosophy at the moment, one that more people shoudl adopt i think...

Why ? Why the concern of what others may think or the need for recognition. Do it for yourself.

[scooter83]

Guys,
Been surfing since May 2005. Started on a 7'2 fun board. Really nice board in 1-2 foot surf, turns really smoothly. Because i'm only 67kg's i got to stage where i needed a smaller board to get out in slightly bigger surf, also, i found general board control in crowded conditions a bit of an issue, and really had to pick my waves carefully, because i still don't back myself to have 100% control over my board.

After about 6 months, bought a 2nd hand 6'4 rod rose board - initaially took a while to get used to it, eg more stamina in paddling needed, but it did give me the ability to duck dive bigger waves, and that gave a me a confiedence boost...

At present, at the stage where i can nail take offs well in easier conditions, eg, nice offshore conditons, or more rolly sort of waves...i can bottom turn and do the 2nd turn successfully about 50% of the time, this needs work.

My biggest areas to work on are more consistency on foot placement on take off, and doing my turns smother and more in sink with the wave...and still bloody board control!! Also, i have coped my fair share of kook stacks going for waves i shouldn't be...i've already notched up 12 stitches and nearly decapiated myself call it beginers ignorance

But from my first stand up wave i have been addicted to it, so through all the frustrations of learning a new skill at age 23, every decent wave blocks out the previous 5 dud ones