Cutbacks: What Are All The Pro Tips To Date ? 

You’ve made so much progress! These videos are great for the everyday surfer whose never been comfy in big waves or gotten coaching growing up around people who’ve surfed forever. I had a pretty spooky experience getting caught on the inside last winter and my confidence was destroyed. I’ve been afraid in the ocean in small surf but don’t want to stop surfing. I think the wave pool might be a good way to regain confidence without fear of the ocean’s unpredictable-ness. Thanks for the inspiring and informational content! Catching a tube (of any size for even a second) is definitely on my bucket list and I was so stoked to see you get it.

Progress for sure …you must feel chuffed about that! thanks so much for the useful comments…inspiring :)

Great vid again - nice to see everyday surfing progression and details - just need a photog to accompany me....wife and daughter only interested if the sea is bath water hot...:))

Great video! I said it before, your surfing is improving a lot, but your videos are also improving (you could also put a video side by side from your first ones…). I’ am average joe surfer but I only surf in the ocean. Thanks for sharing the insights from the top coaches of your surfing, I am a surfer of the nineties, I never had a class, or a coach (there were no surf schools back then in Portugal), and the common surfer had no possible review of your own surfing and it’s mistakes. Your insights of hand positioning are very useful, as well as your thoughts on trunk rotation/chest vs arm rotation. My biggest progression jumps came from surftrips, surfing warm water pointbreaks with lots of time surfing on the wave face. I find surfing two times a day surfing in warm water for a few days, made me improve a lot (the wetsuit limits your movement range, as well as the cold water). Indonesia islands in the off season, like Lombok or Sumbawa, or the Maldives (not in august) have gentle, forgiving surf, with manageable crowds. If you are serious about your pop up, I believe it’s probably the best maneuver to work on dry land. I also struggle with the the pop up. I have a desk job and sometimes I can be away from the ocean for weeks. When I go on those surftrips I start to practice at home a couple weeks before, and I find it very helpful. My favorite youtube channels for learning are: @martindunn8017 : the first one and still one of the best @aprimoresurf8313: Yago’s Dora dad, only in Portuguese: check the cutback video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-VDMmkqcapt0.html If you don’t mind the language barriers check this Japanese surf coaches videos, especially the first one: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-BDTMnqzY19M.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vF4aneTAoyc.html

Oh mate, so satisfying to see that progression. Thanks as always for the breakdown of the details!

Great video 👍👍👍

If you focus on steering the turn with your lead arm (left arm if regular) it will let you open your body and drive with your chest much more easily - if you just think about your chest leading alone you will only rotate so much before your lead arm counteracts it instinctively, therefore I find focusing on that arm, rather than the chest is much more beneficial. Opens up your whole torso into and throughout the turn. Thats the biggest mistake I see people make when trying to do cutbacks (lead arm in entirely wrong position/ preventing full turn motion) 👍

Great progression mate 👍

Some good progression..do you get in the sea much?

How many times a month have you been to the wave pool to get to an intermediate/advanced/expert wave?

Do you recommend any of the advanced coaches at The Wave?

out of curiosity, what board are you using? as you may know there's a tradeoff between easy paddling vs manoeuvrability, i'm sure the guy at 5:33 won't be able to pull that turn with your current board, have you tried his once? my 2 cents, kudos to your progress though!