Surf Simply's Quick Tips: Using Hips to Transition Weight 

The problem with surfing is that when you make a mistake and fall off it doesn't hurt in the majority of cases. If you make a mistake practicing your technique on a surf/skateboard you hit the concrete. Ouuuuch ! So there is a fair incentive their to get it right on the skateboard and you are more careful and cautious in your approach and I think you improve at a greater rate because you are concentrating much more on not making an error because of the consequences. Another good video Ru, some of the water footage of foot placement is really good in emphasising your point, particularly the footage looking down whilst on a short-board. As Tim Fish has said below.......Gold !

Being a runner/personal trainer, you hit it on the nail when you mentioned the squat/poo stance. That athletic stance is instinctive for pretty much every other athletic endeavor. On a carver, I don’t squat while skating but found myself catching that squat position while surfing. I’ve been fixing years of bad habit with stance and looking where I want to go and finally feel myself easing out of that “beginner” phase as I begin learning maneuvers like the cutback and bottom turn!! Thanks for these awesome videos! 🤙🏽

You guys have by FAR the best explanations on youtube! Thank you so much

Watch Barry Kanaiapuni and Terry Fitzgerald in Morning of the Earth: bowlegged on single fins but tons of hip movement, also well illustrated by Jeff Hakman then Larry Bertleman. Mark Richards illustrates a shift to knock-kneed style on twins. Thrusters brought knock-kneed hip movement into mainstream as shown by Tom Curren. Now we have wide stance knock knees well shown by Ando.

Love your guys' videos. My new favorite channel 🙌🏾

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge 🙏 It’s so helpful.

Watched three videos and three amazing explanations. Guys, you really excel at video coaching. Please keep them coming!

Would love to see a back foot movement and weight shift breakdown throughout turns video that goes more into this technique. I'm 100 kgs and 182 cm, so heavier for my height, and feel like heavier surfers need to move their back foot a lot more because of more mass?

good one mate, appreciate the videos a lot!

I found really interesting that part about the rotation and the need to move your hips at the back. Can you probably in a next video explain this into a bit more detail? Thanks a lot for all the knowledge 🙏

Excellent video. Really well explained, presented and super valuable concept that I had no idea about. Thanks! Subscribed 😁😎

Loved the video. I wonder if the poo stance is also favored by surfers because of a limited internal hip rotation and/or poor ankle ROM. Also, compressing into a maneuver while in poo stance feels like it's working when in reality they are just shooting the butt back and not transmitting any energy to the board. I see this very often in sup surf videos.

This is great content, I only have one question on the back and front foot angle. You mentioned in your comments that in order to.prevent knees or ankle injuries we should work on certain angle for the right positioning, I would like to know if not only the front foot should be 45 degrees, but also the back foot should sort of be aligned parallel to that front foot. In short: back foot 45 degrees as well? Hope its clear and thanks for all the amazing tips.

Always on top guys 🤙🏻💙🙌🏻

Great tips. I like the new visual on your videos, although I miss those lessons where you draw in board. I'll bee checking these videos while practicing in the future. Cheers

This is also the key to doing a cheater five. It's called a cheater five because your hips and weight are on the back foot and you're just sticking that foot out over the nose.

Thank you!

This is really great and something I’m struggling with on my shortboard. Are there any dry land exercises you would recommend????

Hoping you will have more clips when describe some mistakes movements!

Instructive, informative and inspiring ... now, I must practice, practice, practice. Mahalo. dennis hanna

More gold. Such a fundamental skill that 95% of your average lineup just does not do. Causes all kinds of board selection problems on the long run.

What about moving your front foot back as well without losing momentum ?