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I’m loving this thread!!! I’m hearing a lot about navigating the lineup and confidence in that arena, really want to delve into that more with everyone this year.
As for my goals!
My surfing related goals are to just refine a couple little things coming into the comp season:
1. Hang 10’s – being a goofy foot surfer and competing in only right handers on the WQS and LQS they’re starting to get really picky about foot positioning on the nose, if there’s a lateral angle of your toes especially on your backhand as your toes are facing the judges they can call it a close 5 and pull the score down. The goal here is to get into the habit of setting both feet parallel with the stringer either in a box 10 or pin 10 position, really make them stand out and give the judges no reason to pull back on the score.
2. Backhand turns – with a lot of the waves we surf (Burleigh, bells, el salvador) it can be trickier on your backhand to stay high, which is where its easy to lack flow and connection with the wave on your backhand vs forehand. The goal with this to maintain flow and having more harmony with the wave i guess you could say is to finish my backhand cutbacks high on the wave. I have the tendency to want to squeeze every little bit out of my turns which often means I finish in the lower pocket of the wave in the white water and chasing the wall rather than exiting with speed and seamlessly connecting the next manoeuvre. So this will help flow and get me from A to B on the wave more smoothly.
Surfing wise – its to not let my day to day job takeover and prevent me from getting plenty of morning sessions before work (so surf more haha), and then I’d love to qualify for the Tour and have some fun there again! Yewww