Reply To: The Pop-and-Step Drill

[Brian.James]

Working on one thing at a time is huge! Helps me so much.

The only problem with saying “I’m gonna cross step immediately” is that sometimes the wave doesn’t call for that. I went through this exact problem with noseriding.. I was obsessed and forced it. Now that I’m more patient, I’m having way more fun and noseriding way better.

You may also want to try the cross step and hold technique. Take one step and stay in the cross stepped position for a good while. Even the whole wave if you want. Just make sure you have your weight on your front cross stepped foot. This gets you to take each step with a purpose, rather then rushing pass that first step to get to your normal surfing position. This drill was a game changer for me