My pop up has gone to sh!t!!!!

[groggylbc]

after 30 years of surfing, i feel like a beginner again. My front foot drags on the deck and toes sometimes roll over. front foot ends up in the wrong place...i have to re-adjust the footing . After all that stumbling around.,,, ive blown the wave a lot of the time...

ANY SUGGESTIONS? 54yrs old 195 lbs in good shape.... xoxoxoxoxox

 

[Truth]

back to the basics for 3 sessions
go surf crap waves alone on a bigger board
catch minimum 20 waves each surf

 

[donuts]

are you wearing boots when this happens?

 

[youcantbeserious]

Paddle hard. Don't push up, push your board down. Focus on an arched or at least flat back, butt above your shoulders, until your feet find the deck. Look down the line.

 

[Your Moms Dildo]

Viagra.

 

[bubbs]

Deadlifts are the answer here

 

[keenfish]

Trail hikes and photography.

 

[20W-50 and blood]

Paddle hard. Don't push up, push your board down. Focus on an arched or at least flat back, butt above your shoulders, until your feet find the deck. Look down the line.

i typicaly do justabove the opposte. probably explains more than alot.

 

[sussle]

after 30 years of surfing, i feel like a beginner again. My front foot drags on the deck and toes sometimes roll over. front foot ends up in the wrong place...i have to re-adjust the footing . After all that stumbling around.,,, ive blown the wave a lot of the time...

ANY SUGGESTIONS? 54yrs old 195 lbs in good shape.... xoxoxoxoxox

pop-up is the first thing to go....and if you don't get that right, the rest of the wave is not gonna work out for you.

i don't get out too much in the dead of winter here on the SE US coast, so i make it a point to do a set of 10 pop-ups on a yoga mat, every day or two, to try to keep my pop-up in shape. (i even drew the outline of my board on the mat with a Sharpie, to make sure i'm landing right). when my pop-up is working, it's like releasing a stretched spring in my core that snaps everything together as I get up. just my 61 y/o two cents - ymmv

 

[One-Off]

after 30 years of surfing, i feel like a beginner again. My front foot drags on the deck and toes sometimes roll over. front foot ends up in the wrong place...i have to re-adjust the footing . After all that stumbling around.,,, ive blown the wave a lot of the time...

ANY SUGGESTIONS? 54yrs old 195 lbs in good shape.... xoxoxoxoxox

Deadlift. And Squat. Ask Von Meister how.

 

[Swallow Tail]

Need to get the core, legs n a$$/gluts strengthened up.

 

[CutnSnip]

what people recommend already, pushing the board down/ vs pushing up is sound advice you wont often think about. I feel like burpees would be a great exercise to make a habit out of and get you in the right motions.

 

[JTS]

Swallow tail is on the right track
Strengthen core and hips ,secondary shoulder,arms

There is a yoga move going from down dog , bringing your foot up between hands that has a lot of carryover to popping up
I’ve found as the core gets weaker popping up gets slower
I’m 62

 

[One-Off]

what people recommend already, pushing the board down/ vs pushing up is sound advice you wont often think about. I feel like burpees would be a great exercise to make a habit out of and get you in the right motions.

Why do burpees? Just do pop ups. And presses.

 

[groggylbc]

Paddle hard. Don't push up, push your board down. Focus on an arched or at least flat back, butt above your shoulders, until your feet find the deck. Look down the line.

all great advise.....having a hard time picturing what "butt above my shoulders" is..
i really am gonna try pushing down on the board. thank you

 

[freeride76]

Swiss ball jackknife is a direct simulation.

 

[Yewstreet]

been doing wave ki (Brad Gerlach's website), he mentions the "push board down" and "ass above your shoulders" that others have here. Has really helped my pop up over the past 3 weeks!

 

[TeamScam]

Same here. 51. Only a problem with boots. These ruined sessions are the most humiliating I have had to suffer in a long time.
I could have posted the same thing, I even meant to.
Thanks.

 

[sussle]

One of these, too - get great core workouts. In my house, we call it the rolley thing.

 

[b.r.]

Surf hollow waves where the board drops as you pop. Way easier than bumpy weak crap waves where you are jumping up, easier to push down and fall onto your board then it is to jump up. And deadlifts. Sadly at our age you find a lot more wax in your toenails.