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I have a completely opposite view on this. The better you get the more you look for perfection in your surfing. A slight bog rail on a turn you never would have thought twice about as a novice becomes an embarrassment as a advanced surfer. Plus when you have 1000’s of hours logged surfing you’re comparing that last wave to a much greater history of ripping. It takes remarkably good waves for me now to feel even close to the amount of stoke I felt as i did in bad waves As a grom.
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yeah, and that's fine but I'd rather get some pointers from someone on how to get better. I think i'd progress faster and have more fun.
You are describing a personality type more than anything. You sound a lot like me with golf. I started playing golf at 30 as an escape from summer grovelling in crowded small surf. I got addicted to golf. I was improving rapidly and it was addictive. You reach a point though where as an adult with a family and a job you just can't get better without losing the job and family. For me that point was when I got to be a 4 handicap. Since then after a few years at a pretty good level its been a slow slide backwards as age and injuries and life has caught up with me. Its not fun like it used to be except for those exceptional days when it all comes together. I've actually been putting more effort into surfing again now that the golf game is slipping.
I'm assuming that your screen name is an indication of your current location. If so, here is the best coaching tip I can give you.......get out of VaB and go to someplace with real waves for a week at a time as often as you can. You will improve more in one week surfing at Upper Trestles, T-Street, Salt Creek, Oceanside or any number of other places like that than you could in a year of working hard at it in VaB.
I don't know a whole lot about them.
