This video outlines the building blocks to most aerial manoeuvres in surfing. These components are exactly the same ones used in the foundation manoeuvres of the sport, and must also be present for consistency when performing progressive manoeuvres.
Surfing Solutions
# 33 Aerial Surfing – Essential Components
- Duration: 2:54
- Posted: Thu, November 24th, 2011
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# 32 Nationally Ranked Under 14 Boy Surfers – Common Errors
- Duration: 9:38
- Posted: Sun, September 25th, 2011
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This video outlines the common errors seen in developing surfers under 14 years of age. It also provides correction strategies to fix problems found.
#31 Nationally Ranked Under 14 Girl Surfers – Common Errors
- Duration: 9:58
- Posted: Sat, September 24th, 2011
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This presentation outlines the common surfing errors seen in nationally ranked Australian under 14 girl surfers
# 30 Reducing stoppages when surfing
- Duration: 3:53
- Posted: Mon, August 29th, 2011
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Stoppages are normally caused by faulty technique and choosing the wrong manoeuvre to perform in a section faced. This video describes two common surfing situations where stoppages occur regularly, and suggests what a surfer can do to maintain speed and flow.
#29 Why surfers should bend their body
- Duration: 3:33
- Posted: Thu, August 18th, 2011
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All surfers should learn to bend their body when surfing. By bending their body a surfer can create maximum force, attain better balance, absorb impact forces when hitting the lip or landing a floater.
# 28 Difficult Finishes_Increasing a Surfer’s Success
- Duration: 3:20
- Posted: Fri, August 5th, 2011
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The secret to being successful when attacking difficult finishing moves, is to “snap” into a low centered body position.
# 27 Correct Timing in Cutbacks
- Duration: 4:04
- Posted: Fri, August 5th, 2011
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Many surfers perform poor or less skilled cutbacks because they apply their power too early in the turn. This video shows an example of this error and compares it to a cutback where the surfer displays good timing.
#26 Case Study – Surfer J
- Duration: 6:05 minutes
- Posted: Fri, August 5th, 2011
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This presentation shows a surfer who has submitted for evaluation of his surfing, displays the issues that were found when his performances were evaluated, and shows an example of him attempting to change his surfing technique.
#25 Forehand Re-entries – solutions for 3 common errors
- Duration: 6:00
- Posted: Wed, May 4th, 2011
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Re-entry errors normally are caused by three main errors. This presentation illustrates the errors and makes recommendations on how to fix them.
# 24 “Racing” too much, can slow a surfer’s development
- Duration: 4:42
- Posted: Wed, April 27th, 2011
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Surfers must learn the skill of generating speed and surfing fast between moves on the waves they ride. But if a surfer races too much, they miss manoeuvres opportunites and can develop a surfing style that is flat in appearance, without high quality manoeuvres off the top of waves ridden.
