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Explore surf lessons, coaching answers, live-session replays, and conversations designed to help you understand what to practice next.
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- Question, Rail Set
Linda is asking for greater detail on how to set your rail. Here’s my longer than necessary reply.
- 14 mins
- Nose Dive, Rail Set
Leonora is asking about nose dives. Why do they happen? How can she stop it from happening. Here’s our multi-layered answer.
- 18 mins
- Rail Set
What started off as a video intended to highlight the fundamentals of The Surf Continuum, ended up focusing on the many ways a surfer sets their rail. Whether you’re alternating rails to pump or setting and holding your outside rail to cutback, your rail is basically another fin, or anchor point, that allows you to change directions with drive.
- 3 mins
- Question, Rail Set, Riding Waves
Coach Chris and Coach Evan address a membership question on how to get to your feet, and they discuss how to properly set your rail on the wave face.
- 11 mins
- Catching Waves, Press Up, Rail Set
Coach Chris and Coach Evan discussing the small window of time…just after you catch a wave, but before you descend completely to the trough which is seized with correct timing of when you stop paddling for the wave and begin setting your rail to go down the line.
- 20 mins
- Rail Set
Coach Chris and Coach Evan address Ben’s question of how to consistently take-off without sinking to the bottom of the wave face. They emphasize the importance of the rail set and review Ben’s footage at his local wave pool.
- 18 mins
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- Live Studio, Podcast
Coach Chris and Coach Evan are joined my Mind the Surf creator, Andrew Hapke to discuss The Art of Missing Waves in their second live session ever. Check your emails from us to learn more about upcoming live calls.
- 43 mins
