Surf: 1.6 ft at 12.5 s from the S at 186°
Back to Waikiki for a sunset surf 🙂
Esther’s helping me work on my stance. She suggested standing a bit narrower (less power-stance, more style stance) and Queens is a great spot to work on it. The new stance feels really out of control. I’m used to planting my feet, cranking a turn, and following through more like a short board. This is more about smaller movements, swinging hips, and using my knees to absorb the impact of turns.
It makes cross stepping easier, since I’m not covering so much ground.
I almost got in a great cutback using this stance, but launched myself at the end from not keeping my knees flexible enough. Ooops. Still, a cutback! Holycrap! To have that be a fluid movement instead of basically a clunky stall is super exciting.
Thai food tonight! Nom.