#seeatiptimetuesday
⏫🔟 Transfer into 10 ⏫🔟
While riding a log, our body weight is predominantly centered over our backfoot rather than our front foot.
The only time we transfer our weight into the front foot is when we move from a hang 5 to a hang 10, as @rosiejaffurs does here. The reason we keep our weight on towards the back foot is to engage the rail of the board into the wave to give it speed and stability.
As Rosie identifies that the wave steepening in front of her, which gives room for the nose to not dig into the wave, that’s when she transfers her weight from her back leg into her front leg to then quickly bring her backfoot up to achieve the hang 10 posture.
While the distribution of weight is a slight shift, it makes all the difference to be able to achieve the noseride. I suggest practicing on land, preferably on a piece of wood, a cement parking stall, or even a foamie on the sand.
Remember, you never want your weight leaning forward as you’re moving towards the nose because that will
Make the board nosedive. It is only in that last split second motion of transferring from 5 to 10 that we shift our weight forward. Once in the hang 10, you want the weight to be evenly distributed between both feet.
If you find yourself getting close to the nose, but still a few inches or longer from the tip of the board, this will require an adjustment to the size of your cross steps. Like driving a car, we want to look ahead, while briefly glancing down to the board to check out positioning (like checking our mirrors). Do your best to develop good habits; avoid constantly staring at your board as you cross step, avoid shuffling towards the nose, focus on adjusting your cross steps so that your feet end up right where you want them, on the nose!! 👃🤙
Surfer: @rosiejaffurs
Footage: @hisarahlee
Words: @leahloves