Beginner Surfers | Fix Your Backhand Surfing + Utilise The Whole Wave

[@samas4999]

This came at a perfect time. I'm struggling with my backhand surfing. It doesn't feel as natural as fronthand. I'm a regular and I have a hard time when it comes to lefts. This video helped a lot thanks Kales! :)

[@KalesBroccoli]

Samas awesome man! Backhand surfing always a few obstacles :) Kale (just one kale)

[@okay333666]

Thank you for these tips. I really need work on getting longer rides and your advise on how to keep low and look at the top of the wave should help. Can't wait to try this out the next time I'm out there.

[@vantvu]

This new format is great! Really helpful to see common mistakes and how to fix them.

[@KalesBroccoli]

Van Vu yew! Loads more coming

[@eldondiegon]

Always amazing highly helpful videos. Thank you Señor Brócoli

[@surfersoldierforchrist5928]

Kales love your videos! Can you do a In depth review on the importance of proper foot placement!..I struggled with it for years especially with my performance boards not putting my foot far back enough. Sometimes still do today.

[@KalesBroccoli]

surfer soldier for Christ (Kale) yeah sure! I will cover it for sure :)

[@surfersoldierforchrist5928]

Awesome look forward to it in the future!..got those bell notifications to let me know when new content drops 😉

[@KalesBroccoli]

@@surfersoldierforchrist5928 sweet!

[@jasperfeldschuh3644]

wow this is very helpful! I am a solid intermediate surfer on the toeside but my local beach break has only lefts (I'm goofy footed) and this has really transformed my surfing!

[@sebastianleonelayala123]

Kales! I dont understand yet the angle to take a wave. Sometimes with smalls waves, big ones, close up, late into the brake zone, far away to the brake zone, size and volume of the board, etc... Thanks!

[@KalesBroccoli]

Sebastian en cangurolandia I’ll cover this eventually :)

[@sebastianleonelayala123]

@@KalesBroccoli 😁 thanks!!!

[@tobystapleton6841]

Saw the thumbnail this morning before going out, didn't even watch the video at that point, and it fixed a problem I've been fighting. Nice bit of advice.

[@KalesBroccoli]

awesome

[@lefabe2190]

Love the tutorials and your channel... helps us intermediates soon much

[@JamieDunbar]

Thanks again for your great videos. I'm just at that stage where I'm starting to learn to turn and this video came at the perfect time. Definitely put up your video from the Gold Coast. I'd love to see some footage from around my home ;)

[@KalesBroccoli]

Jamie Dunbar cool! I’ll use some of it here first probably on this channel

[@tom_toni_t]

Yes! New video! Thank you

[@KalesBroccoli]

Tom Toni 🙌🏽

[@pqhara]

Such a good explanation. Umpf makes a lot of difference.

[@KalesBroccoli]

pqhara it does! Love the Oomff turn 😍

[@C_Haberstoked]

Looking forward to your CA visit. I want to see your film and would love to meet up!✌️

[@owend21]

Love watching these videos...thanks for putting the time into sharing them....

[@KalesBroccoli]

no worries Owen!! :)

[@mikekittredge8320]

Hit us up when you come to Cali. Down to paddle out in Santa Cruz. As a experience surfer it gives good top for me to improve my gam. Thanks a bunch

[@KalesBroccoli]

Mike Kittredge yew! I might not make it north of LA

[@demitrikaren1812]

Great coaching! Exceptionally well explained thanks

[@KalesBroccoli]

thanks DJ!

[@Dirt_Road_Dollars]

Your videos are awesome! Can't wait to get out and surf today and practice some of the things you talked about

[@KalesBroccoli]

Thanks Nate!

[@CanaldeGonzalo]

Thanks a lot man, you always give us the best tips, I'll never forget the chair

[@levchefshow]

Thanks for great explanation 🤙🏾

[@danvargo8225]

Man this video really makes me wish this lockdown was done and beaches open back up. I can’t wait to get back in and work on this, more game changing insight. I’ve worked a lot on my compression and transitioning while backside, but still have a ways to go to get it to flow. Thanks for another informative clip

[@KalesBroccoli]

thanks dan! good luck see you out there soon

[@nathanieldiazrua]

Hey Kyle...Those glasses look awesome on you man!

[@pullinside9]

Nice tutorial! It would be better if you had addressed the weight distribution between the front and back foot before, during and after the turn. Also, do you use the same mechanics when the waves are soft, small and mushy? If you use the bottom part of a small, mushy wave, there's not much power to get back up the face. Would a double pump bottom turn be better than the oommphh turn? The oompph turn you described looked like a abbreviated double pump bottom turn. I surf a place north of Huntington Beach pier called Bolsa Chica. It's soft, mushy and walled almost year round. Backside bottom turn is my nemesis. The struggle is real! You should come and surf with us in Feb when it's windy and tiny. ;)

[@KalesBroccoli]

Yuno mi 🙌🏽🤙🏽

[@johnnyk00l]

This is such helpful stuff. Thanks for posting!

[@KalesBroccoli]

thanks Johnny!

[@celestecariker4561]

youre sick bro! everything i hear from you is super informational and useful. thanks

[@KalesBroccoli]

sister celeste cheers brother sister

[@bendevaublanc8602]

Merci mec tu gères ! J’essaye la technique de la chaise ce week-end !

[@KalesBroccoli]

merci beaucoup!

[@samthegronk]

I am not a beginner, but the backhand can always be better. Chair - that's gold. Just need to de-froth enough to have a little sit down in my chair now haha! I would say tips for beginner to advanced for a good chunk of this clip, you may want to rename the vid.

[@KalesBroccoli]

Samwise 🤙🏽

[@snowycr193]

Can you please make a video on the stance you make when catching a wave on your board? (Feet position, what your hands do when generating speed, bending your knee, crouching etc)

[@KalesBroccoli]

loads of videos on my channel for this :)

[@kipsmith7088]

Love the stuff you put out mate, always super helpful and informative. I’m on the goldy and would love to get your opinion on some coaches up this way? Or even the one you used mentioned in the vid. Thanks in advance, and thanks again for the quality vids 🙌🏼

[@KalesBroccoli]

kip smith I worked with Stace Galbraith who works with advanced surfers :) aside from reaching out to him you could also try the High Performance Centre in Caba

[@kipsmith7088]

Kales Broccoli awesome, cheers for the reply legend

[@KalesBroccoli]

@@kipsmith7088 🤙🏽

[@Rafaelchp]

Here in San Diego CA! I heard about the same chair tip haha Awesome content bro, hope to surf w/u guys around here soon! Don't forget to also bring a Long board haha you'll thank me later

[@KalesBroccoli]

Rafael Praslin I just use friends foamies if it’s small haha WINDNSEA summer! I’ll have more soon on the surf meet up

[@edibertomarques1312]

Thanks Bro! Happy new year!!!

[@KalesBroccoli]

EDIBERTO MARQUES 🙌🏽🤙🏽

[@marcoibarra3033]

California !!! Let’s rip it !! I surf Malibu knots daily!

[@KalesBroccoli]

Marco Ibarra yehhhhh! Love the Bu

[@fleurvalere2532]

Thanks helped so much

[@MrKingKruste]

great, now im hyped to surf but no time on the shore in sight till april cause of university :/ good video tho, really need to open up my shoulders during backhand surfing

[@KalesBroccoli]

tonerde yew! Nice man

[@BEAUHC]

Would love to get some drone angles and a breakdown of backhand surfing from above

[@kennykaye3798]

Surf meetup in San Diego!!

[@Rafaelchp]

Heck yeah! Meet up in SD friendly surfers and even better vibe

[@KalesBroccoli]

Kenny Kaye OKAY!!!

[@nadavkatz5458]

Such a great content Kales ! THANK YOU :) P.s can you do a video like this for the Front side that will help so much 🤙🏼

[@KalesBroccoli]

thanks brother will do over here on this channel :)

[@theoverstoker3430]

Ima work on this tomorrow

[@KalesBroccoli]

Kook Slam yeah bra how’d you go?

[@theoverstoker3430]

It helps man!! I’ve really progressed watching your two channels!! I been surfing for years but really just recently got serious about progressing and making the most of my sessions

[@TheNsNZ]

Hey bro. Would you consider doing a video on tips for tall surfers? I'm alright in overhead waves with some power but small punchy waves are an absolute nightmare for tall surfers. Legend

[@KalesBroccoli]

same principles apply.

[@KalesBroccoli]

cheers brother! The right board also v important

[@gothick1767]

I totally agree with this couldn’t have come at a better time and also like Samas i have been struggling on my back hand except that i am goofy and struggling doing turns on righthanders which i feel it has hindered my progress in a big way and the hardest thing is trying to find goofy foot videos to break them down, but thanks to your clip at least now i can try practicing what you mentioned. Could you also please do a bit more tutorials on backhand please. Merry Christmas from West oz.

[@KalesBroccoli]

Gothic K yew! I have more coming :) here on this channel too

[@gothick1767]

Kales Broccoli can’t wait as i have been following your channel as well

[@cameronelliott984]

Hey Kales, I am about to get a new/used board now that I have been surfing and practice for about 2 years. While I have learned a lot about surfing on the board, I am still pretty novice when it comes to understand how all the shapes of tails, noses, etc..... effect how I surf. Any chance we can get a higher level breakdown of the components that make up a board?

[@JohnSahakian]

Let's go for a surf in LA!

[@KalesBroccoli]

missed ya sorry John!

[@stephenw5724]

Great video as always !! I live in oceanside ca and would love to have you come paddle out here bro!! Anything to help support your movies while your out here also. I have been watching you videos for awhile now and have really used some or your tips to help improve my surfing. Thank you for the time and expertise you spend in all you videos and advise. maybe a video about positioning oneself for getting in the barrel and thruster vs quad setup and when to use each type of setup.

[@KalesBroccoli]

thanks Stephen!!

[@ecohen999]

Loved it!!!

[@KalesBroccoli]

ecohen999 🤙🏽 cheers brother loads more coming

[@jayclubben1584]

Cali meet up would be sick, North San Diego/OC area

[@adamlevoy6573]

West Los Angeles based here. Would love to checkout screenings of the Gut and Longevity films in the LA area. LA county surf meetup would rad too. Happy holidays.

[@KalesBroccoli]

Adam Levoy yew! I’ll keep you updated!

[@germanchow1976]

Much thanks for sharing! I was unlucky enough to get an injured knee at my surf trip to Bali. I hurt my left mcl under a wiped out. May be it is not happy to talk about. It is possible to share with us about some injuries or accident in surfing which you met? Much thx.

[@KalesBroccoli]

I'm doing a Q&A over here on this channel soon :)

[@sabrdia]

pretty usefull thanks!

[@dolbyderringer2225]

Good stuff Kales as usual. Was it Martin Dunn in the Goldie? I reckon he would've had you integrate a full clockwise rotation of your inside left arm to really make your backside top turn more dramatic! Please do come sample our California beach breaks it's pretty much 90% type of breaks we have here in So Cal

[@KalesBroccoli]

Dolby Derringer no I didn’t train with Martin :) looking forward to coming to LA! Kale (just one kale)

[@dianal.1279]

A suggestion: it'd be nice to have some videos with realistic beginners with beginners' longboards. Or should a beginner be surfing with such a short board? I ask, because beginners are told to surf with longboards, but on videos for beginners the demos are shown with much shorter boards. That's a genuine question from a confused noob.

[@sagifern4444]

Great Video !!!!

[@KalesBroccoli]

sagi fern cheers bru

[@bartezcp3825]

Does "umpf" move comes from compressing and decompresing with push from back leg?

[@jmlee84]

Sick! Gotta bend the knees more and open my palm

[@KalesBroccoli]

jmlee84 100%

[@AussieDownUnder]

100% on the oomf turn. I am struggling with that bit at the moment myself. Is there a way that you do it? And cheers for the chair reminder. I do remind myself out there that I need to get lower but that chair turn put it into perspective that I still need to get even lower. Great vid Kale. Dig this format. Also really want to see your elite coaching session and id love you to break it down. Cheers

[@KalesBroccoli]

AussieBattler 🙌🏽🤙🏽

[@notjamo_2034]

The problem I have with backhand is that when I take off I never go down the line or make it past the section but the few times I have I have done good turns

[@mccauleybaker8622]

Have any good cues for transferring more weight to my back foot on front side top turns? 🤙🏽

[@KalesBroccoli]

shift the body back a bit :)

[@millylucy2432]

Could you show these things for beginners with i.e mini mals (not short boards)? I feel like I could never do all this with a bigger board 😅😅

[@KalesBroccoli]

same principles apply :)

[@luxuryhomes8889]

im just so kook out there all the time

[@KalesBroccoli]

Luxuryhomes888 you’ll get there!

[@surfersoldierforchrist5928]

We all were @ some time or another!!!

[@Nathangernetzky]

Thank you so so so much 😜 yooo

[@KalesBroccoli]

Beach boys 😍

[@saltysurfgirl]

Hi Kale I think you have great info, but I wish you stayed on topic more. "Fix your backhand" with lots of different people only going backhand, and lots of examples of the same thing. I'm a goofy footer and I live on the Gold Coast, I only surf the right hand point breaks so I'm always going backhand, would love to improve this. I have surfed for a very long time but as you say its great to try and get better. Please do this topic again with maybe some pros going backhand also, or anybody lots and lots of times.

[@KalesBroccoli]

ok

[@thegentleorchestra]

I’m in Laguna beach let me know I’ll surf with ya

[@Thestripper1]

8:21 While that litlle jerk or wiggle might be needed sometimes, most of the times it's not. Ask Tom Curren, Occy or any stylish surfer.

[@KalesBroccoli]

Thestripper depends on the size of the wave, as I said

[@Thestripper1]

@@KalesBroccoli Nah bruh. The jerk will always be a jerk. Predict the wave and line to avoid it. If you are not a jerker of course.

[@stevebarclayfilms]

Sick

[@KalesBroccoli]

Stephen Barclay 🙌🏽

[@antoniopapiro8010]

Thank you for tips kales! I learned a lot by your channel! Have you Italian roots? Because here in italy broccoli is a kind of vegetable 😂

[@KalesBroccoli]

Antonio Papiro ciao Bella. Kale

[@aleccole7122]

What’s up brother?! Surf meetup sounds great! Also, I know from your other videos that you see a chiropractor so if you need any treatment when you’re down here come see us! Inspire Chiropractic Health & Wellness and we have a location in San Clemente. All three of us owners/chiropractors are surfers too!

[@KalesBroccoli]

Alec Cole awesome! Always enjoy an adjustment on the road so will pop in!

[@JLWorks]

Surf meetup here on Oahu!

[@KalesBroccoli]

SuperSonicWalrus I wish!

[@JLWorks]

@@KalesBroccoli we can make it happen if you have time!

[@tentito]

Backside bottom == sitting on a chair: this made my session today, now I have more weapons!

[@KalesBroccoli]

Vicente Marrero González yeah brother 🙌🏽🤙🏽

[@skim1983]

Down to surf and catch you during your meeting if you’re in Los Angeles

[@KalesBroccoli]

skim5876 yew!

[@HoStevie]

🤙🤙

[@KW-ov2dv]

Surf meet up in LA brah!

[@KalesBroccoli]

K W yew! Working on it!

[@PainFreeOutdoors_]

Kale!! Surf meet up in Santa Cruz or San Francisco :D

[@HowtoRip]

Ooo might not have time to come North!

[@RicardoBuarque]

If you do, pls hit us up! Btw @Robby, let me know if you ever want to surf too haha

[@chapultepec]

Crack, talking about that key stuff at surfing

[@KalesBroccoli]

chapultepec hahaha love it

[@romainlemaire3093]

Hi Kale, Yesterday i took a wave on backhand but my bottom turn was too sharp so I lost too much speed to move forward. How would explain and fix it?! PS: where is Ryan ???😂

[@ndub6021]

Put more weight on your back foot at the bottom of the wave before you turn, *slightly* lift the nose of your board up by pushing down on your back foot and guiding with your front foot. This will make the board easier to pivot and transition your speed up the face of the wave better. Before you bottom turn, you should be looking where you're about to perform the turn, while you're turning you should be looking up at the lip or where you want your board to go. Use your front arm to guide your body around in the turn.

[@romainlemaire3093]

@@ndub6021 good explanation. Thank you verymuch , i will try soon 😃

[@KalesBroccoli]

Like you said it was too sharp so just taper it off a little bit and keep the coiled spring until you’re at the top to explode! Last time I checked the webcam I have in Ryan’s bedroom he was hanging a picture of me on his ceiling so he could gaze upon it as he falls asleep

[@romainlemaire3093]

@@KalesBroccoli hahaha 😊😊😊

[@djnandosan1]

How many years of surf you have?

[@KalesBroccoli]

djnandosan1 18

[@eatrejosm]

cool video... the waves are so small though

[@KalesBroccoli]

we surf what we are dealt

[@alexandratalty9474]

this was so great but in the future would love to see ladies as the positive examples, not just the negative ones. thanks!

[@ceeweedsl]

Nobody is paying attention to what gear the example surfer comes with. Try to focus on the surfing and dont worry about sex, we are all good! One of my other favorite surf lessons channels is supposedly made for females but whatever, its good. I dont worry if they want to feel clubby about their gender, Ive seen that all my life - it seems to be an insecurity and I get where it comes from. But hey, lets stick with the point of it, not worry about differences and learn together, right? Cheers

[@KalesBroccoli]

I don't particulArly care who's who it's about the surfing :)

[@marwinmarco1910]

Hello kale can you sponsor me a board my board is just a broke because on the big waves thanks your responce im from philippines

[@soulsurfer3102]

I surf for 36 years. I m 47 years old. My backside is more good from my frontside. Be...i think my left side of the body is less strong .and im goofy..weird.

[@dolbyderringer2225]

Haha I am goofy, '72 , surfed a ton of right points in LA and I too have a better developed backside and a pretty lame go on front side lefts as well

[@KalesBroccoli]

surfer goofy = weird

[@soulsurfer3102]

@@KalesBroccoli im going to tell u to gabrial madina.

[@KalesBroccoli]

@@soulsurfer3102 dont like. He lost. Yay

[@TheFlounderPounder]

Washington is a better stop then Cali. We struggle with Depression and Surfer Aggressive Disorders.

[@copernicusvanstruselclit9508]

Gay

[@KalesBroccoli]

HardFlip Mike can’t make it up there

[@TheFlounderPounder]

@@copernicusvanstruselclit9508 FINALLY a good response

[@TheFlounderPounder]

@@KalesBroccoli thank God. Have fun

[@KalesBroccoli]

@@TheFlounderPounder 🤙🏽

[@johnthr33]

Jesus said you must be born again.

[@KalesBroccoli]

did he

[@malindirugbyfootballclub1180]

Yo, love your advice and videos but watching shitty surfers surf badly is not helping anyone’s surfing!

[@CanaldeGonzalo]

Thanks a lot man, you always give us the best tips, I'll never forget the chair

[@KalesBroccoli]

Canal de youtube de Gonzalo love a good chair