This will dramatically IMPROVE your Surfing

[@Matt_Guns]

Surfing steep and fast waves is the toughest part about surfing. I went to HB and found myself either too late or too early. It's frustrating but I'm determined to master it.

[@BradJacobson]

Keep pushing! Getting in early is key

[@MasterOfTheFruitFly]

When I was still beginning I was told by a really good friend of mine to try cup my hands slightly when paddling and not only to obviously dig deep but kinda push water slightly underneath my board too. That helped me a lot!!

[@Brian-rr9kk]

“frustrating” is an understatement. I despise surfing right now but just to say fuck you to the ocean I’m not quitting

[@konarain]

I used to pearl (nose dig) Everytime in Kona..I dove out to not get hit..never got hurt! Just bring the nose up with back foot pressure? Some Hawaiians would take off at an angle behind da peak on a twin fin or 3 fin..Aloha

[@linklanguagehouseuy]

I feel you Same here!

[@MrJMHP]

Nice video... But you miss the most important tip of all that explains why people miss timming the wave. Has you paddle to the wave ALWAYS LOOK AT WAVE AND WERE YOU WANNA GO AS YOU DROP. You got to have your eyes always focus at the wave and this is what makes you connected to the wave has this wave you get your timming right. Many times people miss the wave , paddle to much or less or are in the wrong position because they aren't looking enough at the wave. Training that posture and you will improve a lot... Your wave catch will sky rocket. Another thing that people do wrong when catching a wave is that they wanna pop up quickly that they do it to soon. You have to be fast but do it the right way and that is when you create speed and the board is stable, that comes with the flow that generated in the last 1 or 2 strokes, head up, chest open, looking were you wanna go and for a split of a second let the board flow... and finally pop up!

[@jabaruoqui]

Concordo totalmente contigo. Este vídeo é um click bait. Na realidade, o teu comentário é mais interessante que o vídeo.

[@cristobaljimenezvancauwela9181]

THIS! I started surfing a couple months ago in Caparica, Portugal and until now I've been going straight to shore. Yesterday a guy in the lineup said to me "just look wherever you wanna go". Instant improvement! First try, I rode along the wave.

[@MrJMHP]

@@cristobaljimenezvancauwela9181 Just keep improving and training that momentum when looking at the wave while paddling and your wave count will skyrocket. You will find later that you even can stall for a bit of a second just before the popup (this gives your the oportunity to stabe the board and your body alignment). Good waves to you... 🤙

[@cristobaljimenezvancauwela9181]

@@MrJMHP Excellent, I've seen some people staying in 'cobra position' for a second before the pop up. I'll try it next time. Thanks man!

[@rudisfilms3485]

@@cristobaljimenezvancauwela9181 yes! Enjoy a lifetime of stoke x

[@AlexAnder-ky2ce]

What a great video, Brad! Please make more of these technique breakdowns

[@BradJacobson]

Stoked. I just posted one on getting more speed. Hope you like that one.

[@bofetada6841]

Absolutely

[@spicer41282]

I just Sub'd cause of your 🏄‍♂️ surfnalysis! I 2nd and 3rd motion you do more! Please! 👌

[@RyanLueChin]

@@BradJacobson do another video but no turns please!

[@Sanguen666]

i second this!

[@nomadpong]

watched this last night and applied the technique shown at 9:45 onward, and i just had the session of my life. had a good 5 long rides purely because of staying super high. intermediate surfer (1 year). thanks for the vid man!!

[@BradJacobson]

Love to hear it!

[@dylanrobertson5010]

@@BradJacobsonthis is great. really detailed. especially for socal fast breaks. thats effectively me the guy who does everything right but doesnt stay high. this video is really specific would love to see another video on how they stay high. i always look down the line, get up fast, but my board always falls into the flats. i end up on a midlength just to get in early. do they oush on their back foot, front foot?

[@haleytruslow7200]

This is excellent. I LOVE seeing the contrast between the regular surfers and the more advanced surfers. This really helps

[@curious_7525]

Haley, I am a beginner looking for folks to learn with. Would you be interested

[@coloradoriversurfer]

Thanks Brad. I learned to surf at El Porto. Ok, 1st, I learned how to go over the falls when I didn't nail a perfect pop-up. I also learned the close-out I caught was less heartbreaking when I was standing up... watching the lip break 100 yards in 1 mississippi. Great narration 8:42: Bruce Brown lives on in all of us.

[@wayofthelatebloomer]

Love this. I am a beginner surfer, and this was really helpful!

[@BradJacobson]

Glad it was helpful!

[@WEEBER13]

Totally agree and gonna sub for more!🎉

[@oneoceanwander9551]

I love the breakdown. I live at a break here in Brazil and film a lot and no matter the crowd it is very easy to pick out whose catching waves by the paddle. Great video!

[@BradJacobson]

Thanks! More are coming.

[@LovingCheese1]

these are so helpful and it makes me visualize my mistakes on pops/paddles. please make more!

[@BradJacobson]

Thanks. I just posted on one getting more speed. Hope you like that too.

[@everydaybettereverydaystronger]

Spot on Brad, nice work! I've been surfing 30+ years and it's a never ending learning process just like life

[@sir.benzerlot4571]

Definitely one of the best breakdowns I’ve ever seen, great video

[@drewsacks]

Brad, someone below said to make more of these videos. I agree. This is excellent. Also, I grew up surfing in So Cal. Stopped in my early twenties (and I was an above average surfer). Then no surfing for easily close to thirty years. Two things against me... to an extent, age, though I'm in excellent shape and living in NY which makes things way more difficult (short season and limited spots.... I'm not big on Rockaway, as it's all lefts). If you have any suggestion at all out of this long post, I'm open to any constructive feedback. Btw, riding a 7'6" board as I never learned on short boards. Love your videos.

[@BradJacobson]

Thanks. Unfortunately I’m not very familiar with the spots in NY. Wish I could be more help

[@TheInterwebzMan]

I live in Florida, if I can stand up and ride whitewash for 5 seconds straight I’m stoked

[@painless4415]

Yep, me too!

[@REKTcity]

One of the most helpful surging videos ever! Thank you!

[@BradJacobson]

Glad it was helpful!

[@robertbutera2726]

So helpful esp. since you showed both the pros and the intermediates.

[@BradJacobson]

Thanks! Stoked it was helpful.

[@michaeldaney2700]

Best video I've seen ..Teaching my son and it really helped him visualize thanks

[@JeffTabley]

Hey thanks for the tip. Nobody broke it down for me but my buddy was telling me to stay high on the face and now I know why! I am feeling more confident going for my next surf adventure now!

[@Surfmus]

What I tell all beginners that I meet is to drop at 2:00 or 10:00 since they are not good at bottom turning, that way they can ride the waves and start cutting on it from the drop. Do they pay attention to my advise, most of them not and they won't learn. I've seen them surfing after a couple of years and still go straight down on the white wash.

[@RockyRamal]

Can you explain? Like 2 o-clock and 10 o-clock in the angle?

[@Surfmus]

​@@RockyRamal Yes.

[@RockyRamal]

@@Surfmusu make that adjustment in the tuck/pop of the board or as you paddle and start to lift?

[@Surfmus]

@@RockyRamal As a beginner in the paddle.

[@cliffboule8395]

Hey Brad, excellent examples! Thanks!

[@BradJacobson]

My pleasure!

[@lairdherron8202]

1:24 - scary in the lip!! love your video Brad

[@stevenwilson8718]

I've been a photographer for decades now and always wanted to be an ocean/surfing photographer. It sounds like an amazing experience.

[@BradJacobson]

It’s really fun. 👍

[@edethanblass7469]

Pretty good video posted. Thanks a lot. I live in puerto escondido oax mex. No surfing no life. All the best to your channel & life.

[@angolinchos]

Best video tutorials around. No doubt!

[@BradJacobson]

Thanks!

[@creed4466]

make more of these brad!

[@BradJacobson]

Thanks! I just posted one on getting more speed. Hope you like that one.

[@williamrussell2673]

Casey Neistat just casually catching some tips from Brad.

[@Jaemsgodinez]

WHY WAS NO ONE ELSE NOTICING THAT

[@laszlo8430]

Hah, yeah it's really that Neistat KZbinr guy :D

[@jiseungjung]

What where?

[@Flying90]

@@jiseungjung4:04

[@gabrielsotello5078]

Amazing video Brad! Very helpful!! Please consider making the same video but showing back side techniques

[@BradJacobson]

Thanks! The backside concept is a great idea.

[@אילןעמית-ד4צ]

A ray of light. Great video. Thank you🎈🎈

[@BradJacobson]

Thanks for watching

[@chasdegeofroy3091]

Brad, I really enjoyed your videos I have been surfing since about 1963 and have had many enjoyable sessions with friends on Marta's Vineyard where I live all up and down the East Coast also in Santa Cruz and up north at Dillon Beach and in Costa Rica I want to keep surfing as long as I can. What I am facing now is I am wearing out my body I just had my left hip replaced and both knees a few years back I find it is getting much harder to pop up quickly like I used to. I was wondering if you could give some video instructions for older surfers for improving wave count and ways to modify your take-off besides using a walker. I have had to give up on some of my breaks due to them being too steep take-off and just not being able to pop up fast enough, thanks, Chas.

[@BradJacobson]

This is a great idea! I’ll put something together soon

[@erniepokel4938]

Great Video! really helpful MORE MORE MORE please.

[@oceanlifeforme1]

i just found your video!! great teaching lesson, nice voice too!

[@fixesdev]

Nice i'll start applying this tips ASAP!

[@h.peterzimmer883]

Well done. Super helpful. Thank you!

[@BradJacobson]

Stoked it was helpful.

[@retrain35yo87]

Bro few things you missed, 3:13 he popped up with his hand in the front of the board, his other hand in the wave, and he put most of his weight on his front toes.

[@featwizzle5517]

Dude this is a great video glad it made it to my recommended page

[@BradJacobson]

Stoked you found it!

[@cliffordlaport4322]

Great video!!! Very helpful, knowledgeable, and easy going 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 loved it.

[@Stophman34]

also if u wanna get barreled good and ur not that deep pop up later to almost go over the falls but instead u stall the take off in control

[@zackedwards7803]

Ok great vid but 2 things...1. You don't turn your board when your paddling for a wave and starting to drop in, you drop in at an angle, you should already have read the wave knowing it's a right or left and then angle your board to drop into the wave which has the better open face etc, 2. Is that a shark in the water right beside the guy dropping in at 8:23?

[@Waterman1000]

Great video! You do a fantastic job with all of your vids!!! Thanks! 👍🏼👍🏼

[@surfingwithzack]

Good tips. in my first yt vid u could see that I didn’t get in the steep part of the wave on one wave, if I did that I would’ve got barreled but instead the lip hit my head.

[@rogerbale]

thanks for sharing. Now it's time for my to try all you told us in this video. That's the most difficult part for me 🤣🤣

[@pccarrera]

Great tips! Thank you.

[@BradJacobson]

Thanks for watching.

[@atlanticentllcmichaelwidic2749]

Something is in the wave at the 8:25 mark behind that surfer. Shark, dolphin or another surfer? As others have noticed going back.

[@fghkufzc9833]

When surfing beach beak, after paddling the moment I pop up, I just got wave breaking behind me and it wash me to the bottom, it so scary, it so difficult to surf Hope you could analyse on this issue too

[@SurferKroky]

Man this has helped me so much. I used to do this but stopped surfing for years and since I’ve come back lost my confidence . Was at a beautiful overhead A frame beachie recently that was steep and fast and kept not going for waves because I had forgotten how fast I could be if I stayed high.

[@Hotwire_RCTrix]

This is a great video. I think you could do something similar for old surfers. I know a lot of older guys that haven't learnt how to be rickety and still get to their feet. I can't tell them but you might.

[@CaSuper123]

Great vídeo. I would like to see more like this pls

[@BradJacobson]

Thanks. More are coming.

[@lukegander6876]

Did you ever make a video on etiquette?

[@dude4173]

Super helpful video. You have a way at explaining things 🤙

[@guthriewhyte4395]

Great breakdowns, really helpful and informative, thanks! 🌊🏄‍♂️🤙🏻😃

[@BradJacobson]

Stoked I could help

[@marsupiomarsu7377]

Nice analysis... Always listen to the photographer !! ;D

[@BradJacobson]

Thanks!

[@crush3095]

this video gets me SO excited I want to go to the beach TOMORROW but gotta wait for the weekend T__T

[@danielpestle3491]

Much love from PNW

[@brendizzlefoshizzle1337]

Solid vid Brad!

[@BradJacobson]

Thanks!

[@prettyingreen]

Awesome channel! Subscribed!

[@jimreadey2743]

4:19 Why do you strain when you say the word _really,_ here? (You actually started warming up the vocal strain with the word _immediately,_ beforehand.) I've heard a small percentage of the population do this with _really,_ and I am genuinely curious.

[@levkamalov]

Thanks for sharing it!

[@BradJacobson]

Thanks for watching.

[@dylanlaipenieks4495]

What about point or reef breaks

[@alexwild6463]

Correction: 7:18 Sometime, it's best to not turn the board, go straight first, then hit a bottom turn using the speed from the take-off. If the wave is powerful enough, even throw a turn after the bottom turn.

[@JadElSoueidi]

4:50 a lot of professional surfer place back foot first . Watch slowmotiom pop up videos . It s the speed and coordination for that how many y steps . Some pro free surfer do that as well . Whatever gets you up fast and without twerking and losing speed works .. we are all built differently ( another reason why some are pros at sports and others are not )

[@gonzalougarte7937]

Amazing! Tks!

[@michael69040]

Why the Holiday Inn bar lounge organ?

[@MrMrWattz]

4:06 that’s Casey right?

[@BradJacobson]

Yep. Didn't want to call him out in the video.

[@oliguayasebesteves166]

Great explanation.

[@gregoooa]

Why is it though that when your out there, its so hard to imagine where it is you are, as everything happens so fast.! Any advice to me?

[@Connor-kv5cm]

great vid Brad, lots of useful knowledge. Would consider playing in slowmo, rather than skipping backwards and forwards with the mouse, for future tutorials : )

[@niksingh210]

dude the guy @ 1:35 probably got really hurt. That looked gnarly as hell

[@mathiasnicolas2027]

Thank you my friend

[@varunagunasekera158]

Awesome tips and video 🤠

[@BradJacobson]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@stevencole7331]

Surfing is not like riding a bike . I was a decent surfer when I was young and surfed allot . Now being older and going out once every blue moon I suck ( yeah it's a strong word but true) I lack confidence and weak in the water . Understanding and timing the wave is still there but snapping up is like I am a beginner all over again . I mountain bike all the time and you would think that physical shape would translate into surfing but negative on that for me . I went surfing ( if you could call it that ) last week and my leash popped off going over the falls and had to swim in . I haven't swam in years and it was a struggle and at 60 I had to get out the effort . Snapping up is my greatest problem . It is just a struggle . I have come to the conclusion for me is I would have to spend more time in the water to get in surfing shape . It's a difficult action to master and remaster

[@robertfrye3777]

The one thing I think he gets wrong in this video, is the pop up isn't a jolt or quick thing. Its not a vicious pulling of the knees towards the chest. The "pop" up, isn't really a pop at all. The best surfers in the world plant their back foot first and then the front foot shortly after. Trying to plant both feet at the same time is nearly impossible.

[@stevencole7331]

@@robertfrye3777 thats what I am probably doing wrong .

[@overheadsurf]

@@robertfrye3777 I agree 100%. The best surfers get up seamlessly and it’s not a violent pop up. As an older dude, the pop up has become one of my biggest challenges. It’s something I never gave a second thought to as a kid. Now I find myself obsessed with it and that’s the problem. I think if you just look down the line at where you want to go and sort of forget about getting up it sort of works itself out.

[@robertfrye3777]

@@overheadsurf Totally! Everyone’s pop up is different too. different timing, different hand position, different speed, different foot placement, and so on…

[@ethanwahamaki]

4:45 is that Casey Niestat??!!

[@saullandiof5768]

yes lol

[@OverstreetCycles]

Guys I tried surfing the other day … it looks so easy, Well it was the hardest thing I’ve tried to do lol didn’t even get up but can’t wait to get back and ride a wave

[@BradJacobson]

Keep pushing!

[@malsetmal]

Did you get all of the knowledge from photography or do you also surf? Amazing video anyway

[@BradJacobson]

I surf but I learn way more from filming and editing.

[@jackcrad3492]

The random surfer in 3:57 is Casey Neistat 😂

[@BradJacobson]

Yeah. We're friends but I didn't want to call him out :)

[@rubenndeanpaulalws1177]

Kid, good! I`m you fan!

[@BradJacobson]

Thanks!

[@kainaluefhan2304]

Really helpful thank you 🤙🏽

[@BradJacobson]

No problem 👍

[@1974mazdarx3sedan]

1:16 old mate about to cop it in the chops.

[@nednoodles2403]

Thanks bro❤️‍🔥✝️John 3

[@jx0uax0xn]

Great video

[@PCuriosidades77]

8:23 I saw a shadow of the a shark in your video. I don't have sure, but you can check it.

[@Hibbard1986]

we call example # 1 - knifng the entry

[@GabsPepeleascov]

great video !

[@BradJacobson]

Thanks!

[@bensimon821]

Nice video but would be good to see some backside tale offs too

[@michaelparry9501]

I LIKE VIDEO BREAK DOWN !! THANKS !!

[@jbrew]

LOL Brad surfer at 4:04 is Casey Neistat haha!

[@leonardberverena1030]

Very good video

[@BradJacobson]

Thanks

[@paulcombes3782]

Hey Brad , when you get good , you don't even 'pop-up' . You tuck your board under as you ' drop' . Popping up is usually done by novices in small surf . 'A' ole pilikia .

[@RockyRamal]

There is something to what you are saying. Im looking to paddle and plane, but it seldom works on a punchy beach break wave that bounces if a rock jetty. I went from 8ft foamie to a short board. When i have landed it felt like a steep drop into a skate ramp. I’m thinking my pop up is to jerky and after a lot of over the falls experiences on a break that is prone to close outs im hanging to much on the shoulder. I have gotten my ribs busted, head slammed just not sure how to get out of this funk. So, this tuck, what do you tell yourself in regards to hopping, tucking, turning, falling into position? Asking, respectfully for a mantra to commit into the fall, just not clear how to throw my body weight. You know wrestlers when they are low and go to take an ankle? I’m at loss. I’m 40. 3 years in, and don’t know if my body can take more beatings. Asking the seasoned surfers for something to say to myself other send it. Tuck the board, implies, dont oush it down.

[@marguelgutierrez8620]

Is it me or is the guy in the second example Case Neistat 🤔 white g-shock and everything.

[@williammadray7818]

Absolutely correct about how you can tell an experienced Surfer by the fact that he or she takes the time, to feel their way into the ocean. The inexperienced kook runs into the water because they are so self-conscious about their presence,and unease in an environment that they're not familiar with and may not belong.

[@brent1655]

from the surfer's perpesctive, the reason why you can't lean into the wave hard is that your board is too slow or wide

[@trevorlecain4006]

8:23 i think i see a big fish

[@jamilarazam]

you need to paddle hard and if you're still struggling you need to change boards and have more volume, a bit more thickness and width, and then with experience you adapt

[@thomasjullien3732]

Well, ive had couple teacher who telle me the exact opposite like: Step 1 pop off and drop down Step2 once you at the bottom you do THE bottom turn Idk 🤷‍♂️

[@BradJacobson]

Depends on the wave. If it’s a fast wave and you drop in straight it will pass you by.

[@HoStevie]

Haha “just ask chandler”

[@harold1701]

He may not be a pro surfer, but he knows how to surf like one

[@fabiodann]

😂😂😂

[@ThePaxblox]

Wait is that @Casey Neistat at 4:18?

[@colehersey12]

just scrolled the comments looking for validation. 100%

[@joelyoung8006]

5:00 caisy naistat. Lil hard to spell for me, no auto correct

[@pedrolito862]

What with all the moles in the way at 2:18. Is that Brad Pitt getting pitted? I like some privacy when I get barrelled

[@BradJacobson]

10 photogs per surfer.

[@afirmacoespositivas9081]

i laughed at the end 😂😁. nice job. like!

[@jeremyisack9518]

The second surfer has the unmistakably massive brow bone of none other than Casey Neistat

[@BradJacobson]

Yep

[@surfriderMK]

Isn't that random surfer at 4:00 Casey Neistat??

[@BradJacobson]

Yep, didn't want to call him out in the video. :)