Increase Your Wave Count: How To Catch More Waves Using Less Energy.

[@eugorov13]

I did a no paddle catch during my last session on my fish, and it was my best wave that day! It felt all flowy from the start because I barely used any energy to catch it! Hoping to do it more on my fish like its a long board, gliding in and using less energy. I read the waves well and tend to over paddle past the peak and end up being left behind. I think that is another huge tip when "chasing" a set thats rolling in after a long lull, don't paddle to the peak (and past), meet it halfway!

[@Ancient88Wisdom]

I do that all the time, great point!

[@graemeeglin8760]

i've started hearing Clayton's voice in my head when I'm surfing.

[@ombesurf]

Trust me, it happens to a lot of us.

[@ClaytonODonovan]

Clay I love the way you talk about surfing like about connecting with the wave 👏🏻, everything has a vibration and frequency, if you match that Vibe (positive vib) like excitement and confidence you're going for a spin 🏄🏼‍♂️, if you don't! (with negative energy) From worries or fear or whatever it may be, Your getting dumped 🌊, Love how ye Boyz work together, great work 😎

[@ombesurf]

Yes! Thank you!

[@SandyMartinez310]

oh man these were all good pointers, THE EYES IS SO TRUE! and mindset, two of my top areas to work on, the sitemap blew my mind! Thank you! These will help me catch more waves, I'm so tired of guys waiting for me to fall and then they get suprised/mad that I didnt hahahah payback!!

[@alicenicholls5564]

Brave and adaptable were mine. (Also, working on NOT being the person who sucks. 🤣 My waves are MY waves!). Thanks guys. Another good one.

[@surfingbird64]

This is a great lesson. You guys know how to teach.

[@ericlawson2101]

I first hear theses tips on Surfmastery Podcast when Clayton was a guest. The tip about gliding and tension has helped me improve heaps! Thanks for breaking it down so well. Cheers!

[@daviddraper8732]

Great point about falling off quickly! I heard someone say something similar years back and its always stuck with me......In the first 5 minutes turn and go on the biggest wave that comes towards you and fall off. Take the beating and then everything else will be calm after that! haha! Also, any chance you can break down the trending video of the moment 'Highway Rider' with William Allioti? Its only 2.30 mins but oh my word its one of the best clips I have seen in a looooong time!! Cheers!

[@ombesurf]

Thank you David, We will check it out.

[@Hotwire_RCTrix]

This was one of your best and shortest tutorials. The puzzle for me is why some people glide in and others get hung up. I can do the glide but when out of practice I mix it with the kooks.

[@antonvrb1510]

Great vid. Watched a few of your long chats. Loving the "highlights" format.

[@houghton101]

would love to have seen a breakdown of the actual hand stroke that you should use. how, what depth and in what place relative to the board and part of the stroke is the hand/arm positioned in the water. surprising little info on this available. there must be an optimal stroke to generate drive and i assume an optimal body position and board angle as you switch from left to right hands just like swimmers. please break that down!

[@ajgorman9071]

Looking for the signs is a great tip an gliding is were at. I rush sometimes an paddle my hardest an miss a wave when theres been calm smooth paddles with less energy an got better results. Thank you putting this up. Ill keep these tips in mind.

[@ombesurf]

We dig deep on that subject on the accelerated surf program.

[@ombesurf]

If you rush at the beginning of the wave your whole ride will be in 'rushy' and all over the place. If you enter the wave nice and calm the same energy will carry along the whole ride. Definitely one of the top tips here.

[@houghton101]

@@ombesurf so no YT vid then?

[@Adamsharkey]

Maybe with all them thousands of strokes you could pay attention to what works😅🙌🤙

[@benjaminpotts2097]

Nice vid ! Remaining positive and being brave (committing to the wave) ...and taking that first stack ! Those have been game changers in the last year :p Cheers guys!

[@ChristianRaymondFilms]

Subbed to the channel, thank you for the information ❤️❤️❤️

[@BarefootIzzy]

Yes look up and be brave. Hope to work on those in my next two sessions.

[@ombesurf]

You got this!

[@saliadar]

Another awesome video! Love the treasure map analogy. Thanks guys 🙏

[@ombesurf]

Our pleasure!

[@irakado3707]

I love it. thank u. maybe best videos ever !

[@ombesurf]

Thank you Ira!

[@yuriyastakhov6460]

great analysis, indeed helpful for an interm trying to move on. Thanks, guys

[@meiming1]

I'm really scared of big waves and need to be braver but what I've noticed is most people try to get the really big waves while I position myself to catch the smaller waves. Often I catch a lot more waves!

[@michaelfinch1829]

Awesome vid!! These will go viral if you keep them to 9 minute range! Chop up those long ones!👍🙂😎🙌🏆

[@ombesurf]

Thanks for the tip!

[@Explogene]

I love having both!!😁 Your podcasts are entertaining, I can listen to them while doing something else and still get some gold nuggets

[@ombesurf]

@@Explogene Thank you Eugene

[@pjmcaward4595]

What is that amazing lefthander that they keep showing clips of? Bali?

[@SeanChandlerSF]

LOL at my crappy breach break I'm waiting 15 minutes for a good set. After an hour out I'm lucky to get 4 good rides.

[@jumamohammed3127]

Should you look down more on the wave if it's really small?

[@audicreate]

What about kicking your legs to help get into a wave? Does it help or hinder wave catching?

[@oliguayasebesteves166]

Great points.

[@Coover90210]

Like they say in real estate: location location location. :-) In my area the spot with the best quality waves is going to be a zoo on some days. If I go to a spot with 20% lower quality I am going to get 50% more waves to myself. To me that is worth it. Likewise the various breaks at a given location ...im thinking of a rock ledge where the waves set up nice and predictably on some tides, but there is a crowd of hot surfers and sheep jockeying for the next waves. Whereas just 50 yards down the beach is decent sand bar all to myself. The sheep mentality is definitely a thing! Im guilty as well, mostly when I was less experienced, I just humbly assumed i didnt know anything so i should do what everyone else was doing. Now when I am having a good day I swear I see people intentionally paddling closer to me! I think also the tip on being adaptable is important ..I mostly surf beach breaks, which are totally transitory ...the wave that just broke in a specific spot also slightly modified the bottom in that same spot, no two waves are ever the same. Also I'm at a pretty high lattitude, so the tidal swings are more dramatic, so you always have to be accounting for that.

[@ombesurf]

Knowledge is power be a wolf not a sheep

[@patriot1303]

First tip was awesome - I think having peripheral and looking where you want to go is key but the last tip just seems like making excuses to drop in

[@Rodrigo_Bodhisava]

"Know who sucks" => I do this constantly, special when good waves are pumping and it's super crowd! Also you need be a "snake" in the water :)

[@TomMoonMusic]

Awesome video! I'm buzzing I came across your channel. The tips are amazing and I can't wait to try them out in Newquay over the next few weeks. Thank you!

[@ombesurf]

Thank you Tom! We hope they work well for you!

[@1andonlynathan]

great videos guys, shocked you dont have more viewers

[@ombesurf]

Thank you Nate! Views will come. As long as we are sharing with someone this is all worth it.

[@nathanwilliams9695]

Thanks good smart and accurate spirituality

[@ombesurf]

Thank you Nathan.

[@HitchDanceR]

Incredible! Thank you so much. Just what I needed :D

[@edwardtasker7011]

Good tips and great videos. Not a fan of the last one though, I find it really off-putting when there's people paddling outside of me for the same wave, makes me tense up and more likely to fall than if they weren't there. They'll walk away feeling it was justified because I fell off anyway, but I often feel like the only reason I fell off is because I was looking at them and not the wave. I find it creates a better environment if you see someone paddling for a wave, especially when they're not advanced, to just let them go for it without adding to the pressure. Whether they make it or not it was their wave anyway. I prefer to use the opportunity to take the spot inside while they're trying to catch the wave and just get the next one 🤙

[@richardsmith393]

but that's a legit way to catch more waves though. If there's some dude who just drops in and goes straight to the beach every single wave, then I'm gonna start catching those waves, especially on a crowded summer day

[@shugyoforyou211]

You're doing waaay too much thinking

[@middleagedshred]

Yea the sheep..recently me and 3 friends paddled out into an empty lineup on a small inconsistant day soon to be accompanied by the after work crew who all paddled out to the same spot all dropping in on the same wave.

[@ombesurf]

Classic.

[@mokan2618]

Keep an eye on who sucks! Love clips of Clay legitimately catching waves he knows the guy who’s deeper is gonna fall off on... hope I’m never out and see him paddling confidently into my wave as I drop in 😄

[@ombesurf]

He most likely help you getting into the wave. :)

[@effortlesssurf1839]

Such great tips, keep up the good work fellas

[@ombesurf]

Appreciate it!

[@s14718]

At 6:00 you begin the part about gliding into waves, arching your back, and not paddling furiously. How do you square this advice with paddling guru Rob Case's approach that you should paddle like crazy and lower your head? See his video here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y5rcn32Kl9qXoqs

[@ombesurf]

Sure Sean, Rob's explanations are in relation to a wave that is hardly breaking. He is not establishing these patterns as an inviolable rule for every situation nor we have. Nat needed that wave to win a heat. We talk about being in position rather than forcing yourself in every wave that comes your way. There are situations where you need to get yourself into a wave. If you are taking off late, you are out of position, you need to get a score. But once again, you don't want that in every wave you are going to surf. Check the title of the video: 'Catch more waves using less energy'. If we learn how read the ocean and position ourselves properly we don't even need to paddle to catch waves, which equals less energy used to catch more waves. If you are interested Rob has created modules for our accelerated surf program -> ombe.co/

[@s14718]

@@ombesurf Great--thank you for the reply and for the awesome videos. I see now that it's just as much about positioning as it is about the Oreo cookie.

[@clays_saltyvibez]

Great tips 🤙🏻🤙🏻

[@ombesurf]

Thanks!

[@gabrielharaldsondecker]

legends! thank you dudes!!

[@stacygibsonyoga]

Watch for who sucks 🤣 Love all the tips, thanks guys!

[@ombesurf]

Thank you Stacy!

[@Chris-eg2xl]

One big point missed out. Choose the right board. So many people want to look like a pro and own a short board. But for an average Jo a fun board will be so much better. And they would catch so many more waves.. wait what... What am I doing... Actually, stick to tiny short boards guys and girls, I don't know anything 😂

[@matiastrazzari]

Learn how to glide effortless into the wave...what a magic, it's all there...but not learnt yet

[@rogerbrooking4956]

Good video, great points. I always try to get one wave at the beginning of a session to get out of the system. The gliding into the wave is debatable. I think speed to get into the waves is key, (timing is also important), but without oscillating while paddling. I mean, Gliding but with enough speed to get into the wave.

[@ombesurf]

Catching waves is like driving a car, sometimes you had to let out the clutch quickly in order to put yourself in a better position. However the rule of thumb is to try relax and glide in. 👍

[@MrRobinski]

Go somewhere else not so good away from everyone or wait on the beach for people to come in if too crowded.

[@ggggggg6426]

I catch 5 good ones and about 20 close outs😆

[@carlosaramosss8166]

I friggin love oreos now!!!

[@ombesurf]

The best right

[@carlosaramosss8166]

@ombesurf dude, it is game changing... it's so counterintuitive, so I'm yet to master it, but it's amazing. Thank you! (If you could make more videos of this(oreo), for more advanced surfers, would be great)

[@inFAMOUSBeatsGFx]

2:25 Did beard guy snake the other dude and then eat it?! haha 😵

[@jakehardy5997]

Nah looked like he was deeper on the wave so he had prio 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@samuelmirando7050]

I’m the guy in the yellow 😂

[@sci-fi7648]

Take the fall and laugh is my tip. Push a late take off. If ya fall and get worked just relax and go with, cover head with elbow when breaching water. Love the occasional punishment.

[@ombesurf]

Thanks for sharing Robert.

[@Jay-fq8uz]

Lmao be brave is good advice until brave works you into the reef or sand. I guess this is for more intermediate surfers though. So in that case, great advice thanks!

[@Chrisymon1]

15...maybe 20 waves 🤣🤣🤣

[@jensbuch1024]

Don’t be a sheep 🤙😅

[@ralfku4280]

The guy on the left makes a big thing out of it. "disconnected to the wave". "The waves talk differently to the surfers". He should give Yoga classes. Take it easy, mate. It's just a (friggin amazing) sport. Skip the "we surf cosmic energy" bullshit.