The Most Important Turn In Surfing | Detailed Lesson

In surfing there are some fundamental movements which should be mastered if you want to progress from beginner surfer to intermediate and then advanced surfer.

The bottom turn is one such movement and I constantly see surfers who, with small tweaks and instruction, could absolutely fast track their surfing progression and make huge leaps forward with their performance. This is what we focus on during my wave pool surf retreats; micro adjustments for big gains on a wave.

[KalesBroccoli]

Who feels like they want to go and work on their bottom turn now? Thanks for watching friends!

[bennyblanco]

Aaaahh if I had had these videos in the 80s, you don't know how lucky you are young generations

[najmashahin]

One of the most underrated channels on yt

[AlexSwan]

Legend, your backhand bottom turn on the smoothstar looks so good!

[Ubernitty]

Hands down the best surfing tutorial I have seen. You do and share what you love, life at its best. Namaste.

[GlydeParkour]

Great side by side visuals! As someone who is definitely guilty of springing up too early, this really points out the difference. About to hit the beach and give it a shot!

[damianmcgeown]

Kale just love your analysis so much. Your an amazing coach and your presentations are so descriptive and analytical.
I keep watching them over and like a great novel I keep uncovering subtle layers.
Thankyou so much for producing such amazing content!!

[karanjohnson]

I’m stoked to try this out! Love building more awareness of this stuff!!! Thank you brother!

[albertotay]

Awesome video man! Thanks for helping everyone to progress on their surfing. Keep it up!

[juanchaxx]

hey Kale, first off, thanks so much for these "detailed lesson" series. Many struggling surfers (like myself) live (and work) in parts of the world where out salaries wouldn't in a million years allow or accommodate paying for The Surfer's Roadmap.
Now on to the juice, this lesson is amazing! I've been struggling to figure out wth was wrong with my bottom turn (sp. on my forehand). I could feel it was a timing issue, but very cluelessly trying delaying the release vs hurrying it a bit .. Sometimes/in some waves(?) it worked like a charm and over 50% of the time I can actually feel how I'm losing tons of speed, and none of the surf coaches I've interacted with could break it down and offer useful guidance for this particular struggle.
The way you break down technique in a way that our brains can understand and can easily send the info to our bodies is downright genius, I keep sending your videos to friends that like me, might be struggling with working on their technique in an organized and well-informed manner.

pd. the part that 'clicked' for me was your analysis at 3:41!

[juancoste]

Thanks for sharing...good explanation...to improve that movements.

[aaron-dmbw]

Amazing how video and transmitting audio information advances progression. Great details and now I get to go practice practice practice

[jonniejlo]

Great video! You can see quite clearly where the students will go on the wave, from the story told by their shoulder alignment/direction. Amazing to see the side by side comparison. A valuable lesson to learn from.

[ricopapi]

Essential topic! Cool as always Kale! Greetings from Rome, Italy (struggling with summery flat conditions)!

[oldsoul]

I didn't know all of this was even a thing, such a kook, cant wait to try it out

[Connor-kvcm]

really love the garage vid, super simple but incredibly insightful! Also love how you breakdown specific aspects of surfing technique. You explore key facets in detail rather than brushing over large topics and skipping important nuances : )

[KM-comx]

This was awesome! ⭐️
Thank You for breaking it down the way you did.👍

[maxisworld]

Another On-Point production mate! 🤙🤙 Have been working on my bottom turns a lot lately. Thank you!;

[nickmoulton]

The low-to-high arm trajectory on the BH is crucial. Thanks for this Kale!

[sarahp]

This video was so helpful that I actually managed a backhand bottom turn on my first time out past the break - and it was all about the “jump”!