Coaches Eye | Mick Fanning Surfing Analysis

[pg]

Clayton is doing phenomenal work in the surf world. I was so frustrated in never hearing detailed breakdowns of the biomechanics involved in surfing, so these vids are like the sweetest nectar. Whats more is the tips work, often immediately. Flipping the leading hand over with thumb pointed in the direction of travel when opening up the shoulders? Try it. Then try the same motion with your palm down. The results in the water blew my mind. Cheers guys

[tomcoysman]

This is amazing, one lightbulb moment after the other. Keep up the great work guys, I am sure you are saving a lot of people headaches from not understanding how their body works in combination with the waves. Thank you Anthony and Clayton!

[chopsnz]

Mick's utilization of the whole wave face and potential kinetic energy to generate speed as he drops down with his nose to the beach. His ability to lean on rail and hold during the bottom turn and knife through the water to come around the section instead of double pumping in the flats. Returning to the pocket of the wave in his carves with the figure of 8 style surfing rather than little hits off the top. Excellent breakdown as always Clayton and Ant!

[wildthingsoceanicimages]

One of my favourite coaches eyes. Thanks fellas.Especially love the breakdown of that leaning forward as you come down with the waves gravity. The way i try to visualise it personally is like i'm trying to post a letter in a letter box thats really close to the water until i feel the waves natural energy drawing me back up the face. It al becomes easy when you are working with the waves energy. Took me a long time to get to this point....30 odd years!! Clayton, your understanding of body mechanics on a wave is second to none. And Ant, you ask the questions all of us are secretly wondering but too scared to ask. Legends! Thanks so much for making us all better surfers. I definitely owe you a few set waves if we ever get to share some waves. Yew!

[billytuchscher]

Good content! ....the way Mick carves around those long sections is "precision carving!". Brilliant.

[kiwigus]

My takeaway is hold turns for longer and finish pointing to the beach to maximize wave energy to help create speed.
More of these short technical breakdowns 🤙🏼

[oliguayasebesteves]

Outstanding surfer and a beast of a human.

Spain likes good surfers ❤❤❤

[chriscorrell]

I could watch him surf all day, every day....brilliant technique!

[Malama_Ki]

Compression and projection!!! Compress to project. Come off the bottom like Spider-Man swinging to the high-line. I was surfing a big day in Kauaii and I tell people it was like standing at the bottom of a telephone pole and jumping up to the wires at the next pole down the line and then taking all that speed and momentum and doing it again. Granted, I wasn’t coming straight down because I was being chased by a three story building on fire that was moving like a freight train, but the key was compression off the bottom and projecting to the lip on a vertical wall. It helped to have Titus Kinimaka yelling from the channel to “go!” on what I thought was a close-out as he was paddling back out from just ripping the sack out of one.

[DDFitness-ddft]

Thanks guys, continuing to love these breakdowns! Next thing on the agenda to try is to slow down the turns and make them arc more. Don't just hit a quick jam turn to make some spray, but gouge a long turn right back to the pocket. I've always tried things too fast because I'm worried about running out of wave (when the waves are not that great). But even one nice huge man turn on a shit wave will likely feel nicer than two or three snappy crap ones! Love talking stylish surfers who you could break down (after your excellent Torren and Rob one) - and a both huge favourites of mine - how about Dave Rastovich or Donovan Frankenreiter? Both really unique styles. And Daves layback cutback I could watch all day long!!

[shawnweston]

Like a sprinter!
I have read articles in the past which does mention twisting your upper body so that chest faces stringer and back knee is bent close to deck of board so the sprinter idea does line up with this concept.
If you were leaning over the side of the board too much with no twist of upper body it would be too easy to lose balance and harder to study wave face to see where you need to go.

[Stomperproductions]

I'm confused. Sometimes you froth on someone standing totally upright and relaxed, and other times you froth on someone super low. Which should we be doing?

[rolandsuttiepersonal]

Nick’s right arm stays high through his transition because of the space he has made with the extension of his body. My right arm is low and “cramps” the space and then makes the turn harder to transition completely

[Omrisingolda]

Great video! What is the analysis app you using ?

[Namdor]

Wrong, wrong wrong not nose to the beach others do nose to the beach less keeps his trailing arm down, tries to keep it behind his front knee..Rotation is centred he turns via shoulders... Then he drives his trailing arm low and back, which keeps speed generation, IN and OUT of a turn..Stays centered on the board, like a spike running through him and the centre of the board....

[julioluque]

do wade carmichael or conner coffin!!!much love from Panamá

[jessebaz]

He’s surfing the wave that’s in front of him… he doesn’t alway do long drawn out turns or bottom turns

[manueljbecklas]

there may be a point about not rushing turns but counting the seconds while paying the video in slow motion doesn't really make it believable... and am I the only one who thinks the runner comparison is kinda ridiculous

[gofiodetrigo]

would be cool to watch same thing but with the sheety small choppy windy waves he wld surf back when he qualified in his first qs that's when we see the difference and actually more day to day kinda waves or at least for those less fortunate of us lol not to mention if it's crowded af as it's usually nowadays 😁

[gregleighton]

Opposite hand to foot. Eeesh. Will try