Surf Simply's Quick Tips: Back Foot Position

Thanks man! You already helped me a lot :)

Amazing tip, my foot never slipped off on the back!

Hey, I typically ride my board as a twin fin, as that’s the most popular fin setup in my area that works well, does that mean my foot should also be further forward to properly engage the fins and not overpower the tail?

thanks bro i think ive had yhis problem the last 10 years but i dont live near a surf beach so i only get to go out every so often and in 10 years i go a year sometimes or more without having a surf. wasnt like that before kids i was surfing minimum 2 times a week pretty much. aw good old days lol

That was the best explanation ever.

my back foot stepped off the tail and i snapped my mcl on my front leg

Wow, great instruction, thank you.

I am loving this channel and SURFING! Surfing and its principle are to me like Life, like when one is in the FLOW OF LIFE! Catching waves, paddling, waiting, lots of work for a few seconds of flow... Just like every day Life!! Thanks for all the wisdom!

great video and instruction and wipeouts point out errrors clearly .. must be a great place to hone skills (SS)

Thank you, that was helpful!

Thank you so much for your time and your great contents. I've been surfing for a while a never understood that by myself. I experienced falling during my bottom turns, exactly the same way showed in the video... Sometimes my board was kind of slipping in the water. I thought it was because of the size/ shape of the fins ! I'm going to try and adjust the position of my back foot while surfing. Usually, my feet stay at the same place after the pop-up and for the entire wave.
Keep on helping us having fun !
Maxence (France)

Thank you very much. Well articulated and explained. I cannot wait to try this while being more aware of my foot position

Tks Ru

Dam this channel is amazing.
I had a feeling something was wrong with the way turns sometimes feel and I was starting to think about wrong back foot placement.
This video made a lot of sense and made the approach clear.
As I said, it was pretty obvious to me that my back foot is probably too forward and the key to the problem is in the approach to it.
I started working on my pop up again, planning to jump farther back and it would probably make me a lot slower which would also ruin future turns.

Hey Steven I’m intermediate shortboarder and when I pop up my back foot naturally lands right in front of the traction pad, even when I adjust my back foot to the back my front foot will be too far up. so should I just practice popping up with both feet near the back right away or should I just readjust both feet every time? Thanks I love your channel it’s helped me so much

Very helpful. Thank you.

Very useful tip, very well explained.