kook warning: ok i have been going well cross stepping to the nose,but find myself shuffling to the tail. now i seem to be shuffling to the nose like a 90yo with a walking stick
how do you break bad habits?

get some tape or chalk and trace your board out on the floor in your house, every night do some steps up and down and you will have it in no time.

secret of alot of good cross steppers

thanks spazz funny thing is i cross step everywhere i walk(wife hates it),yet it makes more sense to do it the way you mentioned...cheers

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BigSpazz said...

get some tape or chalk and trace your board out on the floor in your house, every night do some steps up and down and you will have it in no time.

secret of alot of good cross steppers

masterful advice........

I guess you could also do it at the beach Chrispy - draw yrself a board in the sand and just practise it all day whilst enjoying the environment with yr sunnies on

I must try that, I am a seasoned shuffler and I hate it!

As Nat Young said if you shuffle you're a GIMP,do you see someone shuffle along the road as they walk,i quickly learnt to cross step

Big Spazz's idea is good also you can practice on a log, just walk along the log and back, the ones like a light pole they use for fences in carparks are good.


Another idea is practice on a Longboard skatie

All good ideas guys it was a piss to do on an object not moving but when i first tried on a wave whoa arse over tit good luck to all

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SP said...



Big Spazz's idea is good also you can practice on a log, just walk along the log and back, the ones like a light pole they use for fences in carparks are good.


Another idea is practice on a Longboard skatie

i can cross step a sk8r at 20ksmaybe a bit less...yet im ****ed on water? ffs im stumped. will tell you after a beer my next thought

got farken heaps - how many do ya want

chrispy, this didn't work too well for me but it did help a little, I certainly will at lest try to xstep occasionally.

That doesn't mean it won't work for you if you can make one.

All it is is the foam from the inside of one of those 4 inch thick foam mattresses, I found it on the side of the road in a pile of rubbish and for years I used it as a car door protector on the wall of the garage.

One day I managed to get my hands on a 3/4 inch thick plank around 7 ft long and 11.5 inches wide.

I took the material covering off the mattress, roughly cut it lengthways about 18 inches wide, then attached it to the bottom of the plank with a few 1/2 inch wood screws

Basically, what I was looking for was just a narrow area that forced me to make sure my feet always stayed along the centre line, and an unstable platform that forced me to concentrate on my balance.

Depending on how big your steps are, it can be 3 to 5 steps from one end to the other. The faster you go, the more difficult it becomes and the more you must concentrate to keep balanced and stepping in a straight line.

I learnt on those big see saws they used to have in all the parks...dont see em any more...big trick is to practice on something thats moving...we used to see who could run up the see saw the most before back stepping...getting a pendalum thing going...if you didnt get it right it could get very painfull, certainly taught me how to cross step up and back though

Try it on a narrow beam up and back chrispy and keep at it in the surf. You 'll pick it up.

all good advice people. i might have to relax a bit more, as i find the more excited i get, the poorer the choices i make

interesting. we were practising buoy kick turns on the race 666's the other day and kelly showed us how to do it with a two step method- one small , one big one to get the foot over the tail pad.

but there is a trick to do before you start- made it so easy to step back neatly. i had never thought about it or been shown.

cheers

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smh said...

Try it on a narrow beam up and back chrispy and keep at it in the surf. You 'll pick it up.

Are u suggesting Chrispy tries this? I can not wait to see the results on the Contour

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Ted the Kiwi said...

smh said...

Try it on a narrow beam up and back chrispy and keep at it in the surf. You 'll pick it up.

Are u suggesting Chrispy tries this? I can not wait to see the results on the Contour

That looks a bit too clever Ted
Mmmmmmm gymnastics.

electical dog collar - or the citrunella one if you don't like the shock

wait what are we talking aboot

obct, nice tracksuit!

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Simondo said...

obct, nice tracksuit!

Thank you, we aims to pleez

Whats the difference between cross stepping or shuffling? If it ain't detrimental while surfing how can it be a bad habit?

Speaking of bad habits, any tips on removing creases from wetsuits? After being crumpled in a bucket during a drive home from work, I now have a crease around the groin region resembling a massive camel toe

I have a bad habit of dropping in on the PREZ

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newguy said...

Whats the difference between cross stepping or shuffling? If it ain't detrimental while surfing how can it be a bad habit?

Speaking of bad habits, any tips on removing creases from wetsuits? After being crumpled in a bucket during a drive home from work, I now have a crease around the groin region resembling a massive camel toe

You didn't buy a ladies wettie did you Newguy

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asea said...

I have a bad habit of dropping in on the PREZ

thats deliberately habitual

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newguy said...

Whats the difference between cross stepping or shuffling? If it ain't detrimental while surfing how can it be a bad habit?

Speaking of bad habits, any tips on removing creases from wetsuits? After being crumpled in a bucket during a drive home from work, I now have a crease around the groin region resembling a massive camel toe

You didn't buy a ladies wettie did you Newguy

Ah sh** that explains the pink and why the surfstore gave me such a discount

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chrispychru said...

thanks spazz funny thing is i cross step everywhere i walk(wife hates it),yet it makes more sense to do it the way you mentioned...cheers

I remember walking alone the beach path after a surf with Chrispy and the little prick held my hand and started cross stepping,all the girls were saying fk what a waist of good man stock

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asea said...

I have a bad habit of dropping in on the PREZ

Hey monkey

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62mac said...

chrispychru said...

thanks spazz funny thing is i cross step everywhere i walk(wife hates it),yet it makes more sense to do it the way you mentioned...cheers

I remember walking alone the beach path after a surf with Chrispy and the little prick held my hand and started cross stepping,all the girls were saying fk what a waist of good man stock

Oh sh!t....shuffling is bad???

But the song says "everybody's shuffling"....

I try cross stepping on my mid length and I go right off the nose hahaha

i was given the best tip on the cross step when i stopped in at clearwater surfboards the other day.....keep your shoulders square to the nose...well between spazz's tip and the shoulder one..im starting to get..sorta,early days but im pretty happy

spaz my courtyard looks like a acid frenzy game of hop scotch or alot of people have been killed with all the chalk outlines i have...my wife says cheers spazz

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