Making excuses as to why I surf like crap eg. fickle banks, new board, just getting over an injury, not enough wax, tired, cold, cramp, haven't been out for a while, etc. etc. etc. etc.
Getting pretty comfy with switch footing. I can do some non critical cut backs while switch footing & small floaters. Thats probably my best...but I can't bloody cross step even though I head out fully keen to work on it. I want to do it & by the time I get a couple of steps up I'm too far out on the shoulder coz I've been too hesitant & need to get back on the tail. I see guys doing it on steep sections on the wave of the day. Moving forward & back with ease. Making it look so easy. And you need to be able to do it if you wanna set the tail to get held down by the curl. Hoping to improve on cross stepping this summer.
