Nice video. I am 50 years old, have been living in Costa Rica for over 20 years. I ride a short board and always considered myself an above average surfer. A couple years ago I had a sever elbow injury. In the time I have been out of the water I have gained some weight (from 150lbs to about 170lbs now) and had become fairly inactive. After returning to the water I have had a very difficult time popping up. Sometimes getting my front foot stuck or just not getting my feet into proper position. It has become so frustrating I don't even want to surf. I am going to try these techniques and hopefully it helps and I can get my stoke back. Pura Vida!

Started surfing at the age of 12 and I am now in my 50"s. I had a hip replacement a year ago and I have found my hips dont allow my old pop up. It is very frustrating to look down the line and your brain knows what to do but your body holds you back. I am going to try some of these tips. Not surfing is not an option and I am not ready for stand up but for you young guys give the older stand up guys a break. Its going to be you one day

Excellent - can not wait to try it out in the surf. Slow and smooth is fast. Pushing up into cobra position and twisting (leaning into the direction you want to go) at the same time - was an eye opener for me. It was so smooth and effortless. My head remained high and I was on my feet in one smooth move! Thanks for sharing!!

So good, I just tried a few variations and I'm blown away by the difference each individual tip made. Nice job working them out and explaining it so well. Thanks!

Wild! I have naturally evolved to use these techniques on my own and now I know why. Excellent breakdown instruction.

Succinct and very helpful - after watching many demos of the pop-up technique these tips were the most insightful - Grateful !

Right on with hip flexibility being key. I’m 46 and just spent two days surfing in Costa Rica. Last time I surfed I was 39 and did really well. I spent the first day in CR jamming my back big toe and scraping top of my front foot while trying to pop up because poor hip flexibility. The older you are the more time you should allow for warm up and stretching. Hand placement is huge too, nice tips.

Thank you for your fantastic videos. They super helpful and you go straight to the point with so many valuable tips.

I love your enthusiasm. Good job.

Such good advice! The hand stagger is great, just praciticing at home and it's so noticeable!

Thanks for the video! Would love to see demonstrations with these techniques applied to popping up backside!

So many great tips. Great video. I’ll want to try these out in the water, especially staggering hands on the board.

I've never done pop ups with my hands on the deck. Always had them gripping the rails. Have kinda dropped out of surfing over the last few years, but been doing it that way for about 50 years and it's always worked for me.

Great video, great advice. Thanks for making this.

Thanks for the vid. On a roadtrip in Australia. Going to use this info in the water tomorrow morning.

right on man, great video, it's definitely nice to hear things explained in different ways!

Great tips and video, thanks

Extremely helpful video bro. Big Thumbs up. 👍🙏

Ashtanga Yoga Sun Salutation A&B are worth looking into. I'm 60yrs and still on a short board and have found this series of exercises beneficial for pop ups . These tips are great for milking a little extra out of already learnt techniques. As for the Yoga, take it easy and never push it as it's suppose to be moving meditation.

clear and concise, thanks!

All makes perfect sense ! good advise !

Always good information. Thanks man

Best pop vid Ive seen..Love your work!

Really good master class… it all makes sense. Looking forward to the next lesson.

Great tips! I’ve been surfing for a while and never thought to stagger my hands on the board and turn my shoulders.

I just started surfing at 53. Didn’t realize how immobile my hips were, and having issues popping my knees through. Going to definitely use the uneven hands trick, and I like that you’re goofy-footed like me. Thanks!

Preach bro.... We appreciate your time for this.

This was super helpful thank you 🙏

This has been a game changer for me , thank you.

Brilliant and intuitive!

Hi, I'm learning the pop-up at 40 years old! your videos are great, the tip of "cheating" a little bit with the hands is really helpful, you should make a playlist out of these videos! thank you a lot! Already subscribed!

Just checked this vid again. Great tutorial for seamless pop ups

Brilliant tips!

im a 48 year old skater just entering into the surfing world.... this is priceless info and i now have loads to work on, thanx !!!!

Good tips for newbies. Practice and strengthen those core muscles.

Thank you from Florida !

I’ll Try these tips on my next surf session.

Thank you so much

my dude that's exactly my issue you're a very good teacher sir thank you

Thank you!

DUDE!!!! I FIGURED IT OUT!!! THANK YOU!!!!

great film, thanks

Will try this tomorrow!

Thanks coach!✌️

*Good tutorial right here. The hand placement tip was key, I see a lot of newbies at the beach struggle with that 🔑*

extremely useful! thank you!

thank you!

I love the comparison to snowboarding / skiing, same principal applies to mountain biking. As a older beginner having access to the skills I've been building in other sports is really helpful. Thanks , this video unlocks that experience and will help a bunch.

Great experiential reasoning. I will implement this in my training. One detail though: it's not core "strength" so much as core stability and strong hip flexion.

Great stuff !

Used to surf pro in California. Always on a sub 6’4” or 5’11” trad fish. Whoops, I turned 71. Hit the surf mat but now I want to kneepaddle an 8’ downwinder foil board. Looks like I need some of your retraining. ❤

Man, such great advice!

I haven’t surfed in almost 20 years. But I surfed a lot when I lived in Ca. I’m moving back to the coast (east )again soon and can’t wait to get back out. Landed on this vid just searching for some good content and I have to say you give some good tips. Great vid

fantastic video!

U R AWESOME thx u for these vids!!!

Thank You

Thank you

Bodyboarder here for 36 years, but I've decided to learn how to surf. I have been learning how to pop up properly, but it gets confusing sometimes. Your videos are always amazing and full of great tips, thank you! I'm going to Hawaii this December, and I'm hoping to get this right 😆!!!

Watched that brocollli bloke many Times and learnt bupkass. Hey thanks for the vid man. Most appreciated.

"Small" tips for "Bigger" surfers... love you videos!

thanks man

So helpful!!!! 🙏🏽🤙 Mahalo ✌️

Awesome !

Thanks for the Info, I'm 63 yr old I surf a 9ft longboard

I bought a $45 foam beater to practice. I'm going to try these tips. My 7'3 at 76L should float an elephant 🐘 😅

thanks mate!

Hey bro, great content. Have you ever had problems with your back foot? my big toe/ the bone below that sticks out a bit is where I land and I get issues especially with that metatarsal area. Any suggestions? I think my pop is a walk up and I put a lot of pressure on the back foot first

awesome video, was gonna ask you if you had any duck dive videos but i already see one in your channel. everytime i duck dive my short board i feel like im not doing enough duck diving and get pushed further back to where i started. stoked to watch your other videos bravo

I never really thought about where I placed my hands backing them up a little bit does make sense and also changing which ones a little forward to which way I’m going. Also makes sense I just never really thought about it.

When you have learnt to time surf-able waves the hand position placement is just as important as the hand placement pause. I'm sorry if this is not correct lingo🤔 hopefully you have a video on this already. The wave type and suck determine the hand placement pause, the pop-up and then set you up for the drop and bottom turn. I realise this comes through practise but the earlier this is achieved the faster you will become a surfer. Therefore the more fun you will have too!

I'm taking my first surfing lesson at the age of 59. Bucket list item for me. Enjoy your videos.

Thanks Hydro, Imma try this Thursday on Pandawa :)

Very useful! :)

Awesome video. I am learing to foil surf. I do know I need to be further forward on the board to keep the foil from lifting and stalling too early. Other than that I think I can use the technique you described since it focuses on popping up quick and getting your weight forward. Do you have any pop up advice specific to surfing on a foil? thanks, Mike.

Thanks! With the staggered hands and the lean, how do you do that if you are surfing backhand waves? I.E a right hander for a goofy

Best video so far

Best instructional video I have seen.

Cool vid.. How do some of those techniques translate over to the back hand?

Good stuff bro

Nice one bro

Dude 20 years of surfing 60 years old still improving.

Yes I was wondering same, as a goofy foot it would feel odd to have hand placement opposite to what you did on forehand, on my backhand.

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Your pretty quick on getting up well done👍👍👍👍🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🍺🍺🍺

I also find getting too far down the line can cause problems. Once I know the waves lining up, I focus on what's in front of me. Catching the wave, getting to my feet .once you get to your feet all good things happen. 🤙

Awesome tips, particularly for front side direction pop up. What’s your hand positioning when you’re going backside to avoid more steps? Cheers 🥂

Nice video I’m an experienced surfer but I can’t get up anymore due to getting sciatica and maybe a little of it being I’m in my fifties. Do you have any tricks to compensate for my lack of flexibility, I miss surfing so much.

Legit! 🤙🏽🤙🏽

What if goofy footed but surfing to the right? Do you always stagger hands same way regardless of wave direction.

This is not how pro surfer's pop up...just watch the Brent Rose video. If you can find a video of this guy actually surfing, great investigative work!

Great video, excellent advice. Just a quick question.......Im regular footed. As I understand it, if Im catching a right, Ill need to put my left hand forward so that I can rotate into my popup. But what if Im catching a left? Do I need to put my right hard more forward?

This is an awesome video. So I am older and surfed from age 8 to 20, and was really good (in Morocco) then quit for 25 years and back at it now much older. My problem is I scrape the knee or foot when bringing the front foot forward. I am a goofie rider and will try this staggered technique. Thank you for great content. Anything I can do to get that right foot in the right place without scraping it?

How do you stagger pop up for the backside?

Hey, can you make a video like this for left dominant? I'm lefty

kool stuff man...where did you get that black flooring ?

Graeat videoooo

When looking back, should you look over both sides of your shoulders, or is it dependent on if you're going left or right?

Ok I'm a lifetime surfer and I'm going to try this. One question; how does hand position change for backside?

If I am going on backside is the rotation the opposite?

what about when you're going backside? I have a tough time looking down the line over my right shoulder (goofy as well) as you commence the pop-up?