Easily the most clear and concise surfing channel on KZfaq. Love it, keep it up Noel.

Omg…as someone who is currently working on getting my back foot back far enough…that pad slicing idea is BRILLIANT! Thank you! 🙏🤙🏼

Noel another great review. Back foot placement is so important to get those precise turns and that beautiful carving flow. It is always overlooked from a lot of surfers and in my opinion it will take a surfer to another level if mastered. Repetition is the key.

Sick little point of difference there having something practical and physical that someone can do to get their foot back! Cutting the pad! Not just saying "move your foot back". Legend

Wow, I've been struggling to get my back foot all the way back....this tip has been the most helpful I've seen. Thanks so much!

The Hobgood traction pad by Octopus really helped me get my foot back.

Incredibly concise and clear. This dude paid attention in English class. Loved every second of this. Noel, thanks for helping me become a better writer/ communicator. Yew 🤙

thx Noel! and whoever is behind this videos besides Noel!

It’s so awesome to get advice from experts that have such ingenious ideas! So awesome to cut the pad and save it for later. I’d have probably tossed it or lost it until you said to add it in the future. Awesome reviews and tips as always!

What a great idea to educate back foot!! Thank you.

Always moving my back foot. Always making sure, I’m locking my back foot on that tail kick. So that I can maximize my weight, power & precision, going into a sick maneuver. I see so many surfers with their traction so far up & I wanna tell them, but I don’t want to offend them or come off like I’m trying to belittle or chastise them. So I just say nothing. I wish surf shops would throw a lil’ more instructiveness towards customer’s buying new or used board’s & traction.

That makes sense. Going to try it out. Thank you.

Great stuff Noel, thanks!

Great tip on the trac pad arch going half way! :)

Thanks Noel! Super helpful info.

love your videos sal! thnx man!

Bra exactly what I needed.. my main problem. Thanks for the video! 🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽

Enjoyed watching thanks!

Awesome hack bro to cut the footpad. Remembers me of the Rocky Balboa training regime using the rubber band around his legs, Keep 'em coming, thanks.

Brilliant idea

Great idea to cut the pad

NEEDED THIS!

I do struggle a fair bit getting all the way back there as well, if not consciously doing it, which is a bit annoying at times. Thanks Noel, that's a simple and important one!

God ideia man! Thanks from Brasil!

Solid hack Noel! I'm going to try that!

Amazing Idea thanks Noel .. legit

I like that pad tip (cutting it). Definitely going to think about how I try that with a board that already has a pad (removing them is such a hack)

Hey Noel, thanks for the great community content. One question: When is the correct moment to put your foot as far back on the deck as possible? 1) When you are going down the wave to make the dip? That is, before the dig 2) After making the trough and extension of the body, when changing the edge to the curve on the wave wall? 3) Or another moment?

Biggest problem I used to have was that I was riding the wrong size short board and my back foot was landing forward of the tail and my front would be in the middle. If I scooted back then I was on the pivot point but behind the planing surface so that back half of the board would sink. Dialing in my board size was the key for me

Hey Noel, really enjoy the technical yet honest reviews, advice, and input from you. I got a question.. SpineTek vs carbon wrap vs lightspeed? Currently on a NB2 SpineTek and love the hell out of the thing. But want something new. I’m mainly looking for durability/performance because I primarily am trying to do airs or surfing hard/not being gentle on my board lol. So basically only going with epoxy these days due to that. Just curious what the durability/performance of the mayhems epoxy is like since I haven’t rode one yet. I’m looking at the driver 2.0 and sub driver 2.0. Don’t feel the need to be really general with input either as I’ve been surfing my entire life in Hawaii and like the technical/specific input. Thanks again Noel! Hands down one of the best content creators for this kind of stuff and very very helpful not just for myself but for many I’m sure.

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Hey Noel I’m intermediate/advanced and this is one reason why I’m not getting any better I’ve been trying to get back foot more on tail to get better turns but I feel like I loose speed and that the sweet spot is further up with my back foot. I guess I just have to keep trying

Could you talk about the timing? You slide it back and feel around right before the turn, right? Great video. I see so many people standing in the middle of their boards doing the wiggle and turning their heads but they don't go anywhere.

You said you put the pad right on against the leash plug but I heard your suppose to leave at least an inch room for the leash to move both ways. Could I still put it on the leash plug like you said

I feel like getting my back foot all the way on the kick I will fall out the back. Overall it feels very slow to me. Is my front foot wrong? Or any ideas that can help me?

In your opinion, does equipment and pop-up technique impact backfoot placement? I find that a longer board will have its center more forward, which makes me creep up towards the front unconsciously. I also realize that further back my hands are, during pop-up, the further back I can be on the board. Just my observation.

hey noel, i thinking about buying a Pyzel, im in beetwen the ghost and the shadow. I have a longboard for flat days and a twin fin with extra litrege. I surf on a beach break, i get good waves like 3 times a summer, 4-8 ft on good winter days. What would you reccomend?

considering most beginners ride larger boards to get better paddle power and stability (refering to oversized shortboards here), does it not force (or at least fool) them into a more forward shifted or wider stance? just to get the nose down the line and not get hung up in the lip on takeoff? just my own observations, as much as id love the extra paddle power of bigger board, and id def benefit from the stability it offers, foot placement becomes much trickier, i find my feet are so much easier to place on a boards sized for a more advanced surfers. its the main reason i still try to surf at the lower range of my volume... thoughts?

Surfing sectiony Beach breaks there is little to no time for foot movement. You better have it set on the drop. Point breaks are a whole different animal completely.

Forgot to mention that it will rip easier because of the centered force. But that is an amazing habit to build. I always end up flying off on big cutbacks.

Hi Noel, I'm a big fan of your reviews, and I wondered if you could help me. I recently bought an as-new JS Monstabox 2020 in Hyfi construction on Ebay. It was a bargain, and was in the length I wanted (5'9") but unfortunately it was in the more volume-ey size of 27.6L instead of my usual size of around 26.5L - I thought I'd be able to get away with this with it ony being a litre but in the water it feels a bit stiff and 'straight line-ey'. The opposite to my Blakbox III. I'm guessing it's because of the extra volume in the rails making it harder to I'm not sink them. My question is, can you recommend a set of FCS fins which might loosen the board up a bit? I've been using Kolohe Andino in medium (I weigh 65kg).

Hey Noel this was a good video, but I was wondering could you maybe explain when and where on the wave you start to move your back foot. I noticed when I’m in bigger surf I’m paddling so hard that when I pop up if I feel any traction I immediately think I’m good which leads to lousy turns. But then when I’m on smaller or fun surf I’m so focused on not blowing the wave that I again settle for just feeling the front of the pad. Especially if it’s crowded n I’m not getting a lot of waves. Any suggestions? I appreciate your tips the new videos are the best out online! I know I’ve been berating you with questions but I’m trying to address these problems with my surfing that have made me so frustrated over the yrs that I stopped for a while because I couldn’t get better. But I don’t want to quit, and your videos are revitalizing me. Thanks again

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was hoping you would mention the angle of foot. parallel, angled frwd or angled back. it’s a big deal in snowboarding binder placement

I ride a different size board every other day. Sometimes I ride a 4'10" ben gravy twin fin or a 6'6" Al Merrick Red Beauty. My normal board is 5'6" - 5'8". The smaller the board, the wider my stance. The longer the board, the narrower my stance. How can I adjust my stance to match a different board length?

Hello, i just bought a 6.8 surfboard. Should I put a pad for my back foot? Or in this size is not worth it? Thanks

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What if my board feels like its slowing down in less I’m more forward on it my board so my back foot comes forward as well I’m 5’6 175lbs my go to size is a 5’11 should I be surfing a smaller board?

I've recently gotten a twin fin (black baron) for the first time and also chose to run no tail pad on it after always running them on my boards. Been surfing it almost exclusively and man is this my number one frustration is how much it completely ruins the wave for me if I don't absolutely nail the sweet spot of the tail. Sometimes the board feels insane and sometimes I feel like its my first day on the job. I struggle to realize when I pop up if my foot is right.. I guess i'm going to bite the bullet and run a tail pad on a twin haha I'm just not good enough to run it the cool way with no pad. solid video noel. I think this is the single most import technique in surfing aside from just popping up and riding at the very beginning.

Noel, when are you getting your mad skills onto a Glazer?👌

I feel like when I pop up my back foot doesn’t land in the back should I adjust every time after my pop up or try to pop up landing my back foot in the back

#astrodeck Herbie Fletcher is the KING of traction

Hey didn’t see this on the Patreon account ?

i'm regular and i tend to have a problem going right can you please help

same for twin fins?

Just started having to wear booties, makes it a tad tricker feeling out the traction unfortunately.....

I already have putted my traction pad in my board. So how can I exercise my back foot placement?

Hey Noel, do you have another way except patreon for the vid? Not sure how much they charge you but I d rather pay you directly.

Ive surfed with pads on a couple of second hand boards, and theyve been great. I think i dont put thwm on my new board because i do t really know how to remove them when they get tatty. Any tips on how to remove one and all the adhesive ? Cheeers!

Driver 2 or sub driver 2 places n the vid?

Foot all the way back for airs ?

been surfing for 35 yrs.. my back foot is never over the thruster fin.( maybe in solid surf on my backhand). if i purposely move my back foot further back i feel like my stance is to wide and therefore not in control. ..im defiantly a front footed surfer and feel like maybe the fin cluster/bottom contours should be further up the board a touch or something..? in the oc-cast where occy interviews tom curren, curren mentioned how his back foot dances around and how its important to be on the right boards. check out toms lastest ripcurl vid in mexico (free scrubber) and watch his back foot especially in the aerial drone footage..

Join patreon with a monthly payment and you have access to all your videos?

Dont tell them all the secret. Thx champ

put on booties and the feeling is gone

Just farted.