Fix your pop-up. Read the wave. Surf more waves.

Chest-down to feet-planted in one motion. Under a second is the standard - hesitation is what buries noses.

One continuous rise, no pause in the middle. A stall mid-pop-up usually means the knees touched down - the classic habit to break.

Shoulder-width or a touch wider. Too narrow tips over; too wide can't move.

Bent knees, not a full squat - about 45 degrees of flex. Your legs are the suspension; locked knees transmit every bump.

Hips slightly toward the front foot (about 60/40). Weight back stalls the board; weight forward buries it.

A slight forward hinge from the hips, chest over the board - not bolt upright, not folded over.

Tape a board outline on the floor. Chest down, palms under shoulders, pop to your stance in ONE motion - no knees touching.

Burpees that finish in your surf stance instead of standing tall. Builds the explosive push and the landing pattern together.

The pop-up is an explosive push-up. Clapping push-ups (or fast knee push-ups) build the pop.

In slow motion: cobra press, sweep the front foot through WITHOUT the knee touching, land in stance. Slow reps teach the path; speed comes later.