Surf stance

Reviewer This is the one to send a total beginner - covers everything, clearly.

Moderator Thorough, explicit beginner stance breakdown: back foot on stringer near fins, front foot 45° open, four-quadrant foot placement, arm position, common mistakes shown and corrected. Squarely on topic.

Reviewer Genuinely useful home drill for dialing in your stance - do this.

Moderator This is literally a tutorial on practicing your takeoff/pop-up and checking your surf stance at home with tape markers and a mirror - foot spacing, hand placement, body alignment. Could not be more squarely about this exact sub-skill.

Reviewer Detailed, specific, and actually correctable - excellent stance coaching.

Moderator This is squarely and entirely about stance: foot centering on the stringer, correct foot spacing relative to shoulder width, front/back foot placement, foot angle limits, knee bend, and the resulting 'poo stance' mistake. Every point maps directly onto the sub-skill.

Reviewer Explains the 'why' as well as the 'how' - one of the better stance videos here.

Moderator Explains why modern boards favor a front-foot-dominant balanced stance over the old back-foot stance, gives diagnostic questions and an on-land drill (rocking heel-to-toe) to build it. Fully on topic.

Reviewer One cue, fixes two common mistakes - that's good coaching.

Moderator Directly addresses the two classic beginner stance errors (poo stance, twerker) and gives one clean fix cue - lead shoulder forward - plus a bonus foot-placement tip. Squarely on topic.

Reviewer Great analogies and a drill you can do on the beach.

Moderator Stance width and center of gravity, knees pigeoned in. Exactly the sub-skill.

Reviewer Specific, actionable foot and knee cues - better than the usual vague stance advice.

Moderator Covers foot placement and angles in detail - shoulder-width base, back foot around 90 degrees, front foot 45 to 90, and tucking the back knee to free up hip rotation. This is a stance breakdown from the ground up.

Reviewer Real fix, not just a cue - worth doing the progression.

Moderator Diagnoses hip-hinge (standing too tall) as the root stance flaw and prescribes a knees-over-toes lunge progression with assisted variations to fix ankle/knee mobility. On topic with a genuine training plan.

Reviewer Clear before/after coaching on takeoff position - useful and specific.

Moderator Directly about the body/foot position at the exact moment of standing up - front foot between the hands, knee direction, hand release timing, shoulder squaring. This is core stance material, just focused on the takeoff moment specifically rather than stance in general.

Reviewer Simple rule, clearly explained, easy to self-check on video.

Moderator This is squarely about stance -- specifically hand/arm position relative to the board, which is a core part of a functional surf stance alongside knee position. Directly on topic.

Reviewer Clear and memorable: knees in, move your weight.

Moderator Entirely the stance: poo stance vs knees-in, why it matters for weight shift. Bang on.

Moderator Goes straight into how the stance changes on your backhand - heel-side rail engagement, a squattier setup, and why the back foot rotates slightly backward. This is stance instruction through and through, just the more advanced backhand variation of it.

Reviewer Dense but accurate - worth a rewatch if you're chasing a better backhand stance.

Reviewer Textbook explanation of stance and compression - genuinely useful.

Moderator This is squarely about body position on the board - compression, chest-over-front-knee, bent back leg, low center of gravity. That IS the surf stance. Exactly the sub-skill.

Reviewer Clear, correct, immediately actionable - a coach who knows his stuff.

Moderator Bang on the sub-skill. The whole video is about where the leading hand sits in your stance - over the heel rail, not the toe rail - and how that drives balance through the hands rather than the bum and head. Core stance mechanics.

Reviewer Solid single cue, just don't expect much more depth than that.

Moderator Focuses specifically on front-foot angle (45°) as the natural way to get the low knee-drop style, rather than forcing the knee down. On topic and specific.

Reviewer Good, concrete cues - quick hits you can actually apply next session.

Moderator Covers the core building blocks of a surf stance - hip position, back foot against the tail pad, hip rotation, knee bend and arm carriage. This is squarely a stance breakdown, no filler content pulling focus elsewhere.

Reviewer Great cue: get that back foot to the tail.

Moderator Back foot placement for turns: a core part of stance. Right on the skill.

Reviewer Clear and important: free the hips, knees in.

Moderator Hips and knees-in to move weight without moving the feet. Squarely stance and weight transfer.

Reviewer Sharp, specific correction any coach would give - solid teaching.

Moderator This is a real coaching breakdown of body position through the bottom turn - straight back vs bent, knee stability on the board, opening the chest/shoulders. That's squarely stance/body positioning content, just applied inside a turn rather than standing still.

Reviewer Clear cue: stay compressed, watch it on video of good surfers.

Moderator One of the 15 tips is explicitly about staying compressed through bottom turns and top turns, with a named example surfer to study. Genuine stance content within a broader tips list.

Reviewer Clear, practical stance cues tied to real riding outcomes.

Moderator Dedicates real time to trim stance specifics — foot width, bent lower body, hands over the rails, chest position. Wrapped in a broader down-the-line lesson but the stance section is substantial.

Reviewer Clear, useful cue on keeping a low compressed stance.

Moderator Board choice and takeoff habits dominate, but there's a real chunk on staying compressed and low versus standing too tall — that's core stance advice, just one of several topics covered.

Reviewer A solid drill for locking in your stance once you know what it should feel like, just don't expect it to tell you what correct actually looks like.

Moderator This is specifically about diagnosing and correcting your surf stance: get a friend to check how it looks, then use a mirror and mental rehearsal to lock in the feeling of the correct position so you can recognize it on the water. The whole video is built around fixing your stance, so it's squarely on this sub-skill.

Reviewer Sharp, specific coaching - a good watch for anyone refining their pop-up and entry position.

Moderator One-on-one coaching feedback on wave entry - specifically about body position on entry (arch in the back, space beneath the body for legs to come through, hip mobility). That's directly about the stance/position you enter with, even though framed as 'takeoff'.

Reviewer Meaty breakdown of takeoff mistakes with real technical detail on body position.

Moderator Covers angling the takeoff including body position mistakes (the cobra-pose lean, hand placement, chest/head direction) - overlaps meaningfully with stance/body positioning during takeoff, though the core focus is timing and wave-reading.

Moderator Framed around correcting common surf stance mistakes -- on topic, aimed at people who already have a stance to fix.

Reviewer Useful mistake-focused framing, worth a look if you already surf.

Reviewer Accurate foot-placement cues inside a strong tutorial.

Moderator Tagged Surf stance. The pop-up tutorial does land on stance in passing: front foot over the stringer between the hands, back foot near the tail, narrow stance, core on. Covers it among other things.

Moderator Tagged and framed around surf stance basics for beginners -- on topic.

Reviewer Good intent, but not much specific detail to go on.

Reviewer Clear, well-explained technical distinction that any progressing surfer should understand.

Moderator Explains trimming vs carving turns and explicitly ties it to sliding weight up and down the board and to 'functional stance' - genuinely touches stance mechanics even though framed as turn types.

Reviewer Well-taught carving video with a clear stance setup.

Moderator Does open with a real stance definition - feet slightly more than shoulder width, knees bent, hands over each rail, chest straight, looking where you want to go. But its one setup step inside a carving lesson, not the focus.

Reviewer Solid balance and knee-bend cues.

Moderator Tagged Surf stance. Beginner pop-up clip that does cover stance elements: feet positioned before hands come off, knees bent, dont straighten legs, dont bend at the waist. Covered among other things.

Reviewer Detailed and accurate technical breakdown, useful once you're linking turns.

Moderator Describes body mechanics during speed pumps and turns - compressing, throwing the arms, weight onto the toes, staying high on the wave - real stance/weight-distribution content, framed as generating speed and setting up maneuvers.

Reviewer Excellent, injury-smart stance teaching in the first part.

Moderator First third nails functional stance: feet square, knees in, weight shift. Then it wanders into ding repair and crowded lineups. The on-topic chunk is gold but it is only part.

Moderator Compares a narrower stance against a wider one, touching on tucking into tighter pockets of the wave and how the back knee and foot angle shift with it. It's a stance comparison, though delivered more as a personal reflection than a step-by-step how-to.

Reviewer More food for thought than a how-to, but an honest look at stance-width tradeoffs.

Reviewer Solid compression lesson - the suspension analogy makes it stick.

Moderator Compression and staying low is a genuine stance element, so there is overlap, but the framing is steep drops and late takeoffs. The squat message touches stance while the video is really takeoff strategy on steep waves.

Moderator Addresses a specific stance habit - the side-to-side wiggle - and contrasts it with the up-down compress-and-extend most surfers should be doing instead. It's framed around fixing that one stance quirk rather than stance as a whole.

Reviewer A useful cue if you're prone to wiggling your stance instead of pumping it.

Reviewer Good session; stance coverage is a slice.

Moderator Touches functional stance (foot rotation, feet square or pigeon-toed) but it is mostly pop-up conditioning, not a stance lesson.

Reviewer Clear, actionable turning cues for a surfer just starting to link movements.

Moderator Step 4 of this progression plan explicitly teaches the look-rotate-lean-compress-extend sequence for turning, which is real stance/weight-transfer mechanics, though the video overall spends a lot of time on board choice as well.

Reviewer Good if you're after paddling balance, not what most people search 'surf stance' for.

Moderator Covers a staggered-foot 'surf stance' used while paddling to catch a wave, not the standing riding stance most learners mean by 'surf stance'. Related concept, different context.

Reviewer Really well taught - just not a stance lesson.

Moderator This is really about the 'triangle of speed' - gravity and rail engagement - and it does get into how board lean/trim angle changes as you move down the wave, which touches body position on the board. But the throughline is speed generation physics, not stance mechanics (foot placement, width, angle). Someone could watch this and learn almost nothing about how to actually stand.