Chicken Wing POP UP | Surfers Avoid This Mistake

In one of my surf tutorials I went through 7 common ways to stand up, or 7 common pop ups. Some of which are bad, some average and some good. In this tutorial I will speak about one of them in a bit more detail. It is called the 'chicken wing'. It is a common technique coaches use to teach beginner surfers in some parts of the world. It works, but it is not good, especially as you progress and start riding green waves and start riding smaller boards.
In this tutorial I point out that using this technique will cause your knee to drag through the water during the pop up and how it will only cause you to lose balance, slow you down and affect your pop up..
So the best is to push up and lift up your ass as you pop up because it will create space for you to place your back foot down correctly and avoiding the knee dragging through the water. Have a good look at this and let me know your thoughts.

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