The Inertia Pop Up Article - Opinions?

[RinkyDink]

Let me try: Yesterday the waves were great at the spot where I decided to surf. Right? Thanks!

Looks like you got it.

[steveylang]

Bumping an old thread, I came across this pop-up video that is the best I've personally seen (until now it was the one by the Spanish-speaking surfer posted earlier in this thread):

I think the methods are pretty similar, but this one you get the English explanation. I like the idea of driving your hips back to get your legs under you. It's a counter-intuitive idea but seems to work well.

One interesting thing I realized is that I don't use my knees or feet to pop-up, because I lucked into instinctively using the motion he shows. But when I tried to think about how I do it (say showing a friend on land), I would get stuck/hesitant in my motion and wonder, "Wait, how am I pushing off my lower body?" Only now do I intellectually get it!