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Stab Tested · Film School

We put our writer's
surfing under the lens.
Now it's your turn.

Pun intended. And everything else in Blackball's Film School program is intentional too. Ex-CT Luke Stedman not only breaks down your surfing, but also prescribes a training path to elevate it.

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The verdict

No guru fog.
No mysticism.

Our writer came in a skeptic and left a believer. The coaching was clear, specific, generous. No theater. Just mechanics that show up in the water.

From our Blackball review · June 2026 →
How Film School works

The most direct path
to your next level.

Your Instagram coach doesn't know you, and their “5 Steps to a Better Wrap” guidance isn't going to miraculously deliver either. But if you're up for staring at your own surfing and adding some land training, Blackball's got you.

Film School, start to finish.

01

Submit your video

Send in your video. A few waves from your phone or a GoPro, from any session you've got. Pool or ocean, it doesn't matter.

02

Video coaching

Luke breaks it down frame by frame. Split-screen against the surfing you're chasing, annotations on every key moment, and a straight read on what's working and what's holding you back.

Coaching breakdown 1: Stance
Coaching breakdown 2: Rail
Coaching breakdown 3: Vision
Coaching breakdown 4: Timing
Coaching breakdown 5: Compression
Live breakdown 01/ 05
Front foot
Front foot pointed more to the rail instead of to the nose, which makes for better balance.
Stance and balance
03

Get a personalized path

Luke maps your training from what the footage showed: the specific Blackball movements and drills that target your gaps. Land work matched to your surfing, side by side, so you can see the connection. Not a generic plan.

See the full Film School → Real coaching from an ex-WSL pro. Not a chatbot.

Send the footage.
Find your next level.

A CT veteran's eyes on your surfing, frame by frame. The same Film School our writer did. (Torn Achilles optional.)

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Film School · with Luke Stedman, ex-CT