u/god_among_men

I’m new and just starting out. I have fins and a decent board. I’m catching waves but it feels like I keep going straight down the face. If I’m trying to go left, I put my left hand on the nose with my forearm/elbow on the board; my right hand is mid rail. I try to put weight on my left elbow/forearm and lift with my right hand. It feels like I spin more than turn. I’m trying to go down the face, do a bottom turn and come back up the face.