Angling across small waves

A common problem with smaller waves it that you drop down the wave then try to angle and you run out of forward steam and the wave goes by.
To get across the wave slightly angle the board the way you want to go, not much of an angle about 5% that way, when you catch the wave look across the wave, this will make you go across rather than straight down.

Another tip is to add more pressure on one hand the way you want to go before the popup, it might be only for 1-2 seconds before getting up but this will angle you across the wave the way you want to go.

On larger waves angling is important - see my other post of dropping down larger waves.