Teens make good surfers because they lead active lives, are still flexible, and generally have good power to weight ratios. These are all important attributes for successful learning. Teens make good surfers also because they are active learners. Learning in school and learning to dance, and learning other sports makes them inclined to pick up…
I am asked are there short board surf lessons. It is really a good question. Lessons tend to run from teaching the basic fundamentals to beginners to advanced lessons for those who can ride shorter boards. What happens to students in between? There is a slow progression from riding foam waves on a soft top…
People ask why take surf lessons in Oceanside while on vacation. Oceanside is a premium location to learn surfing because of the beach break. Waves break outside and then there is a long foam wave that is perfect for beginners to ride. Lots of people working remotely now are learning to surf while living in…
Physical conditioning for surfing beginners may be important for success. Occasionally, I have a student who engages in no physical activities and maybe never has. Surfing is one of the most demanding full body recreations. Three aspects are important. A student needs some upper body and core strength to get from a lying down position…
Seniors can surf on long boards because they are the most accommodating to all the demands of surfing. Many surfers who started out young, move to more high volume boards because they keep the fun. The demands of surfing are paddling, catching waves, and riding the waves. All three are easier with a high volume…
The timing of catching real surf waves takes practice and is worked on all your life. It starts by learning the timing of catching foam waves and progresses to catching bigger foam waves and small real waves. Timing requires judgment and judgment has to be learned. It helps to watch video and live surfers to…
Catching foam surfing waves is where beginners start. Don’t allow friends to take you to the outside and tell you just catch a wave. Beginners use high volume soft top boards because they make learning easier. The fundamentals learned by beginner surfers to catch and ride foam waves transition easily to bigger foam waves and…
Beginners surfer fundamentals are same as used for advanced surfing. Beginners go from riding foam waves to riding real waves by just mastering the basics. Beginners start with high volume foam boards in waist deep foam waves. As they progress, they start paddling out to bigger foam waves and then real waves. At the beginning…
Learning short board surfing maneuvers can begin with intermediate surfers after they have learned to catch real waves. The maneuvers help surfers ride and enjoy the waves. The most important are the bottom turn, accelerating, and the cut back. With these three as the basics, surfers can move on to add other techniques. It is…
Surfing the shortboard is culmination of learning fundamentals and advancing to master them. Beginners start with high volume soft tops as they learn to ride foam waves. Then they progress to paddling out to larger foam and then real waves. The progressing surfer notices that three things begin to change as the boards get shorter….