When beginning to surf, many beginners were attracted by watching movies and are curious about Why Surfers Like the Short Board. The truth is, there are just as many long board surfers as short boarders. The average age might differ between the two. The age you start surfing makes a difference. Surfing is about fun….
Progress from Soft Tops to Surfing Short Boards in easy steps. Surfers get better with practice, improving physical capabilities, and learning more techniques. The short board is a tool for performing maneuvers that would be too difficult for soft tops or longer boards. The main advantage is the carving. It takes a while for a…
Lose 30 Pounds for Better Surf Performance and improve health and lifestyle in the meantime. Let’s face it, in this era statistics show 40% of adults are obese and soon it will be over 50%. The trend won’t reverse soon because our lifestyles are too set. It takes a great goal to make a change….
There are a good 5 steps to improve surfing performance. Surfing is highly technical and highly physical. It is a beautiful mix of necessary physical and mental skills. A professional surfer has become a finely honed specimen that has created the perfect body and mind for this challenging sport. Beginners immediately realize the sport is…
Lose 30 Pounds and Find New Health with your newly established routine. Life changes for the better when you have established the discipline to lose weight. Having recently dropped my pandemic weight of 200 pounds to a current 165 pounds, I can say its a good trip. People with conditions like heart disease or diabetes…
Carving and Maneuvers Surfing the Soft Top Board are the predecessors to moving to shorter boards. An 8′ soft top is a very maneuverable board and for those who don’t get in the water frequently, it could be their board forever. The value of a soft top board is it is easier to paddle than…
Beginner Surfers Learn to Catch Real Waves after an apprenticeship of riding foam waves. The fundamentals learned to ride foam waves are the same as riding real waves. What is added is the timing necessary for waves, the courage to ride real waves, and the stamina for more paddling. Foam waves can be ridden near…
Getting the Beginner Surfer Pop Up is Key to Progress. Many people need to keep taking lessons or have to take one each time they go to surf because they never got the fundamentals correct. People often preface their request for a lesson with the comment I took a lesson a while ago but I…
Beginner Surfers Get Fit to Surf after they have tried it once and realize they need to physically improve. Surfing improvement is a process of learning more technical skills and getting more surf fit. The professionals follow this path as well as aspiring beginners. Beginner surfers always say the same two things. This is more…
With all the hype in movies going to shortboards, some wonder Why Surfers Like the Long Board. The long board is technically surfboards longer than 9′. Midsize boards are 6’10” to 9′. Shortboards shorter than 6’10” What changes with surfboard sizes. The main essential is volume. The longer boards have more volume. That makes them…