Learning Short Board Surfing Techniques begins with mastering the beginner techniques on a soft top. Beginner surfing techniques are the basis of advanced surfing techniques. There are not that many ways to get on a surf board and carve. The beginner learns to time waves. He watches a foam wave approach and rolls over onto…
Adults Take Surf Lessons with Kids and everyone has fun together. The great thing about surf lessons is everyone is together and no one gets left behind like skiing on a mountain. Lessons in Oceanside are in waist deep water where swimming is not even necessary. Adults and kids might learn differently and each can…
How Many Surf Lessons to Learn to Surf is a question frequently asked by beginners. It is a great question. People are like snow flakes in that few are alike in physical conditioning, learning aptitude, courage, and Body Mass (BMI) to name a few of the conditions for learning. The first lesson reveals everything. Some…
What Surfers Learn on Foam Waves begins the adventure to riding real waves. It is important in many things to start at the bottom. Surfing is more technical than people realize and the basic techniques that lead to advanced surfing begin at the start. The best way to learn to surf without making it too…
Beginner Surfers Learn on Soft Tops in Oceanside Surf Lessons because it is easier to learn the fundamentals than on a hard board. Surfing is more technical than most people expect and more tiring than beginners expect. A soft top board makes both propositions easier. A larger (high volume soft top) surfboard is easier to…
Learning Short Board Maneuvers follows learning to ride real waves. Many new surfers will hopefully have learned to ride real waves on a soft top board and then they start progressing to shorter boards. The gradual stepping to short boards should be just 6 inches at a time. By the time the surfer is at…
Surfing Begins with the Pop Up. Attempting the pop up in the water is when a beginner learns whether he is going to be able to surf. A lot of people learn in their first lesson that they don’t have the physical abilities or the mental abilities to learn the pop up sequence. The recreation…
3 Ways to Catch Real Surfing Waves for the person advancing from beginner to intermediate surfing. Catching waves is an art and to professionals it is a science. Competitions are won and lost by reading the ocean and understanding how the waves are breaking. Beginners start with developing wave catching skills. A surfer spends his…