Most beginner surfers have to learn the Difference in Catching Foam Waves and Real Waves. Everyone should start on foam waves close to shore where waves are not heave and don’t move as fast as the outside waves. This is to perfect fundamentals and avoid injury. As students move from foam waves near shore to…
Surf Carving for Beginners is a good way to prepare for the days of advanced surfing. Carving can be learned while riding foam waves straight to the beach. It is the same basics as carving in real waves. Beginner surfers must have the fundamentals of riding stable on the surfboard before carving will be successful….
With summer coming and everyone looking to get in the water it is time to Get Fit For Surfing. Surfing is different than other sports and has some specific areas to work on other than being in over all good physical condition. Surfing is a full body sport. It requires strength, flexibility, and stamina. There…
Surfing is not easy to learn and is physically demanding but who are the best surf students? It is a fun question I always ask myself when I have a family or a couple. Who is going to be the best. Surfing is both a learning task requiring brain body coordination and a physical challenge…
Many surfers trying to progress their skills wonder What is an Advanced Surfer? There is a progression from beginner to advanced without a bell that goes off when you have arrived. Yet there are some good markers as indicators. The beginner surfer begins learning the timing and rhythm of catching foam waves, popping up and…
Lately, I have been faced with The Problems Intermediate Surfers Have. It must be the time of year when people surfing for a while and having problems decide they should get them fixed before the summer season. Ninety five percent of the time, they suffer the same problems. Whether or not they ever learned how…
Beginner Surfers Progress to Advanced on Soft Tops as the fastest route to advanced surfing. Surfing is slowly learned and lots of pieces have to come together to advance. It takes a special type of person to become an advanced surfer. The best way to advance is surfing is slowly. Learn all the fundamentals. Get…
There are 3 steps for beginner surfer progress to become an advanced surfer. There is a road that is traveled to become advanced and there are no shortcuts. Progress often seems slow, but being an advanced surfer is not easy. Beginner surfers often say after their first lesson that it was more technical than they…
Many people who have been sedentary need to learn How to Get Physically Ready for Surfing. Surfing is one of the most full body sports that requires strength, stamina, and flexibility. Sedentary people lack each of these requirements and may also lack the necessary brain to body communication necessary (coordination). It is great surfing is…
Many aspiring surfers want to know how many lessons it takes and What Happens After a Surf Lesson. The goal of my instructions is to make students independent so they can practice on their own. That capability often depends on how the student progressed in the lesson. In the first lesson, a student learns how…