Every year aspiring surfers rent surf boards and try to Learn Surfing without Instructions. Most learn that it is not only difficult but not possible. When I get surf students that have spent many visits to the ocean to learn on their own, I have to reverse a lot of bad habits. What is the…
Surfing is more technical than everyone expects and after a dry land lesson on surfing, beginners ignore what they heard and resort to instincts when their mind goes “gaga” in the water. The fact that beginners resort to instincts keeps them from learning. There are a few Main Tricks for Beginners to Learn Surfing. In…
Beginner surfers struggle with the sequence of catching waves and popping up until Surfers Learn Timing and Rhythm. I give new students a sequence during the dry land practice and a count to say out loud in the water to set the timing. When I watch surfers try to learn on their own with rented…
Beginners to short boarding want to learn the basic Short Board Surfing Techniques. Hopefully, a surfer’s advance to short board has been slow and patient learning to handle the lower volume by reducing board lengths just six inches at a time. Once a surfer starts with a hard board like the 7’6″ long fun board,…
Many beginner surfers have been sedentary or participate in exercise that is narrow in range. Surfing is a full body sport and Getting Fit to Surf supports quicker progress. Most beginners find various areas of fitness lacking. Surfing is certainly about paddling. Surfing for an hour can be more tiring than swimming for an hour…
Learning to surf is more difficult than everyone expects and these are the Biggest Problems Beginner Surfers Face. Surfing looks so easy and effortless on film but the experience in the water for beginners is quite different. The ability to learn is the major problem I see as an instructor. New students have a set…
Surfers who have problems don’t realize The Surfing Pop and Stance are the Key to Surfing. I have many intermediates coming for lessons with a wide variety of issues they think, but it is always the same things. It is the same for beginners learning to surf. The purpose of the pop up is to…
It is important that Beginner Surfers Learn on the Right Size Board. Surfing is more technical and more tiring than every beginner expects regardless of their conditioning. I have had an ocean swimmer say an hour of surfing is more tiring than an hour of ocean swimming. Not many people can swim for an hour….
Surfing is more technical and more tiring than anyone expects. There are Two Important Requirements to Be a Good Beginner Surfer. There are indeed a lot of requisites to advance and I have several books that outline those steps. But two items stand out. First, a person has to be a good learner. It is…
The dream of many new surfers is to go from Beginner Surfer to Short Boarder. It is a great vision that requires commitment and dedication. There is a lot to learn and physical conditioning to improve. Many beginners want to surf but have no concept of the physical demands of surfing. Surfing is difficult if…