People often disparage a soft top as a beginner surfboard but Are Soft Tops Good for Advanced Surfing? Do surfers see soft tops in the line up where the real waves break? An 8′ soft top commonly made by Wavestorm and others can be a high performance surfboard. I have seen surfers ride 7′ waves…
Surfing is on many bucket lists and people take surf lessons but What Do People Find Hard About Surfing? It is very technical and very physical and the waves are often threatening to beginner surfers. In lessons, those who are successful are a cross of young, teens and adults. It has so much to do…
Surfing is technical but Beginner Surfers Learn Secrets to Success. In the dry land lesson beginner surfers learn the technique for popping up on the surfboard. In the water they learn the timing for catching waves. The main obstacle most beginner surfers face is their mind’s tendency to race and their instincts to stand up…
There are 4 Ways to Catch Surfing Waves. We assume the surfer has already mastered the pop up after catching foam waves and riding straight to the beach. This ensures his pop up is landing him in the correct stance on the board. A good pop up gets the surfer up every time, not once…
It is consistent that I get calls for instructions from surfers who have been trying to surf for a year or two and finally realize they need help. Why Can’t These Intermediates Surf? The truth is, they are not intermediate surfers because they have lost or never known the basics. They describe their issues and…
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…