Many people ask when to change surfboards. Beginners should start with high volume soft top boards so learning the fundamentals is not hampered by having an advanced surfboard. I suggest beginners start with a high volume board bigger than they would use if they were experienced. I start most teens and adults on 9′ soft…
People wonder how overweight people get lean surfing. It is through a combination of strategies, patience, and persistence. A human body does not like to relinquish weight easily because early man needed his fat to subsist in lean (starvation) times (the winter). Yet, if like early man, a person exercises and gives his body the…
How long before beginners can surf is a function of a good lesson and the surfer’s personal profile. Many new students are riding their first wave. Some have difficulty in standing up in their first lesson. Learning to surf has more techniques than everyone expects. It is not difficult, but students must be good learners…
Wave catching for beginner and intermediate surfers is the essence of progress. First has to be mastering the basic fundamentals of rolling over on the surfboard and paddling the surfboard level and straight to the beach. Then the pop up must be mastered or no waves will be ridden. Beginners surfers start with catching foam…
Many people follow Exercises to Become a Stronger Surfer. It is not just for beginners. Professionals might spend more time out of the water cross training than they spend in the water riding waves. Bigger challenges are supported by better fitness. A beginner starts riding foam waves to the beach. Then he starts paddling through…
I am often asked Can Everyone in a Family Surf? There are two considerations. In my lessons, I will include as young as 5 years old and I have taught seniors up to 77. I have had three generations in one lesson. Moms are often concerned saying I have birthed three kids and am concerned…
Seniors get fit for surfing in a number of ways. Surfing is a full body sport and even moderately exercising the whole body is good preparation. Surfing does require upper body strength, leg strength, flexibility and stamina. A great lifestyle includes exercise. Feeling healthy is a combination of eating properly and exercising the muscles so…
Many of my surf students ask How to Get Fit for Surfing. During the pandemic era, we have all been closed out of various forms of exercise. When gyms closed, many lost their three times a week opportunity to burn calories and fat. Surfing utilizes muscles specific to the sport and yet surfing is a…
Surfers want to get lean for a number of reasons. Surfing improves when the power to weight ratio increases. This is the power to lift your weight off the surfboard. It is important for perfecting the pop up. The pop up becomes more critical when riding bigger waves. Leanness improves oxygen up take. Surfing includes…
Intermediate surfers learn carving and maneuvering after they are riding down the faces of real waves. When a surfer has learned to ride down the faces of real waves and then ride the foam wave to the beach without falling, they have the balance to begin advancing. Carving and maneuvering go hand in hand. On…