It is fun Carving on Soft Top Surf Boards and good training for the time when surfers will be riding hard boards. The main difference is soft tops have thick rails and cannot be pushed into the water as deeply as hard boards. The action has to more subtle. Beginner surfers can start carving in…
Many new prospects ask What Do Oceanside Surf Lessons Teach. Learning to surf opens a whole world of new opportunities and often people learn a lot about themselves they didn’t know. It is a quick assessment of physical conditioning, learning ability, and courage. There are not a lot of opportunities to measure each of these…
Many beginner surfers want to know How Soon Can Surfers Ride Bigger Waves. I often have new students who want to go out further in the surf and they have not always mastered the fundamentals of surfing in small foam waves. The problems of missing fundamentals become exaggerated in bigger surf. Bigger waves are heavier…
Beginners surfers are intrigued by how they Can Progress to Surf the Short Board. The movies portray experts surfing on short boards and ripping through the waves. It takes time to learn the ropes and progress with skills, physically, and develop the necessary courage. Surfing is an exciting sport that has millions of addicts all…
Beginner surfers get a taste of the physical demands of surfing and can engage in Exercises to Improve Surfing. Surfing demands upper body, lower body, and core strength. It needs flexibility. It requires stamina. It likes a lean body. Working on all at the same time can bring big improvements. Surfing requires agility which improves…
As beginner surfers improve and want the challenge of real waves and smaller boards, they must learn the advanced surfer pop up and feeling their feet. Many beginner surfers start with 9′ or 8′ soft tops but have the ambition to ride real waves on a smaller board. There are three characteristics of smaller boards…
People that are overweight have disadvantages in learning to surf but there is a process for How Overweight People Learn to Surf. The first issues deal with what happened while the person was gaining weight and perhaps leading a sedentary life. Surfing requires a power to weight ratio which says you must have the power…
Beginner surfers can progress from Mastering a Beginner Surfer Pop Up to the Advanced Surfer Pop Up. The beginner pop up is easier because it utilizes muscles already developed and the advanced pop up requires some training. The beginner and advanced pop up work best with a count spoken out loud during the process. They…
Building Surf Paddling Stamina is important for progressing in surfing beyond the beginner stage. In the beginning, surfers start in waist deep water and catch foam waves close to the beach (in Oceanside, CA). They paddle to catch a wave and then walk the board back out. Once beginners have mastered catching the wave, popping…
Most new surfers don’t realize the Wrong Surf Board Stance Ends the Ride. The stance for beginners riding real waves and the advanced surfers on real waves in the pocket look different. The surfer in the pocket has his butt over one rail as he tries to hold the rail into the face of the…