Ready to take your surfing to the next level? At Oceanside Surf Lessons, we specialize in elevating your skills from good to great with our tailored lessons designed specifically for intermediate surfers. If you’ve already mastered the basics and are looking to carve, cutback, and ride the waves like a pro, you’re in the perfect…
There are just a few Short Board Surfing Maneuvers to Master to enjoy the shortboard experience. These maneuvers can be learned on soft tops after the surfer is riding real waves. Learning on soft tops and then moving slowly to shorter hard boards is a great way to progress. The basic maneuvers are bottom turns,…
Many boarders including skateboarders and snowboarders want to take carving to surfing when they learn. They ask When Can You Start Learning Surf Carving? You can begin in the foam waves. Carving is applying pressure to the rails of the board with the toes or heels. The surfer starts by looking in the direction of…
Many beginning surfers got inspired by seeing surfing in movies and they instantly want to know How Surfers Move from Soft Tops to Short Boards. It is a slow process that takes frequent visits to the water. Beginner surfers begin on 8′ or 9′ soft tops catching foam waves in waist deep water and riding…
Surfing is a physically demanding and technical sport and many wonder How Surfers Move from Beginner to Advanced. It takes commitment on many levels and conditioning is a constant. Beginner surfers start with a high volume soft top board learning to ride foam waves. They can start in waist deep water and when a good…
Beginner surfers are often excited about riding smaller boards and the question arises How Fast Can Beginner Surfers Ride Short Boards. The process to move from beginner soft tops to short boards is conditional on some basics which include frequency of visits to the water . The short board is a great tool for riding…
Many new surfers enter the sport wanting to be as good as the people they see in film and wonder How Long for Beginner Surfers to be Advanced Surfers. It is a great question and like many sports there are conditions to improving to the highest levels. Being an advanced surfer might be conditional on…
Many intermediates who have learned to ride real waves want to ride shorter boards and learn The Techniques of Riding a Short Board. The transition begins with mastering the fundamentals on a soft top and the gradually moving to shorter boards while not trying to lose too much volume. The volume of a surfboard is…
The Transition from Surfing Foam Waves to Real Waves arrives after mastering the fundamentals. Surfing is more technical than everyone expects and if techniques are not learned correctly, advancing is difficult. A foam wave, especially on sand bar beaches like Oceanside, roll in from the real wave breaking. Many times it reforms and creates a…
Beginner surfers are often inspired to surf from movies but after they start they wonder How Beginner Surfers Get to Short Boards. Call it a long apprenticeship that takes normally about 2 years if you can surf a two to three times a week. Why does it take so long? Is it worth it? Two…