Beginner surfers learn to carve after they can ride the board in the proper posture with good balance. Carving is maneuvering on waves to get in and out of pockets, speed, and tricks. You Can Start on Foam Waves Surfers learn to carve on foam waves first to get a feel for controlling the surf…
Learning to surf the short board seems to be the immediate goal of many new surf students. They have seen films or watch people at the beach and want to do the same. Learning the Fundamentals It takes mastery of the fundamentals best practiced on a high volume board first on foam waves. Then the…
Surfers learn to catch waves through judgement and learning the timing. Catching waves is a life long practice and one of the most exciting things about surfing. One principal is that the bigger waves are the faster they are moving. Beginners start with foam waves because they have a long window for catching them. Real…
One key to over coming fear of bigger surfing waves is not to jump up in class too fast. We can’t go from riding 4′ waves to riding 8′ waves. When I teach Surf Lessons in Oceanside, we learn the fundamentals on foam waves. There is a reason. There is no reason to go to…
Catching Waves on the Short Board Oceanside has excellent fast breaks for perfecting skills on the short board. In films we usually see surfers catching waves on short boards. It takes years to be an expert. When I teach students how to surf , they start on high volume surf boards. They learn to paddle…
The surfing duck dive is an advanced technique for short boards.When I teach Surf Lessons in Oceanside CA, the first lesson in paddling for waves is going over the foam wave coming in. If the waves are small, you can go over them easily on a soft top board or duck the nose under the…
Many of my Oceanside Surf Lesson CA students want to move to shorter boards as soon as possible. Most don’t realize the slow progression through the short board techniques begin with mastering the high volume board techniques. The short board is by nature less stable than a higher volume long board or beginner soft top….
Surfing the Short Board New students often want to surf the short board, but in Oceanside Surf Lessons they start with 8′ or 9′ soft tops. These have high volume in length, width, and thickness. Many new surfers dream of the day they can start riding shorter boards. Short Boards are Difficult One should be…
Getting into the Pocket of a Real Wave When I teach new surfers in Oceanside Surf Lessons USA, we begin riding foam waves straight to the beach. The most important aspect is learning to pop up and ride balanced on the board. The board is designed to go straight when you are in the right posture and…
The surfing cut back is performed to catch the power of the wave and for style. The Surfing Cut Back on Real Waves When I teach new Students to Surf in Oceanside Lessons USA, our first goal is going straight to the beach on foam waves. Once you start riding real waves, you want to stay…