Many surfers trying to progress their skills wonder What is an Advanced Surfer? There is a progression from beginner to advanced without a bell that goes off when you have arrived. Yet there are some good markers as indicators. The beginner surfer begins learning the timing and rhythm of catching foam waves, popping up and…
Lately, I have been faced with The Problems Intermediate Surfers Have. It must be the time of year when people surfing for a while and having problems decide they should get them fixed before the summer season. Ninety five percent of the time, they suffer the same problems. Whether or not they ever learned how…
Surfers progressing to shortboards learn the Surfing Shortboard Carves and Maneuvers. The main reason surfers want to learn the shortboard is because the low volume and thin rails allow deeper cuts into the water and more extreme maneuvers. If this is not your interest, it is easier to surf on higher volume boards. Carving can…
Many beginners surfers coming from other board sports want to know When Beginner Surfers Start Carving. After all, snowboarders and skateboarders get their fun from the carves. They will have a similar feel with surf board carving. Beginner surfers first have to learn to ride the surfboard straight to the beach without falling off in…
Advanced Surfing Techniques help surfers progress from riding foam to real waves and beyond. The fundamentals learned by beginners in foam waves are used in advanced surfing, but in the progression some new skills are learned. A few fundamentals help new surfers progress. They learn how to paddle more effectively, duck dive, and time real…
Everyone beginning to surf and progressing learns how to catch surfing waves. It is about timing and rhythm to catch and ride them. I try to instill this concept in new students. Surfers learn to ride foam waves and then progress to real waves. The concept for catching both is similar. The wave appears. The…
Carving on the Surfing Short Board is the key to starting maneuvers. Most carves are initiated with the same actions. They can be practiced even on a softtop in foam waves. When I have students that are also snowboarders and skateboarders that have mastered the beginning fundamentals of riding foam waves to the beach, I…
Surfing the Short Board is the goal of many new beginners who were enticed to surfing by movies, the culture, and visiting the beach. The short surfboard is like the Top Gun of surfing. The best athletes and professionals perfect their surfing on the shortboard. The surfing shortboard is a low volume board which is…
Short Board Surfers Ride Bigger Waves with improving some basic skills and judgment. Riding bigger waves requires more courage because the crashes are more painful and therefore confidence in one’s abilities is important. There are several ways to build confidence so that courage increases. Strength and stamina are important. Paddling out on bigger days requires…
Surfers Need Fitness and Courage to Progress because both are necessary when beginning to ride real waves. The beginner stays close to the beach and rides easy foam waves. Once he paddles out, he starts to feel the power of the ocean. When paddling out to real waves, it doesn’t take long to get in…