Learning to Catch Bigger Waves on a Soft Top Surf Board is a good step for intermediate surfers. The 8′ soft top build by Wave Storm and other manufacturers can be good tools in real waves. The intermediate is not yet making deep carves or doing tricks, so he can learn to ride waves first….
Learning to Catch Bigger Waves is the ambition of many new surfers. There is the allure of the bigger thrill. New surfers should also be aware that bigger waves are heavier, move faster, and wreck more intensely. Catching bigger waves needs progress in skills, strength, stamina, and courage. Paddling has to become efficient and paddling…
How to Surf Real Waves is a question that will enter a surfer’s mind as he progresses from riding foam waves. The new surf student progresses from riding foam waves to the beach to paddling out to ride bigger foam waves. Then he should begin to look for small real (green) waves. The surfer must…
The Beginner and Advanced Surfer Pop Up for beginner and intermediate surfers. The pop up is one of the big tests for beginners to test their fitness for surfing. It combines the need for upper body strength, core strength, flexibility, and eventually stamina. After a surfer is tired, the pop up is the first thing…
After lessons I am often asked How Beginner Surfers Get Better. There are several ways to get better. They begin with getting in the water as often as possible. Reading about surfing techniques. Watching video of surfers. Asking surfers about new techniques. And watching good surfers. When I began anew 12 years ago, I always…
Learning to Ride a Surfing Short Board is a goal for many new surfers. The younger surfers are the more inclined they are to be thinking of a short board. After all, this is what their friends are riding and this is what the Pros ride. Riding the short board comes after paying a lot…
Many new surfers are wondering how to ride on a surfboard. They make take it upon themselves to rent a surfboard and venture into the foam waves to attempt to ride it. They are often frustrated because they cannot stand on it for long nor ride it very far. What most new surfers don’t consider…
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…
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…
Beginner surfers progress from foam to real waves and move from beginner to intermediate status. This is an exciting time for beginners because this is when they feel they are entering the big leagues. If beginners have mastered the fundamentals of catching foam waves and riding them to the beach, the transition is not difficult….