Learn surfing on soft top surf boards because it is the quickest route to progress. Soft top boards have high volume which makes catching waves, paddling, and standing up much easier. Short boards are for advanced surfers with years of experience. Soft top surf boards are for learning in foam waves close to the beach….
Start surfing in foam waves because they make it easier to learn the fundamentals. The fundamentals of beginning surfing are similar to advanced surfing on real waves. Therefore, learn where it is easiest. You also start on a high volume soft top board. Once again, it is best to start on a board where learning…
Teens make good surfers because they lead active lives, are still flexible, and generally have good power to weight ratios. These are all important attributes for successful learning. Teens make good surfers also because they are active learners. Learning in school and learning to dance, and learning other sports makes them inclined to pick up…
People ask why take surf lessons in Oceanside while on vacation. Oceanside is a premium location to learn surfing because of the beach break. Waves break outside and then there is a long foam wave that is perfect for beginners to ride. Lots of people working remotely now are learning to surf while living in…
Seniors can surf on long boards because they are the most accommodating to all the demands of surfing. Many surfers who started out young, move to more high volume boards because they keep the fun. The demands of surfing are paddling, catching waves, and riding the waves. All three are easier with a high volume…
Catching foam surfing waves is where beginners start. Don’t allow friends to take you to the outside and tell you just catch a wave. Beginners use high volume soft top boards because they make learning easier. The fundamentals learned by beginner surfers to catch and ride foam waves transition easily to bigger foam waves and…
Beginners surfer fundamentals are same as used for advanced surfing. Beginners go from riding foam waves to riding real waves by just mastering the basics. Beginners start with high volume foam boards in waist deep foam waves. As they progress, they start paddling out to bigger foam waves and then real waves. At the beginning…
New surfers use soft top boards because it gives them many advantages over hard boards. When learning the fundamentals of surfing, a beginner doesn’t want the board to be an issue. Learning the fundamentals is hard enough. The advantages of a soft top with high volume over a hard board shorter than 8′ is that…
Physical conditioning and surfing go well together. Surfing often is conditioning in itself. Surfing infrequently needs out of water maintenance. Conditioning before learning to surf is helpful for new students. Surfing is more physical than all students expect. It is the paddling that requires the most effort. Swimmers are pretrained. Triathletes have most of the…
Learning surfing without lessons is very difficult and maybe impossible. I watch beginners cart their surf boards into the ocean and make frustrating attempts. They make lots of errors. First they don’t know which waves to catch. The majority are jumping in front of waves close to shore that can’t push the surfboard. They jump…