Teenage girls love surfing and one of the biggest age groups to start is the 15 year olds. Kids start surfing from 7 years old and lots of pre-teens make great surfers, but I am surprised by the coincidental amount of 15 year olds that start.
The adolescents and teens make great learners because they have been physically active, are flexible, have aerobics in gym classes, and learn well. We begin with the fundamentals but most are surfing and catching their own waves at the end of a lesson
Surf lessons begin with a dry land to introduce the fundamentals, but the real learning takes place in the water. I begin by pushing students into waves so they can focus on paddling, getting in front of waves and popping up. Most get this in about 20 minutes.
Learning to Paddle
Teenage girls are usually excellent paddlers because by this age their arms are long enough to reach over sides of surf board and they have sufficient strength. If they are on swim teams, that practice complements paddling.
After learning to catch waves, students learn to paddle out through foam waves and turn around to catch the next one. This is where the real fun begins. They get the feeling of independence, comfort in the ocean, and the timing of the whole process. \
Advancing in Surfing
The next advancement is to paddle out further for bigger foam waves or begin to attempt small real waves. The difference between catching foam waves and real waves is the timing. There is a lot of time to catch a foam wave, but a real wave forms and crashes in a few seconds. Therefore, positioning becomes important.
Teenage girls don’t just do it to be with the boys. They do everything boys do these days and do it for their own pride and enjoyment.
For Surf Lessons in Oceanside, see the Home Page
See my Dry Land and in Water Demo video
See a great video on Catching Real Waves