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You’re 1.5 hours deep into your session. It’s a beach break, so there’s been quite a few heavy paddle-outs and whitewater battles during your session. You’re paddling back out, and you see a feathering set on the outside. You kick into high gear to get out the back and start heading towards the cresting wave…
I hadn’t surfed in over 7 months. Yes, you read that correctly. The “surf strength coach” guy hadn’t surfed in over 7 months. Life necessities, travel requirements, seeing family in Colorado, it all culminated in a 7 month long dry spell. Literally, not a single time in that duration did I touch a surfboard. What’s…
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The plague and plight of the weekend warrior: a complete and utter lack of paddling endurance. The weakness! Arms that feel like you’re holding bricks. A back that is cramping after holding paddle posture for just 10 minutes. Noodle Arms after a only few waves. Being stuck on the inside and out of gas, and…
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Massage Guns… Are they worth the $$? and how to use them? I’m trying to think of how to type the sound I make when my back gets massage gun’d. Ahhhhhuuuuuuuhhhhhhmmmmmmmmm. Yeah, that’s probably about it or somewhere in that ball park. The sound of pleasure, and vibratory wave forms reverberating through my rib cage…
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The first time at a wave pool It was an unforgettable experience for me. It felt like a trial by fire – from moments of awe-inspiring “wow, this is epic” to humbling thoughts of “have I ever surfed before… I suck!” But that’s what makes wave pools so captivating; they offer an incredible opportunity to…
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A Few Fundamentals of Paddling Please STOP making these mistakes 🛑 After being involved with coaching trips for years now, many of these “basics” seem to be overlooked by the intermediate spectrum of surfers and the beginner group.. A few simple tweaks can make some big changes to your paddling efficiency. Positioning, posture, tensioning, pubic…
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Can you twist? Are you a fluid spiral 🧬, or a disjointed stiff immobile cemented human? Whether you need some loosening and improved “flexibility”, or you’re just after some feel-good movements to undo surf session induced tensions, give these a crack. From an evolutionary perspective, the human body is made to rotate. Gait (walking) is…
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How To Read Waves, Catch More Waves, and Have More Shred Time Surfing, at its true essence, is a body of energy (our human electric body), interacting with a moving wave of energy being dispersed through a liquid medium. Meditate on that for a few minutes. Atoms of vibrating energy, interacting with one another to…
*What is the perfect surf stance? One aspect that can be easily agreed upon is the fact it is NOT the dreaded poo man or poo wo-man stance. But why is that? What makes the unfortunately common poo-man stance, which plagues the beginner and intermediate realm of surfers, so drastically inefficient? And why is it…
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Read the Waves, Learn the Lineup, and Position Yourself to Catch More Waves New surf spots can be a daunting experience, but they don’t have to be. Wanna learn how to catch more waves? With a bit of good surf etiquette, wave knowledge, ocean awareness, and taking into account the politics and pecking order of…
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