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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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Better Paddling Endurance and Improved Posture for Surfers Surfing shouldn’t really be called surfing. A more appropriate name would be something along the lines of: lots of paddling around and occasionally standing up and surfing. That’s why paddling endurance for surfers is so essential. I have no doubt you understand exactly where I’m coming…
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Bigger & More Challenging Surf… If you want to expand your comfort zones, this is how to surf bigger waves and take on the challenge. I want to share with you what I find to be the critical process of surfing bigger and heavier waves and conquering the fear that is inherent in the process….
You pay to play; that’s the importance of surf session recovery. It’s all inputs and outputs. The yin yang of life. This rings true with exceptional loudness and clarity as the years continue to pass by and a life well lived accumulates its injuries and aches. I speak about this often with clients that I…
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To turn, or not to turn, that is the question. Precision and flow, or bog and stall? A thing of grace and potential power, or a wobbly stomp tail flail to the flats. This is a simple process and a few concepts on how you can practice your Bottom Turn on a Surf Skate, create…
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Failed over the falls fumbles? Or fluidly smooth to your feet transitions to effortless down-the-line surfing? There’s a big difference between the two, both physically and mentally. One is the catalyst for stylish and enjoyable surfing, while the other is the stuff of failure, frustration, and embarrassment. Generally, surfers don’t consider the pop-up, until it’s…
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