The Journey to Better Surfing

Through improved technique, a highly functioning body, and supportive movement and nutrition. This is the path, an education if you will, to improving your surfing with the understanding that your body needs to function optimally.

Paddling Endurance for Surfers: Stronger, Faster, Durable

Paddling Endurance for Surfers: Stronger, Faster, Durable

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…

Paddle Endurance for Surfers: Become a Paddle Monster

Paddle Endurance for Surfers: Become a Paddle Monster

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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Mastering the Wave Pool: Essential Tips for First-Timers at URBN Surf

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…

Paddling Efficiency – 2 Simple Tweaks

Paddling Efficiency – 2 Simple Tweaks

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…

Mobility Drills – More Fluid Surfing

Mobility Drills – More Fluid Surfing

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

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…

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