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.
Foods To Stop Inflammation Surfing With Joint Pain Sucks… Stop It!.. Help your joint pain with food! Is your chronic joint pain from inflammation? Are your chronic injuries not healing? Maybe you’re inflamed man!!!! Let’s get into foods to help joint pain. Everybody is going to deal with some joint injury at some point in life. Creaky achy…
The Paleo Diet.. What The Hell Is It? Do you even know what paleo diet really means? This whole blog post got started because I decided to get into a paleo diet discussion on facebook… That turned out to be about as valuable as cutting off both of my thumbs. Anyways, I get asked about…
2 Movements… You Should Do Them! Some essential basics for being able to surf are a functionally strong and pain free core, and the ability to balance on an unstable surface. So train to get better at those physical requirements!! You may be asking “How!?!?!” Well, you need a foam roller, or an indo board, and a stability…
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My Most Memorable Surf in Oz I had one of those surreal surf sessions today. I’m not one to heavily romanticize surfing and get overly dramatic about it. I do completely realize how absolutely fun it is, how much I enjoy the shit out of being in the water, and understand the relevance and importance of…
Surf Snack Ideas.. Good Food Surf snacks: Quick snacks, easy to make, higher protein content… and not much garbage. When most people think of a snack, they usually end up considering something made with processed flours, added sugars, food coloring, and little if any protein. Those type of snacks are a good way to throw off…
GET LOOSE AND MOVE! Surfing stretches: If you can’t move well, you sure can’t surf well. As a surfer, dynamic flexibility and ease of movement is truly important to not only surf with some style, but to stay injury free as well….. or you can just keep poo-stancing and looking rad! Seriously, as surfers, we’ve got to…
THIS IS HOW YOU CAN PADDLE STRONGER AND FASTER Here are the BEST METHODS of surf paddling training for building an upper body that can handle some heavy paddling. Paddle training: This original post (below) was written a few years ago. It will give you a huge amount of insight. These more recent posts touch in detail…
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Smash Out Gym Time, Surf Your Ass Off, or Get Zen and Rest? Primary Rule: If there is surf… then get your ass in the water and surf! But should you surf or rest? To progress at this completely awesome sport/lifestyle.. surfing.. you’ve essentially got to be pretty damned fit, and just spend as much…
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Tight Hips Can Wreck Your Back and Hurt Your Surfing Why should you even care about stretching and mobilizing your hips?!?! Excellent question, so get ready to learn. The dynamics of surfing require that your joints be able to move in extremely large ranges of motion, freely and quickly. Think about the simple act of a pop-up,…
Surfing Shoulder Warmup For That Heavy Paddle-out How Well do you Warmup Your Shoulders? Just a few arm swings? WOW, you’re really getting those intrinsic scapular and shoulder stabilizers warmed up…getting your thoracic spine mobilized, cervical range of motion increased, activating your triceps and serratus anterior……really getting primed for that 200meter paddleout… That’s sarcasm, hopefully you picked…
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