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.
Lower Body Workout for Surfers Lower Body Workout for Surfers: Front squats, lateral hops, single-leg deadlifts, dynamic hip rotations, shrimp squats, crawling squat hops… That is what lower body training for surfers can and should look like. Training reinforces full range of motion through the lower body, as well as complex movement. Yet also strength…
Surf Fitness Watch the video here In order to answer that I want you to understand what is NOT surf fitness. That pic, that is NOT surf fitness. Yeah, maybe it’s somewhat fun, maybe it’s entertaining, but it has absolutely no carryover to you actually performing better in the surf. It is no way physiologically prepares…
Surfing Workout – Move Better Surf Better Surfing Workout: How well do you move? How often do you move? Is the majority of your week spent sitting at a desk, in a car, on a sofa and perhaps a bit of walking in a sagittal (straight forward / backward) direction? Is that sedentary and strictly…
Improve Your Body Improve Your Surfing Improve your surfing – Your body and your health are the foundation of your surfing. Don’t neglect that understanding. If you do, one day you’ll be out paddling, the shoulder pain or searing low back pain will kick in. Â Or perhaps your kids will be frothing, running down the…
There’s something special about surfing. Not only is it damn fun, but there’s an inherent, nearly spiritual attraction to it. It’s an important and integral part of my life, and I’m sure the same applies to you. Something that I personally feel is a deeply driven want, a need to improve. I want to surf…
How To Surf Better Learn how to surf better: We’re back! The legends, me and Twiggy, are back talking shit, answering questions, and blabbering about surfing. Speaking of Surf Coaching Trips, go have a look at what we’ve got coming up, and join us! Surf Coaching Trips Keep an eye out for Episode 3 of…
How To Surf Better How To Improve Your Surfing: The endless ladder of surfing skill acquisition, it’s quite a climb! Â We all want to improve upon how we interact with that beautiful energy of the ocean. Myself and Twiggy Van Ryan, a good buddy of mine and one of the coaches on our Surf Coaching…
Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway. Fear is healthy. It is a necessary part of expanding our comfort zones and pushing boundaries. It’s an inherent part of the process when discovering what we are truly capable of. It can also be paralyzing, culminating in panic, and ultimately limitation. Feel the Fear and Do It…
It’s not just standing on wobble boards. What “surf fitness training” means to me is taking a realistic look at the movement requirements of the sport, and then taking an honest appraisal at your own strengths and weaknesses. Then it comes down to filling the gaps with smart and efficiently applied training. Here’s some higher…
Fix Your Pop Up A skilled, fluid, and effortless movement, or a fumble and flail towards kookdom. If your pop up is in the fumble and flail category, then this post is a mandatory read on your path to better surfing. The Pop Up: It is a movement that is either unconsidered by those that…
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