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.
Injuries, Lack of Endurance, and Lack of Flexibility. That’s probably what I hear about the most from people, or what I see as the general bigger issues. With this video and post, we’ll tackle the lack of endurance. Be sure to watch the Upper Body Surfing Workout video below. A key is making sure you have…
MASTER THE BASICS – SQUAT, PUSH, MAINTENANCE Foundation training: A couple of years ago I made some videos about stretching “for surfers” and threw them up on YouTube. I wrote a few blog posts, filmed a few more videos, threw them on the internet, kept on doing it, and here I am a few years…
The woo. I figured it was about time I share my two cents on the woo. I’ll get to the woo in a second, but first you’ve got to consider the internet. The internet, it’s an intensely strange thing. It’s had an absolutely transformative impact on how humans communicate, how information is shared, framing societal consensus and…
FLEXIBILITY & STRETCHES FOR SURFERS HERE’S TOP WAYS TO MOVE BETTER, IMPROVE YOUR STRETCHING, AND IMPROVE FLEXIBILITY Give this a read, and I’ll give you the quick details of how to stretch more effectively. For the non-stretching folks, this is how you can get started effectively. The tops ways to move better. Why?… You gotta’ get…
How to Improve Flexibility for Surfers, Getting out of Pain, and Improving How you Move…. Green Balls. Time is short. Time to train, or move, or help yourself get of pain, or improve flexibility is valuable. It can be difficult for people to simplify what it is they should be working on. Tennis ball love,…
Surfer Life Interview – The Top Points I recently go the chance to do an interview with Surfer Life.com. I think it went ok, but I tend to ramble, and go off topic, and then ramble a bit more. As soon as I finished the interview I thought there were a few things I wanted…
Florida got some damn good surf in mid-February. It was the first time I’ve surfed in about 2months (since getting back from Indo). It was a solid 4-5foot swell hitting central Florida, super-fun, but did require a fair bit of effort, and had some heavy sweep. I was pretty damned surprised at how quickly I was getting worn…
IF YOU’RE IN CARLSBAD.. I HOPE TO SEE YOU AT THIS SEMINAR! Do you want to learn how to take care of your body? You want to learn methods to improve the way you move? Do you want techniques to keep yourself out of pain and help make yourself more durable? Would you want to…
EXERCISE FOUNDATIONS If you can get to your feet quickly, and with no real faults, you’ve probably never actually considered what it takes to get to your feet, or how to improve your surf pop up. If you fumble around and clumsily get to your feet, pulling that one foot at a time maneuver, you’ve…
I GOT SURFED OUT!! I actually got surfed out! The first time that has ever happened to me. I’ve heard of this rare occurrence before from some fellas that had driven through Mexico but hadn’t come across it first hand. It was like the elusive purple unicorn! By the last day, I didn’t care that it was…
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