Surfing is new to me … and everything is so foreign. Getting sock on and off of the surfboard… don’t know how to do it.
Awkward.
How to rinse the surfboard, how to put it on ground,how to deal with a long surfboard on a windy day? … all new. Is it okay to put it on [...]
Keep these tips in mind while you’re learning to surf and you’ll be shredding it up sooner then you ever imagined!
Have the Right Gear : Make sure you have the right surfboard and and a properly fitting wetsuit (or trunks) when you are first learning to surf. Even though the pros on TV and [...]
You may indeed have stumbled across the existential crisis which faces all dedicated surfers at some point in their lives:
“How does a dedicated surfer balance love, responsibility, and relationships with a surf lifestyle?”
It’s the great risk which comes with any great passion: that one day, your passion will ask too much of you, will be [...]
You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf. – Jon Kabat-Zinn
Beginning surfers often quietly share with me that they feel like giving up on the sport altogether, often due to the perception that they “just can’t seem to get it right“. Although I know plenty of surfers that would revel in the reduction of numbers in the lineup as a result of “learning-fallout”, it needs [...]
You are sitting there minding your own business, merrily going about your daily routine. Your schedule is full, your dinner dates are all lined up, and your dance card is overflowing with too many activities as it is … and then, out of the blue, the surfing bug bites you right smack in your busy [...]
This post is the second in a 2 part article about newbie / beginner surfers, surf school instructors, and the art of surfing.
The long term newbie must understand that he or she falls under a different light for other surfers than short term of vacationing surfers. Whereas short term surfers come and go, and by [...]
