A Fast Standard Pop Up
The “standard pop up” is the most popular take off technique amongst advanced surfers because some conditions such as fast peeling waves require surfers to…
Positioning to get Speed
One of the most common improvement intermediates need to make to generate more speed doesn’t have to do with their technique. Often, the most valuable…
Positioning when Catching Waves: Consistent Reading & Adjusting
Reading waves is an integral part of surfing: it’s constantly done. You need to read the wave while you sit, while you paddle to the…
Post-Take-Off Body Position
This tutorial is about surfers’ body position at the precise moment they get to their feet. Once surfers fix the technical issues with their take-off,…
A take off technique that’s right for you
One of the biggest challenges for beginner & intermediate surfers is to consistently pop up with their feet in the proper position on the surfboard.…
Minimizing Resistance when Paddling
Drag is fluid resistance. It’s the force that decreases your speed when you are moving forward. The paddling technique is frequently overlooked by surfers of…
Parts of a Wave
The first step in learning to read waves is being able to identify their different parts. With the correct vocabulary, you will be able to…
Identifying & Mind Reading the Waves
Advanced surfers usually catch more waves than others because they have the ability to identify waves out at sea faster than the average, and they…
Predicting how Waves will Break
In this tutorial, you will learn the basics of what to look out for in the water, in order to predict how waves will peel.…
How Surf Conditions Affect the Waves
Reading waves could be considered an art. As you progress from a beginner to a more advanced surfer, your capacity to read and anticipate waves…
