
The Coaching Board

Discover what to focus on depending on where you’re at in your specific progression journey. The Coaching Board helps you identify the physical and mental skills to acquire according to your experience level.

Check your Level
The cards are colour-coded to 4 experience levels, so you can easily find what’s relevant to you.
Pick a Technique
For each technique, you will find a progression of physical and mental skills to coach yourself.
Focus on the Right Thing
Click through to find the tutorial sections explaining the specific concept to learn for your level.
📋 Structured Courses
Easily find the content you need to watch to accelerate your progression! Our structured courses include common mistakes, key elements, written articles with illustrations and quizzes.
🎥 Video Tutorials
Our courses feature high-quality videos with illustrations, motion design and hyper-slow motion.
🎥 Common Mistakes
Avoid bad habits! Learn how to fix the most common mistakes we see from students.
🔑 Key Elements
Key Elements summarize the crucial knowledge & skills of each course. They can help you practise with more focus.
🙋 Quizzes
Take our Quizzes to test your understanding of the techniques.

🎥 Video Tutorials
We’ve taught thousands of students on our surf retreats for over a decade, which gave us unique insight into how to break down surf techniques into easy, digestible bits.
Premium Video Tutorials
Watch high-quality video tutorials with illustrations, animations, motion design and hyper slow motion.
Chaptered Courses
Easily access specific parts of our tutorials. Our videos are broken down into digestible sections using chapters.
Written Content & Illustrations
Access a written and illustrated breakdown under each video tutorial.

💬 Discussions
Ask questions and receive feedback! Join a community of like-minded surf enthusiasts, share experiences with them and get answers from our Barefoot Coaches.
Members like You
Join a community of like-minded surfers worldwide who are also passionate about progressing their surfing.
Get replies from Barefoot Coaches
Ask questions and receive answers from Barefoot Surf Coaches.
Share with the Community
Share your experiences and find solutions through our community.

🔑 Key Elements
Practise with more focus. The Key Elements summarize the crucial knowledge & skills of each course. Click them to jump right to what you need to focus on during your next surf.

A Quick Reference
Use the Key Elements as your reference for the most important ”Keys” of each technique.
Your Checklist
The Key Elements can serve as your checklist of things you should learn and apply to master a technique.
Save Time
Clicking on Key Elements immediately redirects you to specific sections of our content, saving you time.
🙋 Quizzes
Are you sure you know how to paddle on a surfboard efficiently? Do you know how to generate speed on a wave or set yourself for a deep bottom turn? Our quizzes will test your understanding of the techniques and help you retain the essential elements.
Test your Knowledge
After completing the courses, take our Quizzes to test your understanding of the techniques and avoid the illusion of knowledge. Quizzes feature a mix of multiple questions, true or false and reorder.


Mobile App
Download the courses on your devices for offline access anytime! Once you create your account, head over to the App Store or Google Play Store to download the Barefoot App on your phone and tablet.

Videos loaded locally
Select which courses you want to download on your device. Easily access them on a plane, on the beach and in places with limited internet connection.
Native feel
The app offers a better experience when navigating the content and watching videos. It’s also faster to access directly from your mobile’s home screen.