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Explore surf lessons, coaching answers, live-session replays, and conversations designed to help you understand what to practice next.
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- Board Control, Press Up, Rail Set
Coach Chris and Coach Evan look over student footage and discuss why people nose dive, and some common mistakes you can correct in order to keep your nose out of the water
- 22 mins
- Free
Expanding your sphere of awareness is a key metric in measuring your growth as a surfer because at it grows it implies that what you are doing as a surfer physically, and what’s near to you in space is becoming familiar to the point where you don’t have to focus on it. This allows you to expand your focus and begin to see and be aware of things that are further from you. Listen to hear more implications of this concept.
- 30 mins
- Uncategorized
Gus reached out with a question on how to improve his back hand. Spoiler alert: There is no secret sauce, but hopefully a few of these points help you practice with the right mindset so you can get your back hand equally as strong as your front hand.
- 21 mins
- Stories
The Coaches swap stories as the surf season picks back up. Coach Evan forgets his backpack at the beach, but gets a sweet extra session out of it. Coach Chris is glad he packed a bigger board for his first day back surfing.
- 19 mins
- Riding Waves
Nguyen has a problem we’ve seen before. Here’s a few of our ideas and advice on how to go about resolving it.
- 4 mins
- Podcast, Press Up
Now that Coach Evan is out here on the East Coast I’ll have to be a little more thoughtful as to how we record the video aspect of our podcasts. I set up the GoPro behind us to try and get the ocean in frame along with us, but my stupid big hat really steals a lot of the frame space. The good thing about doing something poorly is that you have a lot of room to improve!
- 16 mins
- Free, Podcast
In this episode, Coach Chris and Coach Evan discuss how fear can hold you back in surfing, and become a downwards spiral that is difficult to escape. They also examine video examples and give advice on how to commit to waves intelligently, without perpetuating the problem.
- 37 mins
- Press Up
Coach Evan tells the story of rebreaking his collarbone while surfing K-38 and Coach Chris discusses conquering fear in big wave conditions. They also talk about why students are still nosediving during their press-up.
- 28 mins
- Surfboards
Jenn had a good question that also felt somewhat challenging to answer. In hindsight, it’s possible the answer felt difficult to articulate because it’s really so simple. There is no benefit to riding one board or the other in terms of retro vs modern, because it’s possible to learn to ride any board well. This is simple a matter of preference. In regards to the fundamentals, they are always the same regardless of the board you’re on.
It feels like a relief to jot that conclusion down here, because I’m not sure that came off in our video. Nonetheless, Coach Ev and myself had a good time batting this one back and forth and I’m sure you will find some nuggets of valve sprinkled in our free association on surfboard design. Thanks for your question, Jenn!
- 14 mins
Recommended Focus
- Live Studio, Podcast
Coach Chris and Coach Evan are joined my Mind the Surf creator, Andrew Hapke to discuss The Art of Missing Waves in their second live session ever. Check your emails from us to learn more about upcoming live calls.
- 43 mins
