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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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- Buoyancy Pop, Corking
A quick question & answer from Maleeka.
- 2 mins
- Mindfulness
Coach Chris and Coach Ev discuss Christies Question regarding getting in and out of the ocean over rocks while there’s swell in the water.
- 15 mins
- Board Control, Free
Imagine riding a horse. Is “going” the only thing you want to know, or do you also want to know how to stop? Be empowered with the skill to stop in a moment. As you grow in your surfing you’ll have so much more confidence to start setting up waves in crowded line-ups if you know you can stop on a dime if needed.
- 2 mins
- Surfboards
Alexei wrote in to ask a question about moving onwards and upwards from his 9′ INT soft top. Here’s what Coach Ev and I have to say to Alexei about choosing his next surfboard.
- 5 mins
- Podcast
A classic episode we like to hit on every now and again…how not to kook it with your wetsuit !
- 20 mins
- Board Control, Etiquette
Urgency is the theme of this week’s member video analysis. Urgency to hang on to your surfboard, urgency to get out of the way, urgency with your defensive inside skills…while there’s many more instances where urgency will serve a surfer well, the aforementioned three are all packed into 30 seconds of this week’s clip.
A lot can happen in a little time
Your takeaway from this analysis should at least be that when you’re in the water, and perhaps on the verge of being in any one of these 3 scenarios, you will react urgently and early rather than being complacent until you’re forced to respond in a reactive manner which always seems to lead to one being tardy and therefore in a precarious situations.
- 19 mins
- Paddling Technique
Matt’s checking in after a recent run of good swell had him gassed from the paddle out. Should he have been out there? How can he improve his paddling fitness?
- 11 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
- Sitting Turn
Corking is a subtle, but important skill in surfing. Used during the transition from sitting to paddling, corking is a momentary boost of momentum you can capitalize on and make paddling (especially when you start paddling) more speedy and efficient. You should reach a point of proficiency with this skill that whenever you lay down from sitting to paddle, you incorporate the corking technique so that your transition is not only fluid, but beneficial to your ultimate goal.
- 2 mins
Recommended Focus
- Live Studio
Coach Ev and Naomi hop into the Live Studio to review some of the clips they acquired together after a recent session.
- 63 mins
