Beginning surfers have something special: passion. If they connect to the thrill of riding waves, nothing else matters; not safety, not effectiveness, not even reason.
Here’s the hard truth: you will paddle your surfboard much, much more than you will ever ride it. It’s a difficult truth to reckon with,
There is no magic trick or tip to make you a great surfer. Surf a lot and watch the good riders around you. Stay in
Definition: The reverse can be traced back to 1960’s longboarders who would spin around 180 degrees after taking off fins first. Tom Curren completed a wild,
In the current state of progressive surfing where the above-the-lip tricks have become not just mandatory but downright dominant, the bottom of the wave (the
So to start instruction on how to do a backside roundhouse cutback, we have to go back to one of my previous articles and remember
The Frontside Air Reverse has become the bread and butter of the current wave of progressive surfers. It takes the standard reverse and throws in a massive
Backside surfing is super fun. Although most surfers find frontside to be easier, the backside offers a challenge and an advantage. Riding the wave backside
There is no getting around the reality that surfing is a healthy, exciting way to spend a day and an extraordinarily satisfying way to spend
Surfboard wax is essential to surfing. It is the link between the deck of your surfboard and your feet. Today’s wax creates a bumpy and sticky surface
We might as well face it…if fishing is called “fishing” and not “catching,” so too should surfing go by a different name? It should really
Epoxy surfboards are laminated with epoxy resin which is stronger and lighter than polyester resin, the resin used most commonly in the surfboard industry. While