If you’ve been dreaming about riding real waves, you’rein the right place. Our experienced instructors are passionate about makingsure that by the time you’re done with our lessons, you’ll be ready to facereal waves with confidence and skill. Safety First Before you ever catch a wave, you need to know how tostay safe in the…
Surfing is an exhilarating sport that is accessible to enthusiasts of all sizes and fitness levels. If you’re an overweight individual looking to catch waves, preparing your body and mind for the sport is crucial for enjoying a safe and satisfying experience. Here are five keyways to prepare for surfing, specifically tailored for overweight surfers….
Welcome to Oceanside Surf Lessons, where the sun, sea, and surf make for the perfect family adventure! Whether you’re a family of beginners or you have some little groms who are ready to hang ten, our family-friendly surf lessons are designed to ensure everyone has a safe and enjoyable time on the water. Here’s what…
If you’re an overweight surfer looking to elevate yoursurfing skills, you’ve come to the right place. Improving your surfing isn’t just about spending moretime in the water; it involves a holistic approach to your physical andtechnical training. Here’s how you can enhance your flexibility, strength,stamina, and surfing techniques while managing your weight effectively. Boosting Flexibility…
In lessons, my students often say they do another board sport and want to know if Surfing is Like Other Board Sports. I do a few like skateboarding and am an active snowboarder. Surfing is much different to be competent. The two major differences are surfers start lying down on the board and the surfing…
Surfing is fun and physically demanding. Preparing to Surf the First Time can include some physical routines that make execution in the water more successful. Lean is a big advantage for surfing. Normal weight can be measured on Body Mass Index calculator used by medical and physical training field. It categorizes underweight, normal, overweight, and…
Many new surfers are “boarders” in that they come from other board sports. As beginners they often wonder if Surfers Can Carve on Soft Top Boards. Yes. They can learn in the foam waves. Like in snowboarding, skiing, and skateboarding, boarders need to change directions by edging. The surfer does the same and they apply…
Beginner surfers usually have their thoughts running on How to Surf Bigger Waves. Surfers start with foam waves near the beach and then paddle out to catch bigger foam waves and small real waves. Small real waves require more paddling than bigger real waves because they don’t get steep and don’t have much push. Whereas…
I often get the question of How Many Lessons for Beginners Surfers to Be Good. This is dependent on so many factors. Almost like how many lessons for a person who hasn’t played football to be a good quarterback. Surfing is physically demanding so people who are active, have strength, flexibility, stamina, and are normal…
When people are going to try to learn surfing on their own, they often wind up in a lesson to learn what beginner surfers don’t know. What Do Beginner Surfers Learn in a Lesson? It is amazing to me how far off track beginners are who try to learn on their own and it takes…
An Oceanside Surf Lesson Teaches Fundamentals to get started on the life time surfing adventure. Beginners should know that surfing can be forever and takes patience to advance. Beginners learn surfing is about timing and rhythm. Most have to calm their racing minds to focus on steps. I give students a sequence count to override…
Beginner surfers want to improve and they learn Feeling the Surfboard with Their Feet. Many beginners learning to ride foam waves pop up with locked knees and can’t balance for long before the board changes direction or hits a bump and throws them off. The pop up for beginners and advanced surfers is a little…
Many new surfers say they love surfing after the first time. I find many new students are coming back for more lessons because they have a passion to learn and practice on their own. What is it that makes Surfing Addicting? I try to surf once every day. I often do afternoon sessions so I…
Young surfers are often attracted to surfing because the first see surfers in film. They want to know How Fast they Can Get to Surfing the Short Board. It is certainly like most sports a function of how much time can be invested. Surfing is also a compilation of skills, conditioning, and courage. If beginners…
Beginners progress to Learning Advanced Surfing Carves on soft tops. The 8′ soft top can be a high performance board and not only catch big waves but do the basic advanced maneuvers. The board in the image is a short board, but the beginner starts in these small waves. I often start surfers on their…
The Stance on the Surfboard is a Big Problem and why most surfers who think they are intermediates have to return to lessons for a tune up. They usually say they have problems with one thing or another, but 95% of the time it is their stance. The surfboard is designed to have the surfer’s…
Beginner Surfers Get Fit for Surfing to enable learning and progress. Surfing is physical and has some demands even for beginners. One of the areas beginners lack most is flexibility. It takes flexibility to get the feet under the body to stand up on the surfboard. A lack of flexibility makes it very difficult to…
Progress to advanced is impeded by the Mistakes Beginner Surfers Make. As an instructor, I hate to say that some instructors teach bad practices. If they are caught early they can be corrected. Starting on your own creates lots of bad habits. Surfing is more technical than all beginners expect. Many listen to the dry…
Beginner Surfers Progress from Foam to Real Waves with excellent practice. The beginning fundamentals for surfing are the same fundamentals used for advanced surfing. Surfing is a full body sport and one that progresses slowly for most. It is like karate where participants get different color belts as they get better. Surfing begins by learning…
Surfers Get Lean and Get Fit to become better surfers. These efforts complement their practice in the water. It takes conditioning to meet bigger challenges. As waves increase in size, they become heavier and faster. This creates a challenge for surfers to be more fit to meet the challenge. Professionals spend as much time increasing…
Beginner Surfers Learn Maneuvers on Soft Tops and can begin in foam waves. Maneuvers are getting the board to carve and executing tricks. Start the first maneuvers/carves in foam waves. While riding straight and balanced, turn the eyes in the direction of the turn and then the upper torso. Place very little pressure on the…
Beginner surfers learn how to ride a surfboard by putting all the techniques in the sequence together in a smooth transition. Beginners may make take it upon themselves to rent a surfboard and venture into the foam waves to attempt to ride it. They are often frustrated because they cannot stand on it for long…
When to buy a surfing short board is a question many beginners have even before they start. It seems the glory of the short board is started because that is what we see in movies and looks so cool as the best surfers carry them to the water. Yet, to have fun on a short…
The addiction of surfing is an amazing phenomena. As an instructor I see it develop often in a first lesson. The thrill of being on a surfboard pushed by a wave is a real connection to the ocean and Nature. Surfing attracts a lot of snowboarders and skateboarders as well as wake surfers because these…
Beginner surfers ride real waves after they have successfully learned to catch and ride foam waves. There are differences between the two that require new skills. After surfers have learned to ride foam waves to the beach, they can learn to paddle out and turn around to catch bigger foam waves. This teaches them to…