Paddle Better – train to paddle like a pro and reap the rewards
Surfing is a sport which entails intermittent exercise bouts of activity that vary in intensity and duration. These bouts require high muscular and cardio-respiratory endurance and the capacity to produce considerable anaerobic power, particularly in the upper-body. Paddling takes up over 50% of your total surfing sessions, so it’s probably a good thing to work […]
5 ‘unique’ exercises for all Board Riders to work on.
As the old saying goes, “there is more than one way to skin a cat”, which is much like training for the board sports (surf, snow, skate). There are so many different training styles and approaches that are applied to these sports. Some better than others, some very strength and conditioning/sports science focused, some very […]
Sports-specific training is very misunderstood
Sports-specific exercises, aka sports specificity have become increasingly made up to mimic sports movement patterns and have become the ‘norm’ for some fringe sports. The principle of specificity states that sports training should be relevant and appropriate to the sport for which the individual is training in order to produce the desired effect. Ok, this makes […]
Surf Skate: What’s it all about? The right equipment for the job and why corrective practice matters.
Surf skateboards have taken off in recent years and as a coach these are a game changer for skill acquisition for beginner and intermediate surfers. I love them, they are fun to use and are great asset for any surfer to have to work on surf skills, learning weight transfers, body positioning and mastering turns. […]
Surfers: The aquatic gymnasts/ninjas of the sea
Surfing is sport that involves loads of variables that dictates what makes surfing, surfing. What is a standout piece of the surfing puzzle is what makes a surfer, a surfer from a physical standpoint, and the requirements to keep at it and also performance at a high level. Surfing is all based in the water and […]
Maintaining the body from old injuries and sorting out niggles: A focus for the seasoned board rider (surf, snow, skate).
Common themes I see within board riders who are the from the more “seasoned crew” is that they have never set foot in a gym, looked for any help and have just got out there and done the hard yards, which is totally fine! I get it, and personally I probably wouldn’t have set foot […]
Breath Development Training: Tips, tricks and how to build that all important mental mindset to be calm and confident.
When it comes to surfing there is one huge factor that is debilitating – fear. That moment you see the bigger set behind the wave you just paddled over in a rush and you have the sinking feeling of, oh no, this is going to break on top of me and completely smash me… I’m […]
“Surf Training” the art, the butchery, the circus tricks and misinformation.
When you think surf training, the first thing that comes to mind is usually someone mucking around on a bloody bosu ball or Swiss ball and them mimicking surf turns, balancing on a plywood board onto of a ball and then doing a ‘popup’ onto a board balanced on more Swiss balls. In reality, it’s […]