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 […]
“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 […]