As a beginner surfer, understanding how to navigate the line-up is crucial for a safe and enjoyable experience in the water. The line-up refers to the area where surfers wait for waves and take turns ...

This guide to surfing for beginners gets you one step closer to diving into your adventures with confidence. The sound and sights of crashing waves. The warm sun beating down on your skin. It only ...

A step-by-step instructional tutorial on transitioning from traditional surfing to SUP surfing. It’s not as easy as you think, but this will help! Contrary to popular belief, SUP surfing is not easy.

For all the great mystique surrounding surfing, it’s actually not that hard to ride a wave. On a huge board, in the right conditions, with a decent instructor, most people will get to their feet the ...

Surfing has one of the longest progression paths of any hobby. It is hyper-nuanced, and it’s very common for beginners to become frustrated and wonder if they should give up. Before you even enter the ...

Surfing has given me many unforgettable years of fun, health and recreation. After teaching beginning surfers for more than 20 years, I’ve seen the long list of obstacles that they have to overcome in ...

You gotta start somewhere, so the saying goes. Even Kelly Slater, the reigning GOAT of professional surfing, didn’t come hurtling out of the womb and straight onto the podium. And unfortunately, ...

I won’t sugarcoat it: most surfers don’t want you to pick up their sport. Surfers can be territorial, aggressive jerks—especially to newbies. Though I’m not excusing that behavior, the instinct is ...

Professional surfers flock to Hawaii in the winter for the big swells, but the islands are a great place for learning how to surf all year round. Photo Credit: HTA/Daeja Fallas It is a quintessential ...

The world discovered modern surfing through Duke Paoa Kahanamoku, a Honolulu native who became an Olympic medalist swimmer at age 21. It was 1912. Duke's good looks, graceful style and unusual hobby ...