Surf Etiquette: Localism vs. Aloha Spirit

By on April 16, 2012 in surfing

Surfing has been really popular nowadays; it means that the competition of getting waves is becoming more intense. Hostility can erupt between local surfers and non-local surfers and can also happen between beginners and more experienced surfers. In some places where most surfers hang out, they feel that they need to stand their ground or [...]

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Riding and Maneuvering: How to Wipeout When You Surf

By on April 13, 2012 in surfing, Surfing Maneuvers

Risk is part of any sport that you enter in.  There are even TV shows that play those caught on video moments when extreme sports go bad.   Ouch!  In surfing, most of the bad things happen during a wipe out.  A surfer can acquire injuries, collision, broken boards and sometimes broken ribs.  So in this [...]

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Surfing Rescues: How to Rescue a Swimmer

By on April 10, 2012 in surfing

Most drowning is caused by rip currents. Rip currents can be found near the shore. They start to form in the shallow parts of water where kids swim. Rip currents can be found present in the sea everyday. It is very dangerous to attempt a rescue when there are rip currents. Even professional surfers can [...]

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Surfing Rescues: How to Get Yourself Rescued

By on April 7, 2012 in surfing

Individuals go to the beach to swim. Adventurous people on the other hand visit the beach to surf. Swimming and surfing both provide a lot of fun. But there are times that the ocean can cause danger to these people. When there is a rip tide or strong current, an individual who get caught by [...]

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Surfing Maneuvers: How to Do the Roller Coaster

By on April 4, 2012 in Surf Waves, surfing, Surfing Maneuvers

Despite how professional surfers do it easily, riding a wave is actually very hard to do. Being an expert in surfing takes months (even years) of practice and tons of dedication. It is a tough, demanding, and dangerous sport. Surfing, being an extreme sport, gives the surfer and the audience delight through the performance of [...]

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How to Surf Through the Flat Sections

By on April 1, 2012 in Surf Waves, surfing

Almost every surfer dreams of a year-long supply of great waves to ride. Sadly, this is not always possible. There will be times when the turf becomes too difficult, the waves too dangerous, the waves are too low, or that a flat spell will greet them. However, the wise surfer knows how to have fun [...]

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Surfing Maneuvers: The Roundhouse Cutback

By on March 29, 2012 in surfing

The roundhouse cutback is a great maneuver in surfing when a surfer wants to continue riding a great and powerful wave before it closes out. The basic principle is only to look at where you want your surfboard to go and if you follow your head, the board will normally go in this direction. This [...]

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How to Steer or Turn Your Surfboard

By on March 26, 2012 in surf boards, Surfing Maneuvers

Surfing as one of the highly popular water fun and sports today can be as tough to master particularly when you don’t know how to handle your surfboard.  There will be moments when you would feel so awkward when you are attempting to steer your surfboard and try to ride it on top of one [...]

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How to Do a Cutback When Surfing

By on March 23, 2012 in surfing, Surfing Maneuvers

Surfing is a fun and thrilling sport that permits surfers to do a lot of tricks and showcase their skills. But surfers also know that surfing is an art and requires practice. One of the maneuvers that showcase great skill is a cutback. A Cutback is a common move that displays a surfer’s flexibility and [...]

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The Drop Knee Turn in Surfing

By on March 20, 2012 in surfing, Surfing Maneuvers

The drop knee turn done in a surfboard is basically just placing the leading foot forward with the back knee placed on the back so the surfer will be on a crouching position with one foot flat on the board and one knee back. This is a high performance style of riding a surfboard and [...]

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