Surf Club, San Diego

Board handling refers to how confident you are with turning, siting up, lying down, turtle rolling and much more. Board handling is an essential skill to surfing confidently out in the line up. Being able to handle your board will be the difference between catching 1 wave in the session and catching 10. This is the first skill we cover in the beginner surf clinic

I am sure you have heard that surfing is 90% paddling, 9.9% falling and 0.1% standing up on the board. Master the paddling technique so you can catch any wave you want. We cover the paddling technique in-depth and constantly review in every surf session. 

The connection between catching the wave and standing up. The Pop up is another essential surfing skill that we cover in our 2-month surf clinic. We teach the fundamental technique of the pop up so you are able to understand and correct your own mistakes. We coach you to coach yourself! 

Surf Scenarios is a concept based surfing theory class, that covers the basics principles of line up management. The surf scenarios theory class will give you a basic understanding of what the line up is and how you should manage yourself in it while you are progressing from surfing white water waves to surfing green water waves. Not sure what I mean by that? Well this theory class explains it all

Reading and catching waves is by far the most exciting and challenging aspect of surfing. This theory class breaks the concept down into bite size chunks so you have the ability to catch any and every wave you want. 

Timing the pop up is imperative to your success as a surfer. Generally it takes reviewing the technique a couple of times before most people are able to master it. So, we will be reviewing the pop up multiple times. This theory sheds light on the most common mistakes associated with the pop up technique, how to spot them and how to fix them without the help of a coach. 

In order to fully understand waves, you need to understand the variables that both create them and destroy them. This theory class breaks down how waves are created and how they break so you have a holistic understanding of waves. Ultimately making it easier for you to learn how to read surf forecasts and how to read and catch waves. 

The next step in your surf progress is to learn to turn the surfboard. In this theory class we discuss how to turn the surfboard, we break down both wave mechanics and body mechanics so you know exactly why, how and when to turn the surfboard.