Comments on: 8 – Catching Your First Wave

By: RaymondJ

RaymondJ — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 22:44:38 +0000

This is like a bible to me! Great work man!

Thank you for doing this!

By: john

john — Tue, 31 May 2011 21:00:48 +0000

thank you so much, this is really going to help me when the summer comes around

By: mark

mark — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 10:58:37 +0000

random tip that helped me is writing on the tip of your board if theres something you wanna remeber write it on the tip of your board in greylead A it wont come off in the water and B it rubs off easily you may feel like a douche but when your out there waiting for something its useful to go through small things that will make a difference.

By: Jonno

Jonno — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 05:59:12 +0000

Practice practice practice, I can’t stress more how important water time is, even if you’re not catching loads of waves you’re always learning if you’re out there in the ocean. No one ever became any good at surfing by going out every other weekend when they had time to fit in surfing around other things in there life. If you want to be even an average surfer you need to sack off normal life and responsibilities and get in the water every opportunity, that birthday party you were ment to attend for an old friend you haven’t seen in ages, sack it off if there is swell coming in! The appointment at the bank, sack it off. It’s the only way you will get better. If you haven’t got the time to get in at least 4 times a week the you haven’t got time to learn to surf.

By: Lewis

Lewis — Wed, 05 May 2010 15:32:49 +0000

Great. Picked up where i left off after a days lesson a few years back and i’m confident to get out there this year and actually get some real waves. I appreciate the time you’ve taken to put this whole site together, it’s incredibly helpful!

By: Bruce L.

Bruce L. — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:50:14 +0000

Incredible site with tons of useful information! I was caught in a bit of a rut until I read your section “Missing the wave”. Once I started paddling like a madman I was able to definitely notice the feel of the wave pushing me and now I can consistently catch waves. Thanks!

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:41:17 +0000

Made the decision to take the board out of the garage and check out your site. Lots of great tips. If you could throw in a few diagrams or pictures, it would be perfect. Keep up the good work and thanks!

By: Aidan

Aidan — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:29:41 +0000

Thanks for the tips. Just finished reading them all. Very informative.

By: R

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 02:03:33 +0000

Thanks for taking the time!

By: Gary

Gary — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:12:16 +0000

Thanks for the great tips.

Will be heading to Portugal (Ericeira) for a week soon, can’t wait !

Keep up da good work !