Tag Archives: surf essentials
Feb-2022
Are surfing lessons necessary? Along the North Coast of Oregon prior to 2005, there really weren’t any exceptional surfing lessons being taught. I and all of my coaches except for one had to learn to surf on their own. (10 women coaches and 2 men coaches over the last 18 years of our program). We […]
Jan-2020
The Surf Check. How to Survey the Beach One of the most important observations you can make when you start surfing is to understand how to read the ever changing conditions of the ocean. These include the ingredients you hear or see in the daily surf report forecast; winds, tides and swell. They also include […]
Mar-2018
For me, it’s always been all about the fit! When I started surfing in the mid 80’s along the North Coast of Oregon, there wasn’t a selection of women’s cold water wetsuits to choose from, in fact there was no cold water wetsuits for surfing being made for women. You could find thick dive suits […]
Be ready to go surfing at a moment’s notice! Spring conditions are opening up those sweet windows of smaller swell and sunshine that I know most of you love. Packing up your surf backpack now, so that it has all of your surfing essentials together, in one place, is key. It gives you a chance […]