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Locals: be nice!

Locals: be nice!

· by Sam · in Stories, Surf Anxiety, Surf Culture

For anyone who lives near a wave, let’s try to be patient and open to travelling surfers. Corona is still around, but so are the anxieties and challenges that we all shrug off in the sea.

The 'system check' aka 'oh good I'm still alive'

The ‘system check’ aka ‘oh good I’m still alive’

· by Sam · in Stories, Surf Anxiety, Surf Technique

You breach. You gob and gawp and hack at the briny blue. Have you been under for three minutes? You fell on the biggest wave you’ve ever tried. You ate it. Four minutes? More?

In the Line Up - Johny Goerend

Going beyond the white water

· by Sam · in Stories, Surf Anxiety, Surf Technique

Getting “out the back” — beyond the white water — isn’t something to shy away from. After the first few times you go surfing, it’s time to get out there.

Uluwatu Surfer Over The Dune

Surfing famous waves

· by Sam · in Stories, Surf Anxiety, Surf Culture

Are you ready? Have you trained enough? Can you handle it? Famous surf spots are terrifying. But only because you forgot one crucial thing.

Fear of surfing scared surfer

Scared of Surfing? You’re doing it right

· by Sam · in Stories, Surf Anxiety, Surf Technique

Surfing is terrifying. This is a good thing.

Fear and panic are two very different things. In surfing fear is healthy. Panic is lethal. Find out how to separate the two.

Hey! Thank you for the support over the years.

I'm not actively keeping this site up to date anymore, but you can check out my new initiative: Recalling Fire.

Over The Dune is about the in-between. The veiled stuff in surfing that nobody talks about. The veterans don't have time for it and beginner surfers pretend they already know.

So, at the risk of sounding out-of-style. Here's my progress so far:

Learning to surf progress Beginner Learning to surf progress Intermediate.

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Mind Surfer tips: only dreamed of surfing.
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Learner tips: tried once or twice
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Beginner tips: standing up and balancing.Beginner Surfer Stick Man

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SURF SLANG

My surf slang dictionary with loads of surfer Stick Man doodles as examples...



Hack – “Throwing spray” with a quick and powerful top turn or cutback.



Bottom turn – Turning in the trough of a wave to face along it. A crucial manoeuvre and often the very first thing a surfer does after he’s popped up.

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