Over The Dune | Get Surfing
Menu
  • Stories
  • Lessons Learned
  • Surfing Slang
  • About
  • Contact
No-nonsense tips for beginner and intermediate surfers
Browse: Home » Surf Culture
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 privileged few: Localism

The privileged few: Localism

· by Sam · in Surf Culture

Fist shaking, a bit of lip service. There’s a chance you might come across an angry oik with a penchant for tyre slashing, but in the vast majority of times, it’s just posturing. 

Looking Cool While Surfing

Cool Learners Look Stupid

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

Tell the truth about your experience and what you’d like to achieve. More time surfing waves and less time drinking sea water.

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.

Boardmasters 2016 Big B Sign

Is Boardmasters a surfer’s festival?

· by Sam · in Events, Stories, Surf Culture

There are loads of surf festivals in Europe. Boardmasters is the biggest by far. But is it really for surfers?

The answer isn’t simple.

Shark Infested Surf Forums

Shark Infested Forums

· by Sam · in Surf Culture

Learner surfer looking for help? This is a safety warning: surf forums are shark infested waters… Beware the trolls Sadly, animosity towards beginners is part of surfing. It’s not universal, but there’s no denying the spite some people have for…

Get In The Water And Try It Surfing

Get In The Water And Try It!

· by Sam · in Surf Culture

I’m on a mission to prove just how fun and easy it is to get surfing. I still don’t consider myself good enough to be “a surfer”, but you don’t have to be either. The bottom line Surfing is a weird…

1 2 Next →
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.

Surf tips

Mind Surfer tips: only dreamed of surfing.
Mind Surfer Stick Man

Learner tips: tried once or twice
Learner Surfer Stick Man

Beginner tips: standing up and balancing.Beginner Surfer Stick Man

Intermediate tips: going across the face, paddling out.Intermediate Surfer Stick Man

About

New to Over The Dune?

Over The Dune is a surfing blog about the in-between. The stuff nobody talks about when you're learning to surf.

Find out more on the about page.

Learning to surf progress Beginner
Learning to surf progress Intermediate.

INSTAGRAM

Follow on Instagram

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.

SIGN UP

Surf tips, surf slang and surf stories straight to your inbox.
* indicates required
Find out what I plan to Click here for more sign up info.
One man’s mission to "get" surfing.

Copyright © 2023 Over The Dune | Get Surfing

This site uses cookies, if you stick around, we'll assume that's okay with you. Find out more.