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Dr Rip Science Of Surf

Dr Rip: “You Can Always Learn More”

· by Sam · in Surf Science

Dr Rob Brander, known as “Dr Rip” is a geomorphologist, member of the Tamarama Beach Surf Life Saving Club and pipped as Australia’s best known surf scientist. I got in touch to find out a bit more about him and his…

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:

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Mind Surfer tips: only dreamed of surfing.

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Beginner tips: standing up and balancing.

Intermediate tips: going across the face, paddling out.

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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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