Beginners Surf Guide

What Happens in Your First Surf Lesson?

What Happens in Your First Surf Lesson?

Nervous about your first surf lesson? Here is what to expect, from check-in and gear to safety, pop-up practice, whitewater waves, falling, and feedback.

What Happens in Your First Surf Lesson?

Nervous about your first surf lesson? Here is what to expect, from check-in and gear to safety, pop-up practice, whitewater waves, falling, and feedback.

Surf Safety for Beginners: Essential Rules Before You Enter the Ocean

Surf Safety for Beginners: Essential Rules Befo...

Learn essential surf safety for beginners, including swimming ability, leashes, board control, safe falling, rip currents, surf etiquette, weather, fatigue, and when not to paddle out.

Surf Safety for Beginners: Essential Rules Befo...

Learn essential surf safety for beginners, including swimming ability, leashes, board control, safe falling, rip currents, surf etiquette, weather, fatigue, and when not to paddle out.

How to Read Waves: A Beginner’s Guide to Understanding the Ocean

How to Read Waves: A Beginner’s Guide to Unders...

Learn how to read waves as a beginner, including peaks, shoulders, whitewater, sets, closeouts, wind, tide, sandbars, currents, and wave selection at Rockaway Beach.

How to Read Waves: A Beginner’s Guide to Unders...

Learn how to read waves as a beginner, including peaks, shoulders, whitewater, sets, closeouts, wind, tide, sandbars, currents, and wave selection at Rockaway Beach.

How to Catch Your First Wave: A Step-by-Step Beginner Guide

How to Catch Your First Wave: A Step-by-Step Be...

Learn how to catch your first wave, including whitewater selection, board position, paddling timing, feeling the glide, popping up, and riding safely toward shore.

How to Catch Your First Wave: A Step-by-Step Be...

Learn how to catch your first wave, including whitewater selection, board position, paddling timing, feeling the glide, popping up, and riding safely toward shore.

How to Stand on a Surfboard: The Correct Beginner Surf Stance

How to Stand on a Surfboard: The Correct Beginn...

Learn the correct beginner surf stance, including foot placement, bent knees, weight distribution, regular versus goofy stance, and how to stay balanced after your pop-up.

How to Stand on a Surfboard: The Correct Beginn...

Learn the correct beginner surf stance, including foot placement, bent knees, weight distribution, regular versus goofy stance, and how to stay balanced after your pop-up.

How to Pop Up on a Surfboard: A Beginner’s Step-by-Step Guide

How to Pop Up on a Surfboard: A Beginner’s Step...

Learn how to pop up on a surfboard with this beginner-friendly step-by-step guide covering hand placement, stance, common mistakes, and how to practice at home.

How to Pop Up on a Surfboard: A Beginner’s Step...

Learn how to pop up on a surfboard with this beginner-friendly step-by-step guide covering hand placement, stance, common mistakes, and how to practice at home.