Hey kids. I am interested in teaching my girl to surf. I am sure many of you will tell me various reasons why not to. This is not what I am soliciting. I am a grown ass man and have made the decision to teach my girlfriend to surf. That being said, I taught myself to surf when I was 12 or 13, slowly progessed from shortboard to funboard back to shortboard and have not spent much time on logs. I dont have any issues with loggin it... i just prefer my fish. That being said, I want to get her started the right way... probably with a sizable soft top... for safety sake. That being said, She is a smart girl. I want to describe the physics of surfing to her which I am confident in my ability to relay and her ability to comprehend. That being said, what tips might you guys have for her? That being said, what tips might you have for me? That being said, thank you for your thyme.
Is she genuinely wanting to learn by her own choice or are you trying to convince her to learn? This matters in what approach you're going to take.
My wife won't listen to a thing I say so I'm no help. Watch your tone of voice. Make sure she surfs topless. I'll be at 14th st. this weekend I'll look for ya'll.Goode lucky
Wait or find the warmest water you can. Get her a warm wetsuit if you can't. 7-to-9' softtop. Beachbreak at low tide on small days. Something with very crumbly waves with a long runout and lots of whitewash. Unless there's a rivermouth or something with a really small clean line that's totally uncrowded. Stay away from other people. Practice pop-ups on the beach. Push her into the first few. Have her paddle and belly-ride a couple. Then paddle and pop-up. Some surf-related fun couples thing afterward, like burritos at a surf shack. Make it a positive experience and she'll want to keep doing it.
yep get a her a female surf coach and then after the lesson tell them they have to shower together to save water
I got my wife a 7ft soft top from Ron Jon several months ago. She didn't like the Ron Jon logo so we picked up some acrylic paint and she painted her own design on there, which made it fun for her and now she has her own "custom" lol. She's been on my McTavish before but the soft top made her more confident that she wasn't going to get hurt I think and she paddled out with me a few times and caught some unbroken waves on her own last couple times and managed to ride some on her belly and then she was able to get to her knees and then she almost got to her feet before falling a few times. It's warm enough again that I think I'm going to get her back out there soon. She doesn't like being pushed into waves, tried that, didn't like it. So I just let her have fun and if she asks for any tips I give them, otherwise, she has seen me do it enough that she has figured out the basics and has heard me talk relentlessly about surfing that it's already programmed in her head what to do lol, But main thing is, just let her have fun and don't expect her to start ripping any time soon. Or ever really. If so that's awesome though. The blue soft top in the back is her daily driver
She wants to learn but is obviously, and rightly so, intimidated by the idea. Staying away from people was #1 on the list while thinking about the logistics of taking her out. I surf sandbridge pretty religiously and shouldn't have any trouble finding an uncrowded peak down there. Other than that we would potentially be surfing in buxton/frisco - same deal shouldn't be hard to find an empty peak. Also good call on having her belly ride a couple... this will give her a feel for when she has actually matched the waves speed and should help her better identify the right time to pop up.
Cool, I wouldn't worry her with too much warning of the dangers, that will just put unnecessary fear in her. Just take her out knee-thigh high stuff at first, then once she gets her basics down, push it to waist high to get her into some actual waves. Don't talk about sharks or anything and if she brings it up down play it and focus on the fun aspects of it. Keep a close eye on her and stay close by and she'll probably be fine.
Key words from DP, make sure she is having fun! DP, I like how clean your garage is! soothing to my eyes!
