Suffering from surf withdrawal

Buy a surf stick long board by carve they help alot with balance and with turns always keeps me busy when there isnt wavesor just hop on a bus if your that desperate i used to ride the train 30 min to ac when i was younger

 

when you were younger!? lol, listen if you want it go for it. There are far stranger things on a bus than a kid with a surfboard.

 

get in shape

Just get into a good fitness schedule, find a pool, buy an indo-board, and be the strongest surfer you can be when you get back to it in the spring. That way, theres less catch-up work to do and you'll be able to focus on your surfing instead of having to catch your breath.

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I hate skating this board is way more like surfing check it out I live in AC I walk my ass to the beach through the projects those people just think were nuts and youll be questioned alot but yea i seen way more weird things on a train then me with my surfboard lol oh sometimes i get a surfs up bro from a local gangster but thats it

 

Sounds like you need new parents!

 

well, 1 thing is for sure...you better get yourself a jobby-job...'cause a car, car insurance, gas, food and every other expense driving back and forth will definitely catch up to you...I wish my biggest problem was that I didn't have a car to get to the beach...God, that would be great! ... your a youngin', man...look at the bright side, at least you only live an hour from the beach and your parents are cool enough to take you there...but it all comes back to the dolla dolla bill y'all, so put down that controller and get out and make some bread, otherwise you'll be a 30 year old, living with your parents, without a car and still posting the same thing on here

 

Definately get an indo board. I got one two winters ago and Ive been using it almost every day since. It might get boring after the first month or so, but there are some cool tricks and exercises you can do to improve your balance, stance, and timing. I also surf in LBI but I'm not sure if there's a bus that stops there. Maybe by Ron Jon? theres a pretty nice sandbar right up the street from the seven eleven. Let me know if you find one that goes through I've been thinking about that

 

Ride the train from NYC to the beach points you will see it all the time

 

Pull ups!!

I feel like I've posted this 1000 times now, but I'll keep saying it because it works. Pull ups! Running and pull ups, with some abs and squats in there, will get you in great shape for surfing. It's not as specific as surfing itself or swimming, but it's damn good. I can give you some specific workouts if you want (just send me a pm and ask), but I came off a 6 month deployment on a navy ship last year in great paddling shape, and I'd credit it all to the pull-ups. Not only does it give you muscular endurance as you increase the reps, but it ads power to your stroke, so you can get more "ummppph" for your buck.

 

coolio, man...don't worry, you'll figure something out...a lot of good advice on this post about working out, you definitely need to be fit, and the more in shape you are, the better your surfing will be...I feel for you, man...I live an hour and a half from the beach and with it getting dark now so damn early it shoots any chance of trying to go out during the week...sucks, but so does life sometimes. Keep your head up, you'll get all the waves you can handle one day!

 

i used to scrounge rides,part-way rides,walk miles and even hitchhike,not that i'm recommending that,leave a board in an outside shower at the beach and take the train.how much do you want to surf? skating is the only substitute,or perhaps snowboard,but i've never done it.get a ride to the beach and surf

 

ya, just hitch. I know I'd pick up anybody I saw with a board by the side of the road...

 

dude im in the same exact position. 16 years old, my parents think its much too cold and i get my license in may. F*CKING MAY. haha im gonna get an old school dancer by longboard larry. since i brought that board up does anyone have a review on these things?

 

save money, get your license, buy a car, drive to the beach... Every teenage surfer living a bit inland goes through the same thing...

Getting my car in high school, felt like freedom...