INTERMEDIATE SURF COURSE

TIME FOR PROGRESSION...

Taking off and riding unbroken waves is one thing, but attacking things with speed an performing advanced manoeuvres a whole other ball game. 

At this stage, big improvements are a little harder to come by, and now comes the hard work for marginal gains. 

But these gains will transform your surfing. 

In this course you'll be learning advanced manoeuvres, skills, and techniques to maximise what the wave has to offer.

DOT-TO-DOT

Surfing onshore waves is incredibly challenging for the unexperienced, with so many avoiding them altogether.

This is a massive waste, and something that'll hold your surfing progression (and your fun levels) back enormously. 

You'll learn how to surf this types of waves, and join the dots from chop to chop, curve to curve. 

The knife-in

There's a counterintuitive way to approach steep, heavy waves. 

It doesn't make sense in so many ways, yet it's so damn effective. Once you get your head around how it's done you'll use it far, far more often than you might think.

POWER SOURCE 

Every wave you catch has little pockets of power that you can harness. Find these spots effectively and you'll be able to generate way, way more speed. 

But you've got to know how to spot them first, and then how to get to them quickly and efficiently whilst you're at it. 

Harness maximum power, take over the world!

HOW TO PUMP

At this level we're focused on speed that's self generated - in other words, generated by you. 

This puts the onus of control in your hand on a wave, enabling you to go where you want, when you want, and dictate the terms. 

BOTTOM TURNS

Everyone knows what a bottom turn is, but not everyone knows a) How to do them properly. b) Quite how important they are. 

You see, without an effective bottom turn in your arsenal of tricks, you can kiss goodbye to everything else - litterally!

PALM IT UP

A simple hack for nailing your cutbacks more frequently. 

Get your positioning right, and lead with your hands in the right way - and the body and board will follow.

Rowan is an elite surf coach and co-founder of The House of Surf. He's been helping people overcome their fear hurdles in the surf for the past five years.

ROWAN CLIFFORD

Lauren Ringer is an ex-professional surfer, and elite mindset coach. Lauren has been coaching people in and out of the water for the past 10 years. 

LAUREN RINGER