Tips for preparing for a surf trip
Do you want to feel stronger than ever on your board or prepare for your first surf session? Are you familiar with the slang in surf culture? We give tips on how you can train to become stronger and list some slang that might be good to keep an eye on.
Hang out with Hannah as she guides you through some awesome exercises to get stronger on the board:
🧡 Exercise 1 - Variation on push-up
To paddle more efficiently while strengthening muscle memory for your pop-up.
🧡 Exercise 2 - Variation on downward-facing dog
To build strength in the shoulders and core while improving hip mobility. To strengthen your paddling and mobility in your pop-up.
🧡 Exercise 3 - Burpees
To strengthen your fitness and endurance, which means you can surf longer, while burpees train the muscle memory you need for a perfect pop-up.
🧡 Exercise 4 - Superman
Make yourself an enduring paddler. Trains up stability and strength in the back and neck to become an injury-free surfer.
Slang in the surf world
There's a lot of surf slang to keep track of in the surf world. Check out our list below to become a pro.
🏄 Lineup
Used to describe where the waves usually break. Here the surfers sit on their boards and wait for the waves to break.
🏄 Set
A series of waves, two or more, approaching the line-up. The waves in a series are usually what the surfers are waiting for, as these are larger and better to surf on than the waves "between" the series.
🏄 Drop in
This describes a person who starts surfing a wave that someone else is already standing up and surfing on. One of the most important rules to know when surfing yourself: The person closest to the "peak" of the wave (where the wave breaks and turns into white foam) has priority on the wave.
