Surf Mastery

Surf Mastery

Surfing involves the potential for endless discovery. Even a lifetime of dedication still won’t ensure total mastery. There are always new things to learn, new waves to ride, and new ways to ride them! This section is for intermediate and advanced level surfers to explore surfing with more speed and control, as well as working on more advanced turns, tube riding, and nose riding.

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Surf Mastery
  • How to Generate Speed by Pumping

    Learn how to generate your own speed, so you aren’t at the mercy of the wave’s quality. Learn how to find that speed, even in soft, mushy waves! This sets you up for starting bigger, better turns. Holly shows you how to pump your surfboard – whether shortboard, mid-length, or longboard. Let’s go!

  • What Do I Do With My Arms? Shortboard Edition

    Holly reveals essential techniques for optimizing your arm movements while shortboarding. Discover techniques for backside turns, frontside turns, getting barreled, and avoiding common mistakes.

  • Where Should Your Back Foot Be on a Shortboard?

    Foot placement is key on all surfboards, but the shorter the board, the more crucial. Holly explains where you should have your back foot for maximum control when doing turns on a shortboard.

  • How To Ride Out of Shortboard Turns

    Looking to ride out more turns? Holly shares her top advice for shortboarders on landing turns smoothly and effectively.

  • Troubleshoot Your Top Turn

    Struggling with top turns? Holly shares troubleshooting tips for completing the crucial second half of a top turn on any board type—shortboard, fish, mid-length, or longboard.

  • Mindful Movement: Twisting Turns

    In order to do a maneuver that you've always wanted to do, you have to be able to imagine yourself doing it! This exercise will help you improve your mind-body connection to perfect your frontside cutbacks or backside bottom turns.

  • How to Take Off Frontside for Steep Hollow Waves

    Getting tubed requires you to take off steep and deep. This video talks you through the techniques you'll need to achieve that, plus troubleshooting tips to refine your skills.

  • How to Pop Up in Hollow Waves

    Tube riding is probably one of the most sought after goals in surfing. It's not easy but it's oh-so-worth-it. Holly (with special guest Charlie) shares insights from an advanced tube retreat in Nicaragua. She highlights how to pop up in hollow waves and offers tips on how to train at home for suc...

  • 3 Tips for Making it Out of the Barrel

    SWA Surf Coach Chloe shares her story of learning how to make the drop, pull in, and eventually make it out of the barrel. She shares 3 tips that helped her achieve her barrel-riding goals along the way- how to visualize it, how to lean on your community, and what to do with your arms to help gui...

  • How to "Pig Dog"

    Learn how to get barreled backside with Holly in this quick video. Discover the techniques to master the “pig dog" and get barreled like a pro!

  • How To Hang 5

    Shea dives into the art of hanging five, defining key elements like lift and hold. She also explores key longboard features for nose riding and shares tips to elevate your ride.

    If you haven't watched our Introduction To Cross Stepping tutorial check it out here: https://online.surfwithamigas.co...

  • How to Cross-Step Redirect on a Longboard

    Shelly is one of our favorite surf instructors. She hails from the gorgeous right point breaks of the Sunshine Coast, Australia where she picked up a relaxed, cruisey style. We asked her to explain how she does one of her signature moves and she was happy to talk us through the cross-step re-dire...

  • What is a Step-Up Surfboard?

    Holly breaks down the differences between step-up, standard shortboards, and step-down boards. Learn when and why each type might be the best choice for your surf session.

  • Why Finless Surfing Is Good for You

    Ready for a challenge? Holly introduces her finless quiver, explains the differences between boards, and shows why learning to surf a finless board will improve your full rail turns and cutbacks.