Nothing beats the thrill of riding a wave on a beautiful sunny day with a good, well-waxed surfboard under your feet. There are quite a few different surfboards out there. Each board has its own name, or several names in…
I love surfing, but I hate seeing my surfboards turn yellow over time. This may not affect the performance of the board, but it looks bad, seeing my once bright board turn a dingy, dull yellow. I decided to get…
If you’re coming from another water sport like whitewater kayaking or even paddle boarding you may be wondering if you can wear a life jacket while surfing and if you should bother. You might be new to surfing and feel…
Maybe you’ve gone down to the beach and seen a bunch of surfers in the water all wearing wetsuits. With everyone seeming to be wearing them these days you might be wondering can you surf without a wetsuit? Or is…
When people go swimming they wear goggles so they can more easily see underwater but if you look at a lineup of surfer’s you’ll see that none of them wear googles. It’s basically unheard of to wear googles while surfing.…
If you’re looking at get into surfing or if you’ve recently been to the beach and see a lineup full of surfing in full body black suits you may be wondering why do surfers wear wetsuits? Is this something that’s…
If you’re coming from a sport like whitewater rafting, jet skiing or kayaking where it’s common to wear a life jacket or personal floatation device (PFD) you may be wondering why don’t surfers wear life jackets? While life jackets can…
While not extremely common, head injuries do happen in surfing from either hitting a reef, rock, sand bed or getting hit in the head by a board. With so many other sports like skating and kite surfing embracing helmets as…