Beginner guide to surf.

In surfing consist a few basic steps which is : Sit on surfboard, Paddling, Duck Dive, Catching Waves, and Pop Up.

How to Sit on Board ?



How to Paddling ?



How to Duck Dive ?


How to Catch Waves ?


How to Pop Up ?



Guide to choose a surfboard

What is your experience level ?


Beginner 


  • Never tried surfing or just gone for a few time.

~ Suitable type of surfboard = Longboards, Mini-Mal/Malibu, Funboards.

Intermediate


  • Surf almost every weekend and already comfortable in the water.
  • Can catch waves almost evertimes waves come.
  • Can ride a waves like riding a bicycle.

~ Suitable type of surfboard = Fish type surfboards, Funboards

Advanced


  • Can catch and see upcoming waves.
  • Can do a long ride do some tricks.
  • Can ride a waves like it was nothing.

~ Suitable type of surfboard = Shortboards or Shorterboards

Pro's


  • Legends

~ Pro's do not need tips.

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Surfing for Beginner !

If you want to learn how to surf, first of all you need a surfboard, leash and fins.
! Don't pick a board without knowing it's function and it's type !

Here is a few type of board


Surfboard Leash 



Surfboard Fins


When surfing, you can wear any suitable shirt or pants but recommended to wear a boardshort wet suit or rashguard while surfing, it is because of it lightness and did not absorb much water.

BoardShort



Wetsuit


Rashguard


Advantages and Benefits of Surfing ! :D

Improved Balance

  • In order to stay on the surfboard, you must have a strong ability to maintain your balance. This skill carries over into everyday life.
  • While it may not appear to be especially important while you're young, having a good sense of balance is increasingly essential as you age.
  • If you can create a good sense of balance while you're young, you will be able to maintain this ability as you age and protect yourself from falls, breaks and fractures.


Increased Strength

  • This comes mostly from paddling your surfboard out into the ocean, and results in the increased muscle mass and strength in your arms, shoulders and chest.
  • It increases your ability to do your activities of daily living.
  • High muscle mass results in an increase in your metabolic rate, thereby increasing calorie burn over the course of the day.
  • This can help you achieve weight loss goals, and can aid in the treatment and prevention of obesity.


Increased Flexibility

  • Increased flexibility is important in that it can not only help to make you a better surfer, but can also aid in the prevention of injuries both on and off the surfboard.
  • If you have a low degree of flexibility, and reach for something on a high counter, chances are that you will pull a muscle in your back.
  • If you have more flexibility, you will be able to do anything with ease.


Improved Cardiovascular Fitness

  • One of the most important benefits associated with surfing is the improvement in your cardiovascular system.
  • Your cardiovascular system is composed of your heart, as well as the veins and arteries that work to bring blood to and from the heart.
  • Strengthening your cardiovascular system can help improve shortness of breath, fatigue and even prevent heart attacks.
  • Research has found that the best way to improve your cardiovascular system is by participating in activities such as walking, swimming or surfing that stress your heart and the accessory organs.

The Benefits !


Surfing is a great cardiovascular exercise, using mostly upper body muscles to do the paddling work, and leg muscles to guide the board once you're up and riding.
Since surfing involves more time paddling, it provides an intense upper body and core workout. Paddling out against the waves can require a lot of effort.
Here's a quick bullet point summary of the physical health benefits of surfing :-

  • Cardiovascular and heart health
  • Helps muscle tone
  • Endurance development
  • Increased energy
  • Increased core strength

Surfing for Exercise

The best part about surfing for exercise is that it's so enjoyable that by the time you check your watch you've already been surfing for an hour or so, and you're happy to keep going for longer.
Most people wouldn't say the same thing about going out for a run or a workout in the gym. Fitness instructors will tell you that it's not so much about the intensity of your workout, but rather the time spent exercising.
When you're surfing, you're constantly moving and working your body, resulting in an excellent extended workout.

Surfing for Fun

The health benefits of surfing don't only apply to your physical health.
There are also the mental benefits.
The high stress environment that many people experience in today's busy world is detrimental to our mental health.
Physical exercise, especially something as fun as surfing, helps to offset the negativeeffects of stress.

Surfing and Vitamin D

If you're out in the sunshine your body will be making vitamin D.
This vitamin is essential for strong bones, as it regulates the amount of calcium and phosphorus in the blood.
Vitamin D also helps regulate the growth of skin cells
Your body can actually make all of the vitamin D it needs just by catching some rays outside.

Mentawai Ripcurl Pro 2012 !


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Some Surf Spot in Malaysia

In Malaysia, we got some good surf spot where any level of surfer can surf.

Here is one from Johor, Desaru .


This is where                          
Monsoon Mayhem event being conducted.

 
    A few surfer on action.

Cherating, Pahang.

Asia Surfing Competition event in Cherating, Pahang.


Volcom Surf Contest in Cherating Pahang.


Batu Burok Beach, Terengganu.

30 Nov - 2 Dec 2012, Ripcurl Pro.

The First Wave Riding

The act of riding waves with a wooden board originated in Western Polynesia over three thousand years ago. The first surfers were fishermen who discovered riding waves as an efficient method of getting to shore with their catch . Eventually catching waves developed from being part of everyday work to being a pastime. This change revolutionized surfing.

Early historical records of surfing appear in the late 1700s, when Europeans and Polynesians made first contact in Tahiti. Navigator Captain James Cook described how a Tahitian caught waves with his outrigger canoe just for the fun of it:

         "On walking one day about Matavai Point, where our tents were erected, I saw a man paddling in a small canoe so quickly and looking about him with such eagerness of each side. He then sat motionless and was carried along at the same swift rate as the wave, till it landed him upon the beach. Then he started out, emptied his canoe, and went in search of another swell. I could not help concluding that this man felt the most supreme pleasure while he was driven on so fast and so smoothly by the sea."


The first Polynesian settlers to land in Hawaii were most likely skilled in simple surfing, and after a few hundred years of riding the waves of Hawaii, the well-known Hawaiian form of the sport emerged.

The Hawaiians who surfed, the ali'i or high class, claimed the highest reputation for skill with boards on waves.
They developed their own prayers, board shapers, wood and beaches where a select few could surf with people of their talent. No one dared to drop in on their wave in fear of getting punished and possible dying.

The surfboards underwent a sacred ritual before construction. The board maker would dig up the tree and around the roots place fish in the hole as an offering to the gods for the tree. And then the process of shaping began.