You know the feeling. You’ve just come out of the water after an amazing surf, salt drops dripping from your eyelashes, a smile stretched across your face, and you feel… Euphoric. Or maybe it was a quick dip after work, and now all the stresses...
This easy peasy pre-surf snack is the perfect energy booster before hopping in the water, keeping you energised for hours. There’s nothing worse than surfing on an empty stomach or quickly scoffing down some porridge, trying to fuel yourself for an epic surf, but instead end...
There’s nothing like jumping in the refreshing cold sea to wake you up after a long, dark winter – especially after the year we’ve just had. For me, it had been seven loooong months without the ocean, landlocked and locked down near London. So as...
We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again – one of the best ways to improve your surfing (apart from getting in the water!) is to watch surfing. And these surf film classics should be top of your watch list!...
Women + Waves are here to share why we LOVE surfing in Wales, so much so that we have created a Wales Surf Coaching Weekend so you can come and enjoy it with us. Find out 5 reasons why our Wales Weekend will become a...
Women’s surfing made history when the World Surfing League committed to making all prize money equal in 2018 between men and women. The rule came into effect in 2019 and it was a great move, but it was also long overdue! So that is why...
WAXING YOUR SURFBOARD We’ve all heard the saying ‘Wax on / Wax off’ - It’s a never-ending cycle of waxing your board and taking the wax off to re-wax it. But the good news is, there’s not really a wrong way (unless you put it on...
MASTERING YOUR BACKHAND BOTTOM TURN - Surfing on your backhand is when you ride a wave with your back to it. For regular footers, it’s going left, and goofy footers, going right. It is a skill that many new surfers try to avoid as it feels less...
The education system makes you believe that if you take all the right steps in school, you’ll carve a path into your ideal job post-uni. So why, after almost 20 years of education, did I still not know what my dream job was? When I graduated...
SURFING WITH THE PROS IN THE WORLD SURF LEAGUE (WSL) These aren’t just surfers, these are athletes! Watching surfing is not only entertaining, but it’s a great way to improve your own surfing skills. Whether that’s watching the pro's techniques to perfect your own, or simply to...