East Coast Wahines

Hey everyone! A little note from the Northeast: the east coast goes flat in the summer for very long periods of time.  It’s so depressing!  We have been scrounging for weeks now for anything ridable.  After a while, you get so tired of trying to surf a knee to waist high wave that you just stop checking the waves.  At least the water is warming up.  I am down to a 3/2 (maybe no booties, I’ll have to see next time I surf. Most people are not wearing them anymore but my little piglets are sensitive). 

With the major lack of surf (all the while I am trying to prepare for my big summer trip to Indonesia and Western Australia), what can one do to stay fit for surfing?  I would love for everyone to start a thread following this message with tips or advice.  Here’s my own training regimen (which I do sporadically and in no particular order): Running is always great for cardiovascular, especially sprinting to help with that quick sprint to not get caught inside (I’ll admit, I do not often do sprints but I should), practicing on an Indo board or any balance board, paddling in the flatness of the Atlantic and taking out my surf deprivation induced anger on it, then there’s the gym.  I hate to pay to work out but the yoga classes and weights are amazing for my surfing.  Because I have strong running legs, I usually work my upper body including lats, shoulders, chest, biceps, and triceps.  If you don’t belong to a gym, just do sit ups and push ups or even practice pop-ups which I stil do from time to time.  In the end, surfing is what will improve your surfing the most but it’s important to stay fit during the flat times so that the next time there is a great swell, you don’t get tired after an hour or two.  Happy training and happy summer to everyone!