Surfing Waves

Hi all,

After a long hiatus from surfing, I have gotten back in the water. I have two surfboards (6'4" performance board and 7'2" gun), a boogie board, and a pair of Makapuus that I have lugged around for the past 15 years. It has always annoyed me that my equipment has been collecting dust for so long. Anyway, these days I'm exhausted by the time I paddle outside, but I'm determined to regain my strength. So I'm going out every day here in San Luis Obispo. I bought a new board to make my paddle-outs easier. It's a Greco 2.0 foamie (8') and it's just what I need right now. I'm actually having a lot of fun with it while I get my body back into shape. Surfing, in my opinion, is a sport that requires a fairly high level of fitness before you can indulge in the most mind blowing aspects of the sport. Of course, getting to that fitness level is still one incredible ride. That's where I'm at right now. Anyway, I'm looking forward to reading the posts and getting to know you all. Happy Surfing.

Welcome to the forum and welcome back to surfing. Yeah fitness is the key to high performance and bigger waves/challenging conditions. I quit surfing for a while too. Before I even bought a board I exercised my shoulders for 6 months in preparation.

Thanks OMS. It's a pleasure to find a good forum. I agree with you that it really helps to prepare your arms and shoulders for surfing. It's best to just get out and start surfing. My first session completely wore me out. All my muscles were sore as hell; it even hurt to sit in a chair. I waited a day, though, and went back for another session and all that soreness just seemed to disappear out there in the lineup. I still got tired, but not nearly like shock of my first day back in the water. In fact, during my second session it felt like my muscle memory returned and it all seemed very familiar again. Hopefully, i'll have enough strength to start using my other boards.