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Surf Completely – How To Takeoff at an Angle

The key to riding down the line on a “green wave” is taking off at an angle. Here Britney explains the best way to take off to assure you get a nice ride down the line along with some examples of take...

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Surf Completely – A Yoga Sequence for Duck diving

If you want to work on your duck dive on dry land, here’s a short vinyasa sequence to activate the core and mimic the duck dive postures in order to strengthen the muscles and get the movements into...

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How To Read Waves: Lesson 1 – types of breaks

The first thing a new surfer wants to learn (after they’ve learned the very basics of how to stand up on a wave) is how to “read” waves. While we wish there was a secret password to unlocking this...

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Release Your Spine – Advice from Physical Therapist Sofia Costa

Sofia Costa joined Surf With Amigas on a retreat towards the end of 2014. She is a Dr. of physical therapy originally from Puerto Rico, now living and treating surfers in Santa Monica, CA. Sofia has...

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How To Make Your Own Surfboard – By Alex Berning

The most exciting thing I have been doing on my vacation is working on my new surfboard. A friend of mine had been constructing a machine to make surfboards for a while now and he had finally finished,...

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Don’t Check in the Surfboards – I’m Staying! – Alex’s story of making a new...

“Dont check-in the surfboards, I’m staying” These were the last words I told to my then boyfriend, when we were at the airport about to end a trip to Costa Rica for our home in Spain. It was one of...

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How to Make Friends and Catch More Waves: Surfing in a Lineup

By Surf With Amigas Surf and Yoga Instructor Carly Fox How to Make Friends and Catch More Waves: Surfing in a Lineup!  The beauty of the Amigas retreat experience is that we take a group of radical,...

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What’s Wrong With My Pop-Up? – Video Coaching from Afar

One of my favorite things about Surf With Amigas is the chance to help ladies improve their surfing. But what if you can’t make it on a retreat? Can you still get some tips? YES! We have decided to...

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The Best Sunscreen for Surfing

Wondering how best to protect your skin while surfing? Here are our top three pics (two in the video below and one other further down) for sunscreens that stay on your face, as well as other strategies...

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Surf Tips: Learning How to Cross Step

The cross step. Both graceful and functional, it’s how us long boarders really use the entire surfboard, from front to back & back to front. It’s how the most talented surfers dance and trim their...

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