Lessons & spot guides.
Two things in one place, short video lessons for the technique and etiquette you actually need in the water, and honest local write-ups of the South Wales breaks we surf. More on the way.
Learn the moves & the manners
Short animated videos paired with a full written breakdown. Watch once, read once, paddle out knowing what to do.
How to pop up, shortboard
An animated video and full guide to the shortboard pop-up. Classic one-motion vs step-through, stance, common mistakes and land drills.
How to pop up, longboard
The calm, two-step longboard pop-up, plus the one-motion variant for performance logs. Stance for trim, common mistakes, drills.
Surf etiquette
The unwritten rules of the lineup, in a video and a full written guide. Priority, drop-ins, paddling out, the lot.
Reading a wave, paddling out, the duck-dive, in the works.
South Wales, spot by spot
When each break fires, what the wind needs to do, and the calls you only learn from years sitting in the lineup.
Gower vs Porthcawl
When does the Gower fire and when does Porthcawl win? A local's call on swell direction, wind shelter and tide.
Freshwater West
Swell windows, tide tricks and the rip currents to respect at Pembrokeshire's most consistent beach break.
Llangennith, Caswell, Rest Bay, Manorbier and the rest of the coast, in the works.
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