About: Arvid Nicolas

Is It Ever Too Late to Learn to Surf?

Nobody usually asks if they are too old to start swimming or cycling. Surfing creates a different impression...

How Long Does It Take to Learn to Surf?

How long does it take to learn to surf? The honest answer has two parts because it depends...

How to Take Better Surf Photos From the Beach

Watching from the sand is a useful way to spend time between sessions or while your arms recover....

Martial Arts Training for Surfers

Two disciplines that look unrelated ask for the same qualities. Balance while the ground moves, timing that beats...

Yoga Poses Every Surfer Should Practise

Surfing asks the same things of your body every session. You lie on your front with your chest...

Reading a Surf Forecast Before You Paddle Out

A forecast looks like a wall of numbers until you know which four matter. Swell size, swell period,...

Breathing Practice to Stay Calm Underwater

A wave in beginner conditions usually releases quickly. Fear stretches those moments into something much longer, and the...

How to Wipe Out Safely and Come Up Calm

Falling is not the exception in surfing; it is the default. Beginners fall on most waves, and experienced...

How to Spot and Escape a Rip Current

A rip current does not pull you under. It is a narrow band of water moving back out...

Common Beginner Surfing Mistakes and How to Fix Them

Everyone makes similar mistakes when they start surfing. That is reassuring because the solutions are already known, and...

How to Turn on a Surfboard Once You Can Stand Up

Standing up is the first goal. Then you stand up, ride straight at the beach, and the wave...

Three Reasons Your Board Keeps Nosediving and How to Stop It

You paddle, you feel the wave, and then the nose of the board disappears underwater. A moment later,...