Have you ever met people who have adopted the mentality of “ohh I’m too old to do that”? These same people will ask themselves, Am I too old to go surfing? And, the sad thing is most of these types of people are only in their 30’s and will answer yes! When I meet these...Read More

Surin beach is considered one of Phuket’s most beautiful beaches. It’s quite short and lined with coconut trees and covered in white sand. There are plenty of local vendors selling food & drinks and you will often find locals having picnics. You can’t help but feel you are in a tropical paradise when being on...Read More

BangTao is part of the island's newest exciting buzzy areas, Cherngtalay. With such a beautiful stretch of sand, it’s no surprise why Bangtao has become the home of some of the largest and most luxurious resorts on the island.Read More

Choose your destination: “Thailand is arguably the best learn to surf destination in the world with gentle fun waves.” There are quite a few surfing spots in Thailand; especially on Phuket such as Bangtao Beach, Patong Beach and Kata Beach. Phuket is an easy travel destination with cheap direct flights from all major Thai airports...Read More

What’s the best surf food? Surf Food I remember growing up as a kid and watching TV commercials of Nutrigrain. A cereal that was promoted as ironman surf food which, mum gave their young ocean champions. I grew up thinking I had to eat that cereal which would turn me into a muscle surfing machine. Now,...Read More

Do you stretch before surfing? As a young person its normal to scoff down two sandwiches, a slice of pizza and some chocolate milk then run straight into the water and start paddling out into the waves. Not approving of this, your mum may have said “wait 20 minutes before you go swimming” but what...Read More

A little safety shout out, Whenever you are in the water, never hold the little rope that connects your leash to the board. A surfer the other day was doing this and as a wave came it spun the board around and the rope cut the top of his finger clean off. You can pull on your...Read More

[ux_image id=”219″] [gap] [follow style=”fill” align=”center” scale=”98″ facebook=”x” instagram=”x” youtube=”x”] [gap] How to wipe out correctly We have all watched those videos of surfers taking off on what can only be called ‘ridiculously big waves’. You watch as half way down the face of the wave, the surfer is bumped or they lose control, putting them into a...Read More

Surf Therapy ‘Missed your alarm and late for work, traffic jams on the bypass rd make you even later. You arrive to work to find some of your staff have decided to not show up and then looking on your desk you find a pile of unpaid bills.’ Maybe not an everyday scenario but i’m sure...Read More

Where Do Beginners Begin? While sipping on my cold coconut, a very enthusiastic man came up to me asking to rent a surf board. I asked him if he had ever surfed before. In an over confident manner he replied “yes yes yes i have had seven lessons on Youtube”. Hmmm, with a curious frown I gave him a...Read More