KookCast: Surf Education

The best podcast for beginner surfers! Tune in to The Surf Continuum's Coach Chris, Coach Evan, and their guests talk about learning to surf and how they learned the hard (and usually hilarious) way to be a little less kooky--or in some cases, just embrace it! Head over to thesurfcontinuum.com/signup to become a member of our team and receive even more value and educational surf content.

2024 La Misión Surf Trip Recap 04/19/2024

2024 La Misión Surf Trip Recap This episode is a recap of the annual surf trips Coach Chris and Coach Ev organize to La Misión in Baja. It begins with an introduction from Coach Chris, moves into a discussion between him and Coach Ev debriefing on important takeaways and key lessons, and finishes with some clips drawn from the raw recordings of both group one and group two at our final dinner of the week. Time Stamps: (00:00) - Coach Chris' Introduction (02:15) - Coach Chris and Coach Ev debrief (39:57) - Audio clips from group one's last dinner (43:06) - Audio clips from group two's last dinner KookCast is brought to you by Coach Chris and Coach Evan of The Surf Continuum. Find unedited pre and unreleased episodes on through their membership website: Sponsored by: www.crookedsurf.com /episode/index/show/thekookcast/id/30898468

SHARK! with Erin LaVallee 03/22/2024

SHARK! with Erin LaVallee This week on KookCast, Erin LaVallee joins Coach Chris to share her story on fulfilling a lifelong dream to surf, the mistakes and successes on the journey, and of course her kooky story. (01:58) - Intro to Erin (08:25) - First Surfboard (09:56) - First Boogie Session & Revelation (16:08) - Background as a tattoo artist (18:08) - Being a woman surfer, courage, and perseverance (27:55) - Surf tripping to the East Coast (30:57) - Erin’s Kooky Story /episode/index/show/thekookcast/id/30494168

Alek Rockrise from The California Surf Academy 02/12/2024

Alek Rockrise from The California Surf Academy This week on KookCast, Alek Rockrise joins Coach Chris to talk surf education, sharing your surf knowledge, and the personal battles that come with it. Thank you to our sponsor for helping us stay warm in the water. Episode timestamps: (02:01) - Alek’s surfing background (07:15) - The grom mentality (08:49) - Teaching “how to read waves” (13:06) - Surf etiquette (16:08) - How we learned to surf (18:58) - Paddling technique (24:15) - Catching waves (27:25) - Why do surfers hate instructors/student surfers? (37:45) - The importance of surf history (41:02) - Surfboard talk (57:00) - The California Surf Academy (59:20) - Alek’s kooky story (1:03:54) - Alek asks a personal question Episode links: /episode/index/show/thekookcast/id/29895168

7 Pillars of The Surf Continuum 01/28/2024

7 Pillars of The Surf Continuum In this episode, Coach Chris and Coach Evan are sitting down to discuss 7 pillars upon which they've built their brand of surf education on. Head over to the membership site and check out the to see pillar #8, which they forgot to include in this recording. (02:04) - What makes surfing special (03:31) - #1. No touching, stabilizing, or pushing students (08:39) - #2. Fundamentals are the foundation (10:27) - #3. Good surfing is simple (12:03) - #4. Create Space (17:53) - #5. Unconditional surfing (20:17) - #6. (link to deeper discussion about this topic) (23:43) - #7 - The joy is in the journey (26:46) - /episode/index/show/thekookcast/id/29679378

Blame it on the Boogie Board 01/13/2024

Blame it on the Boogie Board Coach Chris and Coach Ev are taking you back to the boogie board! One of the most overlooked crafts in helping beginner surfers progress is the boogie board, and in this episode we're telling you a few reasons why. (01:28) Come to La Misión with us (email: ) (01:49) Why Coach Chris gets self conscious about the boogie episodes (03:15) Why the "grom mentality" is so important (05:16) The Values of the Boogie: Timing: Getting Through Waves (11:12) The Values of the Boogie: Catching Waves (14:08) The Values of the Boogie: Setting Your Rail (19:02) The Values of the Boogie: Paddling (20:16) The Values of the Boogie: Release, Corking & Sitting Up (24:54) The Values of the Boogie: Getting Your Feet off the Bottom (27:29) The Values of the Boogie: Getting Your First Tube (28:52) The hardest aspect of this episode /episode/index/show/thekookcast/id/29471283

Paddling Somewhere? Follow the North Star with Rob Case 01/05/2024

Paddling Somewhere? Follow the North Star with Rob Case FINALLY! Rob Case has entered the chat. With KookCast over 200 episodes in, it's safe to say this episode is late. Rob is a paddle technique coach and one of our personal favorite surfers to talk shop with. Check out his website, subscribed to his newsletter, and see the timestamps below to find key moments in our chat together. (01:08) - How I discovered Rob (06:21) - Moving the needle: New board vs Fundamentals (08:23) - The importance of technique (14:17) - Corking technique (22:00) - Finding the sweet spot = control (30:31) - Personal feelings towards copy cats (40:10) - At home workouts & training for paddling (49:37) - How to learn more with Rob (53:26) - Optimizing your surf energy (1:02:04) - Rob’s kooky story /episode/index/show/thekookcast/id/29362038

Catching Up with Matt Warshaw 12/12/2023

Catching Up with Matt Warshaw This week on KookCast, we're happy to have Matt Warshaw back on the show. The premier historian and archivist of surfing, the value of this man's work isn't lost on us, and it shouldn't be lost on you either! Subscribe to the and consider to make help make sure Matt continues his good work. Here's a link to The New Yorker article we discuss at the beginning of the episode: /episode/index/show/thekookcast/id/29037833

Wetsuit Care & Kookery 11/28/2023

Wetsuit Care & Kookery It's in the title! Take care of that thing and don't be a wetsuit kook! Booking spots on our La Misión surf trip 2024. E-mail us: [email protected] to learn more. /episode/index/show/thekookcast/id/28825488

In Deep with Matt George 11/13/2023

In Deep with Matt George Coach Chris sits down with Matt George to discuss his book In Deep, a highly recommended read, which is a compilation of his life's work as a surf writer and journalist. The book covers some serious ground in the surf world, but it's only on KookCast you'll get to hear some of the insights you won't find anywhere else. Watch our video call with extra content on TSC membership site: Buy the book: /episode/index/show/thekookcast/id/28619038

Becoming a More Assertive Surfer 10/28/2023

Becoming a More Assertive Surfer This week on KookCast, Coach Chris and Coach Ev are discussing a surfer characteristic you should develop, but exercise wisdom with how you wield it. /episode/index/show/thekookcast/id/28446992

Creating Time 09/24/2023

Creating Time Do you feel like "it all happens so fast" ? When taking off, or while surfing and suddenly realizing there's a person in your way ? In this episode, Coach Chris and Coach Evan are speaking on a few ways to create time and feel more at ease with the things you need to do in the line-up. /episode/index/show/thekookcast/id/28126352

10 Surfer Instincts You Must Cultivate 07/29/2023

10 Surfer Instincts You Must Cultivate This week on KookCast, Coach Chris and Coach Ev are discussing 10 surfer instincts that separate the experienced surfers from the rest of the pack. /episode/index/show/thekookcast/id/27601431

Do You Catch Waves or Do They Catch You? 07/20/2023

Do You Catch Waves or Do They Catch You? This week on KookCast, Coach Chris and Coach Evan are discussing the difference between surfers who paddle hard to catch waves and surfers who slide effortlessly into wave after wave. /episode/index/show/thekookcast/id/27516381

Position, Position, Position 07/06/2023

Position, Position, Position This week on KookCast, Coach Chris and Coach Ev are discussing three of the most important aspects to catching waves. Position, position, position. /episode/index/show/thekookcast/id/27392904

How to Improve Your Surfing...Other Than Surfing. 06/03/2023

How to Improve Your Surfing...Other Than Surfing. This week on KookCast, Coach Chris and Coach Ev are exploring a topic intern Sophie brought to the table. /episode/index/show/thekookcast/id/27034023

The Unwritten Rules of Surfing: Part 2 05/23/2023

The Unwritten Rules of Surfing: Part 2 Following up on last week's episode, Coach Chris and Coach Ev are back with the second half of their list on the unwritten rules of surfing. Tune in and listen up. /episode/index/show/thekookcast/id/26926029

The Unwritten Rules of Surfing: Part 1 05/19/2023

The Unwritten Rules of Surfing: Part 1 Surfing is unique in the way that a lot of the educational process and lessons learned are unwritten. You figure it out as you go, make mistakes you don't realize are mistakes only to be corrected by an elder. In this episode, Coach Chris and Coach Ev are listing off a bunch of those unspoken and unwritten rules of surfing they can think of. /episode/index/show/thekookcast/id/26890014

No Leg Rope, No Surf 05/08/2023

No Leg Rope, No Surf This week on KookCast, intern Sophie is on the line with this week's episode que'd up for Coach Chris and Coach Ev regarding the recent headlines from Byron Bay, "leash-less surfing is illegal". Let's talk more about that. /episode/index/show/thekookcast/id/26775123

Three Kooky Things You Can Stop Doing Now 04/25/2023

Three Kooky Things You Can Stop Doing Now This week on KookCast, Coach Chris and Coach Ev are hitting you with a list of three kooky things you can stop doing today. /episode/index/show/thekookcast/id/26652804

2 Things Holding Beginner Surfers Back 04/14/2023

2 Things Holding Beginner Surfers Back This week on KookCast, Coach Chris and Coach Ev are talking about 2 things that hold beginners back in their surfing. /episode/index/show/thekookcast/id/26539296

Vamos a El Chante with Fernando Navarro 04/04/2023

Vamos a El Chante with Fernando Navarro This week on KookCast, Fernando Navarro owner of El Chante Surf House joins Coach Chris on a washed up log on Playa Hermosa to talk about his story building his vision for El Chante Surf House, how he learned to surf, and of course his kooky story among other things. Close your eyes and be there on the beach, in the shade of the palm trees with us. /episode/index/show/thekookcast/id/26445384

Catch Waves Better: Don't Turn Your Back to the Ocean 03/30/2023

Catch Waves Better: Don't Turn Your Back to the Ocean Even non-surfers have heard these wise words: "don't turn your back to the ocean", but in this week's episode Coach Chris and Coach Evan are putting their own spin on that advice and it has to do with catching waves. Tune in to hear how you can catch more waves with proficiency by not turning your back to the sea. /episode/index/show/thekookcast/id/26395167

La Misión Surf Trip Recap 03/22/2023

La Misión Surf Trip Recap This week on KookCast, Coach Chris, Coach Ev, and a group of students who joined them on this years La Misión surf trip are recording and remembering another massively successful surf trip to Baja, California. /episode/index/show/thekookcast/id/26304318

How to Deal with Snobby Groms 03/14/2023

How to Deal with Snobby Groms This week on KookCast, Coach Chris and Coach Ev offer some words of advice and encouragement to a young surfer who is getting hassled by some of the local groms. This might be one of those things everyone is going to deal with at least once in their life, and you can either let it beat you down, or make you a stronger person. /episode/index/show/thekookcast/id/26231865

The Delusional Surfer's Guide to Reality 01/17/2023

The Delusional Surfer's Guide to Reality This week on KookCast, Coach Chris and Coach Ev are talking about some of the common ways beginner surfers delude themselves and aim to help those lost souls find their way back to a realistic path to better surfing. /episode/index/show/thekookcast/id/25631043

New Year, New Yeeew! 01/03/2023

New Year, New Yeeew! Happy 2023. In this episode Coach Chris and Coach Ev are talking about the number one way (that's probably also the most overlooked way) to improve yourself as a surfer. Yeew ! /episode/index/show/thekookcast/id/25490871

The Art of Missing Waves 12/20/2022

The Art of Missing Waves This week on KookCast, Coach Chris and Coach Ev are diving a little deeper into a concept that came up in the last episode in regards to having good style. Head to https://thesurfcontinuum.com/longevity for a look at our latest project ! /episode/index/show/thekookcast/id/25382253

Do You Have Good Style? 12/07/2022

Do You Have Good Style? Style is a common topic in surf conversation. We all want to have good style. This week on KookCast, Coach Chris and Coach Ev are talking about some of the lesser considered ways of exhibiting good style. /episode/index/show/thekookcast/id/25258293

Regaining Confidence After Injuries 11/30/2022

Regaining Confidence After Injuries This week on KookCast, Coach Chris and Coach Ev are briefly recapping a member's question they answered in detail on the membership site. The full and in-depth video can be found /episode/index/show/thekookcast/id/25176963

Controlling Wipeouts? YES! How to Wipeout Less 11/11/2022

Controlling Wipeouts? YES! How to Wipeout Less Controlling your wipeout? Isn't that an oxymoron? How can you control a wipeout, if wiping out is losing control? In this episode we're discussing a recent member video we created on this very topic, where Coach Ev grabs his board in the middle of a wipeout and salvages what's left. /episode/index/show/thekookcast/id/24982908

KookCast: Surf Education

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