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.

Press Up Analysis 04/25/2025

Press Up Analysis In this episode of KookCast, Coach Chris and Coach Evan are taking a look at a wave where both Coach Chris and a student are taking off. Check out the video on our membership site at: Thanks to our sponsors: /episode/index/show/thekookcast/id/36302175

Sitting Turns: A Discussion with Four Students 02/28/2025

Sitting Turns: A Discussion with Four Students In this episode of KookCast, Coach Chris and Coach Evan are joined by their four students who came on the 2025 La Misión surf trip. This recording was completed after three days of focused sitting turn practice and drilling. Time Stamps: (01:58) - Introductions and shoutouts (02:42) - Episode Topic - “Sitting Turns” (04:02) - Stephen’s thoughts (06:10) - Acknowledging Stephen’s reference to The Surf Continuum (06:36) - Andy’s thoughts (08:25) - Coach Ev (09:03) - Billy’s thoughts - The board responds to “Oh shit” (11:43) - Coach Chris: Purpose & Composure (13:10) - Billy on missing waves (14:07) - Kristin’s thoughts - Being a dynamic surfer (15:15) - Including the steps before and after a sitting turn in your practice (16:00) - Sitting turns used in other scenarios (16:50) - Harnessing the power of your board (18:00) - Mental focus on good technique (18:21) - Sitting Turn mistakes (24:45) - Timing the tail release of a sitting turn (26:40) - Tapping a deeper power in the wave (28:54) - The scenarios when you use the sitting turn (31:45) - Catching waves without paddling (36:23) - Using the correct hand (42:10) - The relationship between paddling position and sitting turn position (46:40) - Corking (49:56) - A way to practice corking 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: /episode/index/show/thekookcast/id/35479400

La Misión 2025 Trip Recap 02/21/2025

La Misión 2025 Trip Recap 250 episodes later and we're still here! In this episode, Coach Chris and Coach Ev sit down to reflect on their recent trip to La Misión with four of their students, share with you some of the highlights, and remind ourselves what this trip is all about. /episode/index/show/thekookcast/id/35377695

Are You Surfing Blind? 01/21/2025

Are You Surfing Blind? In this episode, Coach Chris and Coach Ev are discussing one of the more common impairments surfers face...blindness! Time Stamps: (03:14) - Observing before you hit the water (04:12) - How far away are the walls of your vision? (05:28) - Physical requirements (09:07) - Are you obsessed with your nose ? (11:15) - What you say with your eye-line (12:48) - See better while you set up waves (19:12) - Why you keep getting pitched (21:08) - How to overcome getting pitched (22:40) - Simplify the take-off (26:33) - Looking without seeing (28:57) - Look for details 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: /episode/index/show/thekookcast/id/34939580

Six Surfers Who Brought Their Blades to a Gun Fight 01/07/2025

Six Surfers Who Brought Their Blades to a Gun Fight For the first episode of 2025, Coach Chris and Coach Evan reunited over Zoom with four other friends to record one of the greatest adventures of their life attempting to score a pumping Mexican point break only accessible by boat. This one will not disappoint, and for an even better experience head over to to watch the video version of this episode along with the photos and videos we share from this day none of us will ever forget. Special thanks to Cole Olson, Corey Senese, Gavin Krug, and Chance Whalen for making time to record this episode with us during the holidays. 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: /episode/index/show/thekookcast/id/34756355

How to Keep Warmer Longer with The Crooked Crew 12/12/2024

How to Keep Warmer Longer with The Crooked Crew In this episode, Coach Chris and Coach Evan are joined by a few members of the Crooked Surf Team to talk about some of the tricks they have up their wetsuit sleeve for keeping warm in the coldest of sessions. Timestamps: (04:48) - Guest introductions (28:27) - Ken’s wetsuit history (33:00) - How Cate shoots with gloves on (36:21) - Tricks and tips for staying warm KookCast is brought to you by Coach Chris and Coach Evan of The Surf Continuum. Find unedited pre and unreleased episodes on their membership website: thesurfcontinuum.com Sponsored by: /episode/index/show/thekookcast/id/34411345

Earning Respect from Surfers 10/26/2024

Earning Respect from Surfers This week on KookCast, Coach Chris and Coach Ev are chatting about respect and how to earn it from other surfers, especially the old heads and long time locals. Timestamps: (02:33) - How you show up to the beach (05:29) - How you get in and out of the water (07:42) - Check your pace (10:12) - How you show up to the line-up (11:38) - Surfing inside and wide (13:41) - Smile ! (16:30) - Coach Ev’s story about following the rules (18:37) - Coach Chris’ story about a friend who did not follow the rules KookCast is brought to you by Coach Chris and Coach Evan of The Surf Continuum. Find unedited pre and unreleased episodes on their membership website: Sponsored by: www.crookedsurf.com /episode/index/show/thekookcast/id/33623362

Caught on Film! A Wicked Burn with Catharina Duval de Navarre 09/30/2024

Caught on Film! A Wicked Burn with Catharina Duval de Navarre This week on KookCast, Catherina Duval de Navarre jumps on a Zoom call with Coach Chris to share screens and talk us through a clip she shared of herself getting absolutely burned during a session of a lifetime. If you're a member of thesurfcontinuum.com, be sure to login and watch it over there so you can see the clips we're discussing. Time Stamps: (03:10) - How Cat started surfing (08:05) - The Crime (21:30) - What could Cat have done? (27:26) - Cat's Kooky story (32:26) - 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/33264532

Surfing in Circles 09/21/2024

Surfing in Circles In this episode of KookCast, Coach Chris and Coach Ev are talking about their approach to surfing, specifically speaking on the dynamic of how they move through the line-up. Time Stamps: (03:39) - The Surf Continuum and surfing in circles (05:54) - Connection to your equipment (06:35) - Staying on the move and in circular patterns (07:53) - Circles, to spirals, to rhythm with the ocean. (09:01) - Circumferences of circles (09:56) - Seeing this principle in the micro and macro (10:53) - Circular vs Linear surfing (15:09) - Why surfing leashless helps you surf circles 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/33152397

Water Brother: The Sid Abruzzi Story 07/25/2024

Water Brother: The Sid Abruzzi Story This week on KookCast, Sid Abruzzi joins Coach Chris to discuss his new documentary with the Kinnane Brothers, Water Brother: The Sid Abruzzi Story. The world premier is July 26th at the Angelika Theater in NYC. Details for other premier locations below. Premier or not, make sure you watch this film. It was epic. Asbury Park, NJ - August 8 House of Independents Narragansett, RI - August 9 Narragansett Casino New Smyrna, FL - August 17 FLA Surf Film Fest Nantucket, MA - August 21 Dreamland Theater /episode/index/show/thekookcast/id/32297842

Celebrating Hobie's 70th Anniversary - Part 2 06/04/2024

Celebrating Hobie's 70th Anniversary - Part 2 This week on KookCast, Coach Chris and Coach Ev got Adam Davenport back on the phone after he was dropped halfway through the first call with Kris Carlow in part one of this now two part series. Time Stamps: (01:41) - Adam’s family and beach life growing up (03:47) - How Adam came to be a shaper (06:47) - The basic foundation of a good longboard for novices (08:41) - Mastering the importance of mastering the basics (15:11) - Innovation vs. Tried and True (18:31) - Elements of traditional design (23:01) - Coach Chris’ Hobie story (24:51) - Hobie Cat background from Adam (26:43) - Coach Ev shows an old Hobie to Adam (29:38) - Adam’s kooky story (32:43) - Ordering a Hobie surfboard 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/31596797

Celebrating Hobie's 70th Anniversary - Part 1 05/16/2024

Celebrating Hobie's 70th Anniversary - Part 1 This week on KookCast, Coach Chris and Coach Evan are joined by Kris Carlow and Adam Davenport of Hobie Surfboards to celebrate the brands 70th anniversary. We're first introduced to them through their surfing background before Kris, the brand manager at Hobie, takes us through the life of Hobie Alter and how the Hobie brand came to be. Next week in part 2, Adam describes his job of lead shaper and how we has a passion for preserving Hobie's standards and many of the traditional elements of surfboard building. Time Stamps: (02:23) - Kris Carlow’s Surf Background (09:45) - Adam Davenport’s Background (13:18) - Hobie Alter and the Hobie Brand history 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/31337622

Emma Bukowski of Nose Rider Surf Club 04/29/2024

Emma Bukowski of Nose Rider Surf Club Emma Bukowski, creator of Nose Rider Surf Club, joins Coach Chris to talk not only about her surfing journey, but the effort it took to reach the starting line of that journey. Coming from Wisconsin, it might not have seemed like surfing was in the cards for Emma. Tune in to hear how Emma played her hand and now gets to live her dream. The discussion eventually turns a little more serious as we hear Emma's perspective on being a woman surfer and shares her worst experience while surfing. Stick around to hear the one thing that gave her surf confidence a huge boost and how a homemade bathing suit that stayed in place during wipeouts was the start of her brand, Nose Rider Surf Club. Time Stamps: (02:13) - Emma’s surfing background (10:30) - Being a woman in surfing (14:06) - Her worst experience ever as a woman in the water (34:45) - Emma’s confidence boosting challenge (38:04) - Noserider Surf Club (43:13) - Emma’s Kooky Story 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: /episode/index/show/thekookcast/id/31042478

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

KookCast: Surf Education

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