KookCast: Surf Education

Coach Chris and Coach Ev discuss their recent trip to La Saladita with students.  This episode is sponsored by The Nami Box a curated a box of surfing's necessities and luxuries, including our very own and very new tool for wax removal, the surf squeegee. An excellent gift for yourself or a fellow surfer. Thank you to our brand sponsors: crookedsurf.com surfears.com freaksofnature.com

Coach Chris and Coach Evan talking their favorite topics with guest Van Vu of the Basis Surf podcast: kooky stories and paddling! Use our code: 'CONTINUUM' at checkout for $30 or use the link below. Get $30 off the Basis Surf Paddle Trainer 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:...

Coach Chris and Coach Ev are remembering their first ever surf trip with students they went on and the myriad of lessons they learned from it. Additionally, Coach Ev talks about his early, and kooky boogie boarding days, Coach Chris describes his first ever wetsuit and how that gave him the life-long appreciation for the value they give a surfer. 

In this episode, Coach Chris and Coach Ev are discussing Coach Evan's 3 P's: Presence, Purpose, and Positivity. Head to thesurfcontinuum.com/signup  to register yourself for a free membership and watch this episode and many others.

Coach Chris and Coach Ev are flipping through some photos and videos that were taken on their October 2025 surf trip with six students. To watch the video of this episode and see the content they're viewing while discussing, sign up for a free membership to their website: thesurfcontinuum.com/signup Thank you to our sponsors: crookedsurf.com surfears.com freaksofnature.com

This week on KookCast, Coach Chris and Coach Ev are telling kooky stories, sharing inspiring quotes from professional surfer Kolohe Andino, and remembering that if you're not having fun while your surfing then you better take a pause and re-evaluate your path forward. To get the most from this episode visit our website, thesurfcontinuum.com and sign up to become a free member so you can watch the...

Coach Chris and Coach Evan checking in with a kooky story, sharing a short little piece of inspiration for anyone who feels stuck in the doldrums, a discussion about a clip seen on Instagram of one surfer burning another in retaliation for serial back paddling, and a last clip of a group of kids surfing random pieces of wood. Just goes to show what your coaches always preach...it's not the board.

This week on KookCast the bulk of this episode entails Coach Chris and Coach Ev enjoying the memories that came from Coach Evan's bachelor party weekend with all his closest friends. Additionally we take a look at a recent clip that hit the gram featuring one of the oceans most graceful, yet fiercest creatures...the great white. And it was filmed in none other than one of our home bases, Montauk,...

In this episode of KookCast we're sharing a personal story about getting burned and how that sucks even for the best of us. We also share some clips and a discussion about how fear, even hesitation is the worst ingredient for catching a waves.

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: https://thesurfcontinuum.com/podcast-videos/press-ups-and-rail-sets/ Thanks to our sponsors:  Crooked Surf SurfEars Freaks of Nature

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 Su...

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.

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) -...

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 www.thesurfcontinuum.com/undergunned to watch the video version of this episode along with...

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 Co...

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 s...

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) - Th...

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) -...

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 Narragan...

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 ma...

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 a...

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 he...

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)...

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 tripp...

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 Crooked Wetsuits 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 l...