KookCast: Surf Education

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 here on the membership site.  

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. Check it out here!

This week on KookCast, Coach Chris and Coach Ev are discussing their take on what makes a good beginner board. No, they aren't giving specific dimensions or favorite brands. Rather, they're drawing on their years of experience teaching to give you some food for thought on picking the right beginner board.    New on the membership site is two answer videos to some member questions that came through...

Coach Chris and Coach Ev just finished evaluating a few waves, specifically the finishes, of themselves and their students for a new video on the membership site which was inspired by a question from one of the members. This episode is the continued inspiration of the topic on controlling the end of your ride with a kick-out or dismount in order to be a better surfer.

This week on KookCast, Coach Chris and Coach Ev are back to their coaching style episodes! This episode was inspired by a video analysis we recorded of our friend John surfing. You can find that video on the membership site at: https://thesurfcontinuum.com/video-lessons/3-ways-to-be-a-better-surfer/

It's been said a family that surfs together, stays together. If you don't believe it, please tune into the the Menen's to prove it. If a board to the head can't break them apart, nothing will. In this episode of KookCast, Chase and Jenna are sharing a story about one of their first surf dates. Bonus alert, their 3 year old has a story of her own to share and a couple choice words for Uncle Coach E...

Not that any episodes of KookCast could be considered "formal", this is one of those especially informal episodes where the coaches are just rapping about a recent swell event. In this case, it's Hurricane Fiona.

A guest so close yet so far, Brother Chase has long known he's been requested to make his voice heard on KookCast. The day has finally come and in this episode 204, he tells the story of how he lost his board far from home at a heavy beach break and called upon his brother, Coach Evan to help him get in. When things don't go well, Plan B is executed and we all come away with a valuable lesson.

This week on KookCast, Coach Ev's got long time friend Chris Palmer on the show and they're talking about the value of riding bigger boards, how not to splat with your board when you're amping on the surf and running down the beach, and the consequences of paddling past the pack to pick off waves from the top. After we hear from Chris P., Coach Ev and Coach Chris reflect on the recording. 

This week on Kookcast, the big grom Phil is telling his kooky story about how making an assumption about another surfer got him into a bit of hot water, or perhaps we should call it rocky water. Tune in and hear Phil tell his story about how he learned the hard and hilarious way not to write another surfer off when you're taking off on a wave.

This week on KookCast we have three reasons why you should NOT catch a wave. What the hell kind of surf podcast gives you three reasons not to catch a wave? Tune in and find out.

In this episode, Coach Chris and Coach Ev are discussing their favorite qualities of a soul surfer.

This week on KookCast, Coach Chris and Coach Evan are discussing your head and whether it should be up or down while you're catching a wave, and the reasons they feel the way they do.

In this episode, Coach Chris and Coach Ev are sitting down with good friend Jojo to talk about growth, teaching, and learning through play.

This week on KookCast, Coach Chris and Coach Evan are discussing the pop-up and a perhaps surprising way you can improve it. 

Almost every episode of KookCast for the past 4 years has been focused on surf topics, whether Coach Chris and Coach Ev discuss one together, or with a visiting guest...this week the boys are releasing a personal episode that shares with you some of the recent developments that have taken place in their lives. Skip this one if you're looking for surf talk, this is a real and personal one. 

This week on KookCast, Coach Ev is sharing with us a story about a wave he just caught the other day out front at La Misión that he's claiming is a top 5, best wave he ever caught in his entire life. Let's hear it.

Cait Lawson is the kind of lady surfer you want to be following as you make your way on your surfing journey. A committed and lifelong surfer, she can't help but drop all kinds of valuable knowledge for us to pick up on as we listen along. Enjoy this week's episode, and check out her website, www.sunburntandsalty.com

No matter how you ride waves, the pocket is what we're all chasing. Whether you're on a surfboard, boogie board, or no board at all, the essence of surfing is the lift and drive you get from staying in the pocket your entire ride. That's why this week on the show, Coach Chris and Coach Ev are talking all about the pocket, and how to stay in it. 

Well there's a first for everything, and this week Coach Chris and Coach Ev hosted their first five way call between themselves and the dudes over at Crooked wetsuits. Catch up with one of the newest wetsuit brands to the North East coast and after these guys win your hearts over, go check out their website at crookedsurf.com to order yourself a freshie.

It's nearly a decade since Coach Chris and Coach Ev met each other surfing out in Montauk, NY. It was no ordinary session either. This was a day-of-days type of swell and guess who was there to meet it ? That's right, your two coaches. And that's when they met each other too. 

This week on KookCast, the boys are talking about the differences between The Surf Continuum and all the other surf schools out there and why they cringe to call their work "surf lessons".

Guess the title pretty much covers it! Members of The Surf Continuum . com can login to watch the video version of this episode. Be sure to watch the last 20 mins or so for the board shed tour with Bird. 

This week on KookCast, Coach Chris and Coach Ev are taking a few minutes to recap their Spring surf trip to Northern Baja with a group of students. As much as KookCast is a place for listeners to consider ways to improve their surfing, your coaches think of it as a place to reflect on ways to improve their coaching. We're on this journey together. 

This week on KookCast, Coach Chris and Coach Evan are talking about kooks! Like what it means to be a kook, types of kooks, and whether it's an avoidable title, or something that we all embody to some extent or another.