Go On a Surf Trip!

    

Does your surfing feel stagnant?  Are you less than enthusiastic about paddling out at your local beachie?  Well, there is one sure way to restoke that fire…GO ON A SURF TRIP!!!

Yeah, there’s always a reason not to go.  Work, family, school, short on money, out of shape…or a combination of some or all of those reasons.  Then there’s always the classic, “I’ll go someday.”  Guess what, someday will never come unless you get off your butt and do something about it.  It’s way too easy to stick with the comfortable…and then complain about it.

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5 ways to keep Surfing into your Sixties.

Face it, we’re all going there.  I’m about to hit 63.

Here are 5 things I’ve learned that have helped keep me in the water.  Hopefully these can help you too.

GET IN SHAPE

First and foremost: Get in shape or at least better shape.  If you can’t catch waves or stand up on them, you aren’t going to be surfing.  It is amazing how easy it is to get out of shape AND how much longer it takes to get back into shape as age creeps up.  Surfing requires a lot of different muscle groups as well as wave recognition skills.

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