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Surf training and injury prevention

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How surf training and injury prevention go well together

In today’s surfing world, surf training is very important as surfers are pushing their limits every single day. Trying to land big maneuvers, charging big waves in remote locations, and traveling the entire world for one swell. Meanwhile, the surf industry is setting up their game too; making faster and lighter surfboards, new and warmer wetsuits, and better overall equipment for surfing and big wave surfing as well.

But no matter what, no matter how good our equipment is, and how much we are pushing ourselves. Surfing has become an Olympic game and needs to be added some surf training essentials to be able to compete and surf at the highest levels. Because more and more professional surfers are getting injured more easily as the equipment makes it almost too easy. So let’s talk about how surf training can prevent surf injuries.

surf training for injury prevention

What is happening?

If you look more into the professional surfing league, more and more professional surfers are being sent into some kind of injury rehab. Since 2013, the injuries have gone up and some can’t surf some events, half of the season, and in some cases they miss the entire season. We can tell that about 12 out of the top 34 men on the championship tour, have been injured or re-injured with affected areas like ankle, knee, back, and even shoulder.

There was a study done by the Inertia in Portugal. Out of 500 surfers in Portugal, they found that 78.5% of these surfers had already sustained at least one significant surf related injury and an average of 43.9% have been re-injured.

These injuries do not include the simple cuts and bruises that every surfer gets. Only 37.5% of the injuries represent the cuts and bruises. More than 75% are musculoskeletal injuries like muscle stiffness, sprains, torns, joint dislocations, broken bones, and more.

Surfers ear, hypothermia and some cut can be prevented by the use of appropriate equipment like earplugs, booties, good wetsuits, hoodie, and more depending on where you are surfing. In general with a little bit more surf training, we can prevent musculoskeletal injuries.

How do these injuries occur?

All of the injuries like muscle stiffness, sprains, torns, broken bones, and all of the musculoskeletal injuries can occur through:

  •  Sustained postures, while stabilizing muscles overload. An example would be the extension of your spine when paddling your surfboard
  • The impact of your body versus the wave and your surfboard by landing a maneuver that needs a big impact like snapping the lip. Or with your body over the board when lading big maneuvers like floaters and aerial.
  • No proper recovery or resting periods. For example that happens a lot on surf trips when you want to surf as much as possible before leaving and you end up surfing for 3 days straight without stretching or resting properly.
  • The overuse or gesture repetitions after an intense effort in a short period of time like the flexibility and rotation of your knees when doing a maneuver or going up the lip.

Why should you prevent injuries?

Stretching for Injury Prevention

Well this one is pretty simple, nobody wants to sit on the bench and be injured at all times. That is the worse thing when this amazing swell comes in and you are injured so you won’t be able to surf that swell. By the way, it always seems to happen like that. When you are exhausted when surfing, you can get injured even more that way cause your body doesn’t want to do it anymore. Surfing demands a lot of physical movements like standing and paddling transitions that are very explosive, the arms explosive movement when popping up and your legs when doing maneuvers and will make your legs jello. This reduces neuromuscular control and exposes the surfer to a higher probability of an injury happening.

When should you prevent injuries?

Before surfing, take the time to get a good warm from your head to toes, and try to focus on some flexion and extension motions together. Rotation movements are important too as they are used often when surfing, which also puts more stress and overload to the main structure of your body.

After surfing, stretch it out starting with the main muscular groups when surfing and then the little ones.

At the gym, do some functional surf training routines, simulating surfing maneuvers and patterns when done in surfing. Use some unstable platforms like a boss ball, stability ball, Indo board, medicine ball, elastic bands, and more.

For competitions, you need to have a dynamic warm up routine that you do before every heat and use the physiotherapist on site if you have one with some stretching and muscular recovery after your heats.

At home or the gym as a competitor, you need to have a surf training specific program designed for you and what you do with some simple equipment.

Surf Specific Conditioning Drills

Who should prevent injuries?

Everyone should prevent injuries. Whether you only surf on the weekends, or every day surfer, or a competitive surfer, or even professional surfer; every single surfer should do some kind of surf specific training routine to prevent injuries and get stronger overall.

Now the only difference that matters when surf training should be intensity, duration, and frequency of workouts. All of these depends on your goals, your surfing experience, age, health and fitness levels, and of course previous injuries.

After all surf training has too many benefits for anybody to just ignore. So get started today with our surf ranks program and lets start preventing injuries while also getting stronger step by step.

The Basic Surfers Nutrition

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Surfers Nutrition- what it all means

This road of surfers nutrition in the fitness industry is full of misconceptions, lies, and misdirected making information. It is mostly full of confusion. So, a lot of people ask where we should start. And that is why we are writing this blog. To clear up the air and explain more about a surfer’s nutrition.

There are so many diets out there available to anybody. The Atkins, paleo, Leto, south beach, grapefruit, zone, cabbage soup diet, and so much more. Yes! You read that right, there is such a thing of a diet. And this is where there is a lot of confusion and lack of clarity out there.

So where should I start? What should I eat? It honestly all comes down to what you put in your body and what you want your body to be capable of when surfing. You have to understand one thing before we get started: you are what you eat!

Real Food = Energy

Real Food = Energy

When you are eating real food, your body will automatically get some energy out of it and not crash after two hours. When you are eating processed foods, your body will go into this ‘sugar rush’ and will crash after a couple hours of consuming it. Making your body exhausted and not wanting to surf anymore. Real food on the other hand will not give you that crash which means you will be able to surf longer.

 If you want your body to have more energy, surf longer and recover faster from those long sessions. Then you need to put good food into your mouth and stomach and that is where a surfers nutrition comes into play. While a teenager can get away with eating chips and pop tarts and surf for 4 hours, it is unlikely that a 35 year old will be able to do the same. Not to even think about, it would give you some heart burns, and if you have been eating like that your entire life you most likely will get diabetes, arthritic, and be very gassy. So, like we said earlier, it all comes down to eating REAL food. Real food like meat, fruits, vegetables, and sometime a high-quality grain.

We are not trying to get all about the macronutrients, food timing, or weight loss methods with this post. We are just trying to make you aware and convey you the idea that you need to be eating high quality substances if you want to get more out of your body. Not just you can surf a lot longer; you will be able to live a healthier and longer life!

Basic Healthy Tips

  1. Shop the perimeter of your local grocery store.

The produce, dairy, and meats areas. Everything else in the store is full of nutrients stripped grains, preservatives, and food technology that the companies use to keep you addicted. Think about things; real food won’t last for 2 years on a shelf.

Shop your grocery's store perimeters

2. If it wasn’t on earth hundreds of years ago then DO NOT eat it!

Your body doesn’t know what to do with all the new modern foods, and doesn’t know how to react to it either. Your body can react very badly to all of the fake stuff. The leading cause to inflammation and diseases comes from the loads of toxins, aspartame, and artificial flavoring that puts a huge stress on your entire body.

3. Drink only water, fresh squeezed juices, or even green tea.

Everything else that you have been drinking is pretty much sugar, and provides no nutrition at all to your body, and even less a surfers nutrition. Even the already made smoothies are not good for you.

4. Stay away from anything made with these ingredients:

White flour, white table salt, white sugar, and  pasteurized milk. All of these ingredients take the energy out of your body and do nothing for your overall health.

No white flour, sugar, pasteurized milk

5. Read ALL the ingredients when buying something.

If it has hydrogenated anything, trans-Saturday fats, high fructose corn syrup, MSG, BHT, Canola oil, soy oil, vegetable oil, sunflower oil, BHA, food colorings. The you should NOT be eating it!

Surfing demands a lot

You need to know that surfing is that kind of surf that demands a lot out of your body because of the wide range of exercises that is used to surf. The demands on joints, muscles, and energy systems is used a lot when surfing. That is why surf training is very important to keep all of our muscles loose and ready to tackle on the surf. So if you want to use the most out of your body, and surf to the best capability that you can, heal your tissues and muscles faster, paddle stronger, and help your digestive system; then quit the unhealthy and fake stuff. And start putting REAL food into your body. Things like vegetables, fruits, proteins, and some grains are to be eaten.

Quit believing in the healthy version of this or of that. Because in reality all is unhealthy unless it is REAL food. And then you can cook it and eat it however you want. But the main ingredients is actually real and not processed or packaged.

Here are a couple things to being a better surfer, and having a better overall health. If you follow these tips, trust me you will feel so much more energized and be ready to conquer the day. You will not feel exhausted or gassy but light and energized. So get started today and eat some REAL food for a better health!

Breath Training

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Breath Training For Surfers

Breath training for surfers it crucial to survival when surfing. Your life literally depends on it especially when it’s a bigger day with heavier sets. If you’ve ever been in a hold down situation stuck underwater, with fear and anxiety cranking up. The instinctual need for breath kicks in and sometimes panic comes in as well.

Breath training will help with you paddling, hold down situations, and improve your overall health. But we must start with the fundamentals of breathing and what is intakes. Just like walking before running or even baby waves before 8foot Pipeline Closeouts on the head.

Freaking out, kicking hard, paddling to the surface, and being reactive will not help you in this kind of situation. You need to learn to relax and enjoy the ride as some say. It is better said than done, that is why you need to learn how to breath better.

Breathing – Potential Physiology Effects

over breathing physiology effects

All of the arrows in the picture above are all potential downstream effects that “bad” breathing techniques could cause to the human body and system. They are all critics from performance, and overall health. It is not too hard to train how to breathe better, so get to it!

Breathing is something that we do first thing when we are born and even when we are in our mother’s belly. But we actually breathe differently in the belly then when we come out to the world. Breathing is often ignored as it happens to our body unconsciously, but it is something that should be trained especially for surfers. The ignorance of breathing is very unfortunate because the breath training can do so much more than just being able to hold your breath for longer while being underwater. If anyone has been in a hold down situation on a small or big day, you know it doesn’t feel like a “simple” thing to do. It feels like the only importance in the world at that time.

The Human Nervous System- Sympathetic and Parasympathetic branches

parasympathetic vs sympathetic nervous system

Breath is the fastest way to tap into our nervous system. It can increase the heart rate, add stress, increase alarm signals throughout the entire body. Or contrary, it can be calming, help you focus, slow down your heart rate, and increase alertness. A simple breath calm easily shifts the nervous system from the sympathetic fight or flight state, of the parasympathetic restorative and calm state.

Which do you think will increase O2 (Oxygen) Consumption? Sympathetic

Which do you think will decrease the heart rate and lower our oxygen consumption? Parasympathetic

Being able to hold your breath, stay calm, and relax could literally save your life when being held down on those bigger days. Instead of panicking and using all of your energy. We have to first tart with the basics of quality breath.

The Basics Of Breath Training For Surfers – Quality Breath

Now you might be asking what is quality breath? Before we can explore any other details about breath enhancement training, we need to figure out the ability to simply breathe efficiently. So what does that even mean?

Diaphragmatic Breathing!

If you have ever been in a yoga class, you might have heard that term before. Diaphragmatic breathing means that that you are breathing with your diaphragm as the primary driver of the breath taken and out. When your diaphragm starts to contract down into your stomach, it creates a negative pressure in the lung cavities. This created negative pressure pulls the air down to the lungs, so that the fresh oxygen can do its thing of life-giving thing throughout the entire body. This term is also referred to as “belly breaths” or “Buddha breathing.” It is also the way that we breath when we are in our Mother’s bellies. All referring to the expansion of the stomach when inhaling.

Now some people cheat this a little by pushing their stomach out with a muscular contraction rather than letting it happen as a reflex from a descending diaphragm.

Neck Breathing

Most people, through stress, bad posture, injuries, emotional trauma, blocked nasal passages, or mental trauma have shifted their breathing to what we call “neck breathing.” This means that you are using your secondary respiratory muscles of your neck and shoulders to be your primary drivers of breathing. Neck breathing creates a lot of unnecessary tension and strains in all of the muscles involves, which are also being used when paddling during surf sessions.

Tensions While Surfing – Neck and Shoulder

Do you already have some neck and shoulder tensions even when not surfing? Add all of the few thousand neck breaths every day and it will make your situation so much worse. Neck breathing doesn’t only make your breathing inefficient for your physiology, as well as oxygen and carbon dioxide exchange, but it also makes it near impossible to paddle the right way and powerfully when surfing. Now when getting held down underwater, neck breathing is almost impossible to get a full breath before going down for a big wave or set.

Try This! Get in front of mirror and take a breath in. Did you notice if most of the movement comes from the neck?

If yes, you are a neck breather! Don’t feel bad! We can change this! Especially if you have attention and is motivated to become a better surfer and prepare your body for hold down situations better. Also, if you want to maintain a healthy neck and shoulder girdle, you should change it and you can do it!

If you saw that neck movement when you took a breath, it is likely lasting about the last 10-30% of your inhalation. What you should see instead as your primary portion of the movement should be your rib expansion in all directions. Your rib should expand, elevate your chest, and then the last bit will come from the neck. This keyword here is last, not first, or primarily!

Getting Sets on The Head when Neck Breathing

Maybe you are about get a 7foot wave set on the head. You have already been underwater for about 10-15 seconds from the wipeout you had on the last wave. You just got to the surface, and see the next wave coming at you about to closeout on your head. Your heart rate is up and you are stressing out. You take a shallow neck breath and prepare yourself for the next hold down. This neck breath did nothing for you. You actually put yourself in danger. You can and should do much better than that!

This little shallow neck breath you just took got about 20-40% of your lung capacity filled. That is not good, especially when you are preparing yourself for that next hold down. That shallow neck breath also sent alarm signals to your nervous system, which increased your heart rate, and burned a lot of oxygen and energy.

Whenever you are feeling stressed, your body will automatically revert your breathing to the habitual breathing pattern. Neck breathing might be habitual for you, but it is not near as efficient of beneficial for your surfing.

Diaphragmatic Breaths expands your body, lower back, and stomach.

Practicing Diaphragmatic Breathing

prone belly breath breathing training
  • Lay on your stomach
  • Breath into the floor and low back (slowly)

See if you can get that 3D expansion: posterior expansion (breathe into your lower back), lateral expansion (breathe into your sides), and anteriorly expansion (upper stomach presses into the floor). This is the expansion of the rib cage before the diaphragm is contracting itself. That is the key to breathing, driving inhalation from diaphragmatic contraction, instead of sucking air with your neck muscles.

  • Slow it down
  • Get rhythmic
  • Get into box breathing rhythms
  • 3-4 second inhale, 3-4 seconds pause and hold, 3-4 seconds exhale, 3-4 seconds pause

Do this slowly and rhythmically while focusing on your breathing into your stomach and lower back. The goal is to really feel that expansion of the stomach without forcing it and allowing it to happen as the lungs are filling out with air. Relax your neck and you will feel the floor pushing back against your stomach which will give you a tactile feedback of belly breathing.

Once you’ve got that part down, lay on your back and continue that same breathing technique. Breath into your hands on your stomach, relax your neck, feel your low back expand, stomach raise up, and your ribs expand laterally.

This is when performance breathing comes in and starts. Creating that habit of effective breathing in a non-stressful and relaxed environment will really help when surfing.

Adding More Practice

Another benefit of slow rhythmic breathing is that you are improving on your CO2 tolerance of your body. This is 100% ruled by your brain stem and you can think of it as a thermostat. That thermostat can be shifted to having a better tolerance of more CO2 in the blood which will correlate well with being held down under water and accumulating carbon dioxide into the blood stream. Yes, that is good, not bad!

Think about this! If you can’t breathe well in a relaxed environment, how can you breath well when getting a 7 foot wave closing out on your head? 

This type of slower rhythmic breathing can lead to meditation and has plenty of benefits for your body. So that is an awesome thing!

Listen to a very relaxing music with headphones on and work on your breathing. Really slow it down that breathing tempo to 8-10 seconds inhales, exhales, and pauses. Don’t try to force it, it will happen over time with practice and letting your body really relax and get to that parasympathetic nervous system. The best type of music to listen to when doing this exercise is binaural beat audio, it is known that this type of music with sync your brainwaves into a calmer state and bring more theta or delta brain waves.

Making It A Habit

Practicing this new breathing technique will eventually become a habit. Just like walking and breathing when we were just babies is now a habit that we don’t even have to think about anymore. Work on this exercise so that the next time in you are in a stressed situation, you will be able to take long deep breaths instead of that shallow neck breaths.

Start with the laying variations, and then begin to check-in on yourself throughout the day!

Ask yourself, “How is my breathing?”

That Giant Inhale

  • giant inhale breath training for surfers

Before a wipeout, putting into action that giant inhale is huge! The basic understanding on how to breathe without using our neck muscles is key and we already talked about that above.

Now the giant inhale is something else. It should take about 1 second, and you are aiming for 80-100% inhalation in one breath.

Think of it as breathing in through a 1-2inch hose. Big open mouth, sucking up the air into the bottom of your lungs, and not the neck. Getting that sir into your stomach. Which you are really not sucking air into your stomach, you are actually filling up the basin on your lungs all the way up to the top, as a full efficient inhale.

You will get muscle tension right after this, that is why you have to relax immediately. Relax your neck, and mind, and let the ocean do its thing. Don’t panic, don’t focus on the bad of it all. Just focus on relaxing. You have enough oxygen to get through it, so let your body be tossed around and start coming up the surface when all is done.

They key to all of this is the giant inhale, from the bottom of your lungs to relaxing your neck muscles. The unnecessary strain on your muscles will send alarm signals to your brain, which will then increase your heart rate, and burn all of the oxygen stored.

Focus on that giant inhale into the basin of your lunges, not that shallow neck breath. There is a huge difference between the two as you know by now and will make a huge difference in your overall health as well.

It’s all on you! Your surfing, your body, and the one dealing with the hold downs. So, take some time to get yourself prepared for those situations and start practicing the diaphragmatically breathing. Learn it, get into meditation if you want, and get that giant inhale down!

Breath Training for Surfers Puzzle

Now the tip of the iceberg!

Pool Training! Hold down underwater, being able to hold your breath longer.

There is so much more that we can do but let’s start with the basics of diaphragm breathing in calm state. Check your breathing when paddling back out. Think about “can you recover quickly from a wipeout, a hold down, a long paddle?”  Are you getting comfortable with that giant inhale?

These are just pieces to the puzzle, but we have to start somewhere. So lay on your stomach and start working on the basic breathing techniques we talked about.

If you have insights, ideas, and want to learn more. Get in touch with us! We are here to help!

Surfing Safety Tips

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Surfing Safety Tips: Being Safe Is Better Than Being Sorry

Surfing safety tips are important to know and being aware of what could happen when surfing. It’s really rare to see surfers get injured. But you need to remember that although surfing is relatively a safe sport to do, there are dangers that you should be aware of. You still need to be careful whenever you hit the water as surfing has its inherent dangers.

Being aware of the conditions, the spot, the safety issues and everything else that involves surfing is super important. You need to know what you are getting into before actually going out. Surfing does not usually offer much danger but there are plenty of things that could cause injuries when in the water. Even when some surfers do not always pay attention to the dangers, that could be very bad.

Who wants to get hurt when you could’ve prevented it?

We would rather being safe than sorry, so let’s go over it!

Surfing Safety Tips that you need to be aware of:

Prevent Drowning

prevent drowning when surfing

In surfing, drowning is by far the most obvious risk there is. And, there are quite a number of ways where you can unintentionally raise the odds of drowning whenever you go surfing.

The first is by not being prepared to surf. You need to remember that you will be dealing with strong waves and if you get wiped out, you will need to swim. Also, being able to swim is not enough as surfing will put you in a place where the waves are very strong, which means that you need to be physically fit in order for you to get yourself out of harms way.

You have to remember that it is common for surfers to fall off their boards. In fact, even the most advanced surfers still fall off their boards.

Surf Training is the key in order to prevent the risk of drowning or at least minimize the risks. When you fall off the board or you get wiped out, the first thing that you need to do is locate your board. But make sure that when falling, you make yourself a little ball so that nothing can hurt your face. When coming up to locate your surfboard, put your hand out of the water first and then follow with your head. You can also follow your leash and it will lead you to your surfboard (but you have to be careful you don’t pull too hard or it will come back to your face). You have to keep in mind that your board is positively buoyant which means that you will be able to use your board as a floatation device when you experience a wipe out. If you lose your board or if it drifts to the shore, you will need to swim back. This will require you to have a strong stamina as you will be dealing with strong currents.

learn how to swim to surf

So, before you surf, it is important that you should get fit first and also learn how to swim. Learning how to swim is super important but being comfortable in the water is also very important as it is something that will help you. By being a strong swimmer, you will be able to pull yourself out of dangerous situations in case you are wiped out whenever you go out to surf.

Being Alert

Another common error is by not being alert. Although surfing looks like a simple sport, you need to remember that there are quite a number of things that you need to be aware of whenever you go surfing. For example, the winds near the shore can shift rapidly which can throw you off balance and push you off your board. Riptides and current are also things that you should be aware of as it will prevent you from swimming ashore easily. Being aware of the conditions, the rips, the winds, the currents, and the animals present that day is super important.

Surfing Safety Tips: Do not surf alone
do not surf alone as it can be dangerous

You should also always follow the unwritten rule in surfing, which is never to surf alone. Your surf buddy is your backup and you are also his or hers. If you do get in to trouble, your surf buddy will be able to assist you. For example, if you unexpectedly experience getting cramps while swimming ashore, your surf buddy will be able to help you get out of the water safely. You should also do the same for them.

A buddy in the water will be able to help you in the water in case of a situation, but it is also nice to have somebody to talk to when waiting for the waves. As surfers we are a big family and if you are by yourself for whatever reason, the other surfers should be able to help you in any situations and friendship. We all look out for each other.

Being aware of the underwater
know where there is reef, rocks so that you or your surfboard don't get hurt

You also need to be aware of underwater rocks, unseen underwater formations, and coral reefs which can potentially damage your board as well as your body. Marine life can also be a problem, such as jellyfish, and sharks. Watch out for the presence of all these things and you will be able to know whether it is safe to surf or not.

If you see that the tide is too low and the rocks, and reefs are sticking out of the water, it is not a good time to surf. Surfing at low tide in some reef and rocky spots might be very dangerous as there is almost no water for you to fall or even paddle sometimes.

sharks underwater
Sharks Animal Underwater Ocean Nurse Shark

If the lifeguards are putting the purple flag up (in America) it means that marine life is present. Which usually means jellyfish, sharks or even bait. Ask the lifeguards if they are there and know what you are getting yourself into. If stung by a jellyfish, make sure to follow the process on how to take care of it. Sharks are not our best friends so if you see a shark, I would immediately get out of the water as it can be very dangerous especially during feeding times.

Surfing is a fun sport. However, you need to remember that surfing has its inherent dangers. By following these surfing safety tips, you can be sure that you will be able to surf safely and also have a lot of fun in the process. Also, you might want to check the waves if it is suitable for your skill level. You wouldn’t want to surf a wave that you can’t handle, would you? Surfing a wave that is too dangerous for your skill level can have disastrous consequences.

Make sure you are aware of everything and how things can turn out. If all is good, have a blast and we will see you guys in the lineup!

Uhaina Joly Surf Interview

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Surf Interview with Uhaina Joly

When we were watching the Florida Pro in Sebastian Inlet, we met up with Uhaina Joly and interviewed her about her surfing and some tips from her. Uhaina Joly from Biarritz, France is showing her surfing to the world now on the Qualifying series as part of the World Surf League all over the world.

From her young age of 14, she won the French championships and then again the same year defeating her title. The third year, she settled for a runner up position. Since 2016, her competitions and results have evolved, from winning the Ripcurl Grom search in France, getting third at the European Grom search, being ranked 9th in the world in the Junior Pro series and 13th at the ISA world championships.

Now that she is older, she is now competing at the qualifying series of the world surf league and travels all over the world for competitions and training camps.

Let’s get right into it!!

Salomé: I am here today with Uhaina Joly all the way from France. So, how is that travel happening, how does it all work?

Uhaina: It’s not too far, it’s about 9-hour plane. So, it is quite okay

Salomé: Now, I know the waves are a lot different than home, what do you think of theses waves?

Uhaina: Yes, the waves are really different. It is small and choppy, and not very fun! But it’s a contest condition, it is not always very fun, and you have to deal with it.

Salomé: So just so you know, every time we have a contest, just so you know it’s always like this! Every single time! Now, when did you start surfing and when did you start competing.

Uhaina: I started surfing very young with my om, because she was a professional surfer. So I started at like 8 years old or younger maybe. And I started to compete at 12 years old around there.

Salomé: Okay cool. Now, what are the biggest accomplishments you have had?

French team ISA world champions 2016

Uhaina: I think it was the World championship with the French team. We were world champion with the ISA (international surfing association). So, I think this was the biggest one for sure!

Salomé: WOW! That’s so cool! It’s really cool to be a part of the French team and going all together, it must be a lot of fun!

Uhaina: Yes!

 

Salomé: Now do you do any workouts and physical activity outside of the water, when it’s too cold or when it’s flat?

Uhaina: Yes, for sure, in France I have a personal trainer. So yeah, when I am there, I am training almost every day.

Salomé: Do you do any skateboard drills on top of that training to get better?

Uhaina: Not at all! I am so bad at skating so no.

Salomé: No carver, no surf skate?

Uhaina: No no skateboards, nothing. Just surfing and training with workouts.

Uhaina Joly Surfs Every Day for practice

Salomé: Do you surf almost every day?

Uhaina: Yes, every day.

Salomé: Even when its freezing over there?

Uhaina: Yes, even when it’s freezing.

Salomé: Not fun at all. Ha-ha This is freezing for me, and this is hot for you

Uhaina: Yeah this is hot. I am used to traveling a lot so I am not used to surfing in the winter in France.

Salomé: Makes sense. What is your favorite wave that you have ever surfed?

Uhaina: I think its Snapper Rocks in Australia.

Salomé: That’s my favorite too! Definitely on top of the list! It is such a cool wave and when its big enough you can catch it all the way in.

Uhaina: Yeah, the wave is so long and there is a lot of people but so many waves.

Salomé: Yeah so, much fun! Now, what is one tip you would give somebody that wants to start surfing? Who has never done it before?

Uhaina: Maybe start when its little and sunny and hot. Just have fun, that’s it! Keep doing it.

Salomé: As long as you are having fun! So now there you have it I am with Uhaina Joly from Biarritz, France. Thank you so much for this and we will see you in the water.

Well there you have it guys! Uhaina Joly is definitely a young surfer to be looking out for in the QS tour and ISA events throughout the world. She is very excited for her surfing career and is following her mother’s steps as a professional surfer as well. She definitely trains a lot in and out of the water to better perform every single day! Keep an eye out for this young ripper coming in hot!