Surfing Australia reports that over the last 10–13 years there has been a 20% increase in women surfing across Australia1 and that, since COVID, the 50+ age group has seen a 45% increase in participation2. In other words, surfing is not just for the groms! You need only look at your local female surfboard riders clubs and see the inclusivity of age, ability and board type to understand that female surfers of all abilities are on the rise, creating a greater representation of women in the line-up.    The growth of females in surfing from age 40–55+ is particularly important to me ..read more

Image source: https://unsplash.com/photos/DYAJWDv199Y   How frustrating is it when you have the best intentions to train but you cannot seem to follow through?  You tell yourself this time will be different. You will run three times per week and go to the conditioning class at the gym. But when gym day comes, you’re exhausted from work and just don’t feel like going. Rather than commencing a smooth transition into regular exercise and ticking off that habit tracker, you have a stop-start relationship with your training and a yo-yo approach to training for surfing.   The Problem ..read more

  “The shortest way to get from A to B is a straight line” - Archimedes   What do you do when you are obsessed with surfing and want to improve your surf fitness or paddle strength as quickly as possible? Do you scroll through hours of YouTube videos and social media posts? Do you go gangbusters with HIIT training even though you haven’t done fitness training before? Do you like the look of those spinning, jumping onto boxes, lower leg power exercises, despite paddling being 50% of a surf session? Trying to figure out what to include in your surf conditioning by following YouTube tre ..read more

Returning to surfing after a significant illness can be frustrating. You begin to feel well, so you paddle out, only to be completely wiped before your first duck dive. Sadly, you return to the beach before you try again the next day, and the next. It can become a period of time - on repeat - where you overdo it in the surf and then need to recover in bed. The problem with pushing yourself too much is exacerbating the risk of severe fatigue and injury. Thankfully there are simple, quick and low-tech ways to monitor your recovery from illness and navigate your return to shredding in the surf.&n ..read more