Longboard SUP Surfing
Discover the art of longboard SUP surfing with this step-by-step pathway. Learn how to choose the right waves, master classic longboard manoeuvres, develop confident footwork and experience the unique feeling of noseriding. Follow each section in order to build the skills, technique and style that define great longboard SUP surfing.
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Section 1: Getting Started with Longboard SUP Surfing
Discover the art of longboard SUP surfing with this step-by-step pathway. Learn how to choose the right waves, master classic longboard manoeuvres, develop confident footwork and experience the unique feeling of noseriding. Follow each section in order to build the skills, technique and style that define great longboard SUP surfing.
Understand what makes a longboard SUP different. Explore the key design features that influence stability, glide, turning and noseriding, helping you recognise what to look for when choosing a board.
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SUP Longboard Shapes & Design Explained
Understand what makes a longboard SUP different. Explore the key design features that influence stability, glide, turning and noseriding, helping you recognise what to look for when choosing a board.
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Start your longboard SUP surfing journey and discover what makes this style of surfing different, the skills you'll be developing and what to expect as you progress through the series.
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Get into Longboard SUP Surfing Series Introduction
Start your longboard SUP surfing journey and discover what makes this style of surfing different, the skills you'll be developing and what to expect as you progress through the series.
View VideoStart your longboard SUP surfing journey and discover what makes this style of surfing different, the skills you'll be developing and what to expect as you progress through the series.
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Longboard SUP Surfing Series #1 / Identifying The Best Waves
Start your longboard SUP surfing journey and discover what makes this style of surfing different, the skills you'll be developing and what to expect as you progress through the series.
View VideoGo deeper into wave selection with additional insight into what to look for, helping you better recognise the conditions and wave shapes that suit longboard SUP surfing.
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Identifying The Best Waves - PRO EXTRA
Go deeper into wave selection with additional insight into what to look for, helping you better recognise the conditions and wave shapes that suit longboard SUP surfing.
More InfoGet your setup right before hitting the waves. Explore the equipment used for longboard SUP surfing and understand the choices that can help you surf more effectively and confidently.
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Longboard SUP Surfing Series #2 / SUP Equipment
Get your setup right before hitting the waves. Explore the equipment used for longboard SUP surfing and understand the choices that can help you surf more effectively and confidently.
View VideoLearn how to position yourself, generate speed and time your take-off effectively, giving you the best chance of catching waves early and setting yourself up for the ride ahead.
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Longboard SUP Surfing Series #3 / Catching Waves on a Longboard SUP
Learn how to position yourself, generate speed and time your take-off effectively, giving you the best chance of catching waves early and setting yourself up for the ride ahead.
View VideoTake your wave-catching further with additional tips on positioning, timing and technique, helping you catch waves more consistently and start each ride in greater control.
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Catching Waves on a Longboard SUP - PRO EXTRA
Take your wave-catching further with additional tips on positioning, timing and technique, helping you catch waves more consistently and start each ride in greater control.
More InfoSection 2: Mastering the Core Longboard Turns
Develop the essential manoeuvres that form the basis of stylish longboard SUP surfing. Learn how to perform confident bottom turns, top turns and flowing cutbacks while maintaining speed, control and flow on the wave.
Build the foundation for everything that follows on the wave. Learn how to perform an effective bottom turn while maintaining speed and setting yourself up for your next manoeuvre.
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Longboard SUP Surfing Series #4 / Bottom Turn on a Longboard SUP
Build the foundation for everything that follows on the wave. Learn how to perform an effective bottom turn while maintaining speed and setting yourself up for your next manoeuvre.
View VideoRefine your bottom turn with additional technique and detail, helping you improve your positioning, control and ability to carry speed into the next part of the wave.
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Bottom Turn on a Longboard SUP - PRO EXTRA
Refine your bottom turn with additional technique and detail, helping you improve your positioning, control and ability to carry speed into the next part of the wave.
More InfoTake your surfing back towards the breaking part of the wave. Learn how to perform a controlled top turn and link it smoothly with your bottom turn.
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Longboard SUP Surfing Series #5 / Top Turn on a Longboard SUP
Take your surfing back towards the breaking part of the wave. Learn how to perform a controlled top turn and link it smoothly with your bottom turn.
View VideoDevelop a more effective top turn with extra coaching on timing, positioning and technique, helping you redirect the board while maintaining better speed and flow.
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Top Turn on a Longboard SUP - PRO EXTRA
Develop a more effective top turn with extra coaching on timing, positioning and technique, helping you redirect the board while maintaining better speed and flow.
More InfoLearn how to use a cutback to return towards the most powerful part of the wave, maintaining speed and keeping your longboard surfing connected and flowing.
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Longboard SUP Surfing Series #6 / Cutback on a Longboard SUP
Learn how to use a cutback to return towards the most powerful part of the wave, maintaining speed and keeping your longboard surfing connected and flowing.
View VideoTake your cutback further with additional technique and coaching, helping you improve the timing, control and flow needed to link the manoeuvre smoothly into your surfing.
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Cutback on a Longboard SUP - PRO EXTRA
Take your cutback further with additional technique and coaching, helping you improve the timing, control and flow needed to link the manoeuvre smoothly into your surfing.
More InfoSection 3: Footwork, Noseriding & Longboard Style
Bring your longboard surfing together through footwork, cross-stepping and noseriding. Learn how moving around the board unlocks traditional longboard performance, before gaining inspiration and insight from SUP longboarding at competition level.
Start moving confidently around your board. Learn when and how to shuffle and cross-step while maintaining trim, speed and control — essential skills for progressing towards the nose.
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Longboard SUP Surfing Series #7 / How To Shuffle & Cross Step
Start moving confidently around your board. Learn when and how to shuffle and cross-step while maintaining trim, speed and control — essential skills for progressing towards the nose.
View VideoRefine your footwork with additional coaching on balance, timing and board position, helping you move more smoothly and confidently without disrupting the board's trim.
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How To Shuffle & Cross Step - PRO EXTRA
Refine your footwork with additional coaching on balance, timing and board position, helping you move more smoothly and confidently without disrupting the board's trim.
More InfoPut your footwork into action and start exploring noseriding. Learn the positioning, timing and board control needed to move towards the nose and experience one of longboarding's defining techniques.
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Longboard SUP Surfing Series #8 / Noseriding a Longboard SUP
Put your footwork into action and start exploring noseriding. Learn the positioning, timing and board control needed to move towards the nose and experience one of longboarding's defining techniques.
View VideoGo deeper into noseriding technique with additional tips and detail, helping you understand how wave position, board trim and footwork come together to keep you on the nose for longer.
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Noseriding a Longboard SUP - PRO EXTRA
Go deeper into noseriding technique with additional tips and detail, helping you understand how wave position, board trim and footwork come together to keep you on the nose for longer.
More InfoFinish the pathway with Beau Nixon's experience of competing at the Longboard SUP Revolution in Bali, including insights into equipment choice, competition surfing and what high-level longboard SUP performance looks like.
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Longboard SUP Revolution Bali Event 2024 – SUP Surf Competition Insights by Beau Nixon
Finish the pathway with Beau Nixon's experience of competing at the Longboard SUP Revolution in Bali, including insights into equipment choice, competition surfing and what high-level longboard SUP performance looks like.
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