[Pinkie Surfer]

hello

i've been trying to surf for several years but it has only been in the last six months that i have actually had some lessons

obviously practising everyday would be ideal but not living by the ocean (at the moment at least) doesn't make that easy so i wondered if books and dvd's were any help

i was looking at the roxy learn to surf now dvd but have read some pretty dire reviews so think i'll give it a miss. i was also interested in the surf girl's guide to surfing and wondered if this might be any good

alternatively i guess i could get most of the information i want from websites giving the information out for free

just wondered what your thought were before i spend any more cash

thank you

ps

[OP]

There's no real substitute for the real thing as it's not like playing the guitar which is easy to pick up from books, dvd's etc. You need to get in the water as much as possible really. I shouldn't think the books and dvd's can really teach you more than you know from a few lessons.
If you you get down this way then I'm sure hips and myself can give you some free lessons.

OP

[Pinkie Surfer]

thnks OP

i wish i'd seen your thread before the weekend - i was at watergate and fistral this weekend getting more practise in!

i know that the more time i get in the water the better i'll get but i suppose i'm just deseprate to do something constructive while i'm sat here in london (somewhere i don't really want to be anymore )

thankfully i'm off to oz for xmas so i can practise a bit more

thanks again
PS

[WazMeister]

I first got into surfing and tried surfing in 2004 during rip-curl and did alot of body boarding which I failed alot. Not sure why but I totally sucked.

I then went back again in oct I think or end sept.. Forgot it was when Sony had a stand and the main speaker man got punched (ouch).
I tried surfing them, I bought a wet-suirt fist time round and rented a surf board and was drunk at the time due to so much rain we thought we won't go surfing.

Rain stopped and we went out and I caught a wave first ever try in my life, stood on the board for about minute and reached end of beach or so and so.
Know it may sound like bull crap but I did not beleave it at the time either, after that I did not catch one till next day and I was doing pretty well.

Not sure how or why I never watched much surfing or read about it but I caught quiet a few waves, my friends say its because I skateboard but I only been doing that a month at time.

Basicly its just something you gotta do rather than read I think.

Sorry for my eassy