SURF INSTRUCTION AND COACHING WEB RESOURCES

The Basics

• "Learning to Surf" by Chris Payne
• "How to Surf" by Tim Maddux
• "The Complete Surfing Guide for Coaches" by Bruce "snake" Gabrielson
• Random Thoughts on Organizing Clubs and Coaching Surf Teams from da hulk
• The alt.surfing FAQ with answers to many commonly asked questions.

Documents that might help...

• A College Surfing Course Proposal by da hulk
• Other Syllabi I have acquired...
  • San Anselmo Parks & Recreation Department
• College Surf Club/Team Documents by da hulk
  • Club Constitution
  • Member Insurance Form
  • Hold-Harmless Form
  • Officer's Duties
  • Surf Contest Heat Sheet
  • Surf Contest Heat Result Tally Sheet
• Independent Insurance? Try these...
  • Amateur Athlethic Union
  • Boy Scouts of America

Books that can help...

• Competitive Surfing: A Dedicated Approach by Brian Lowden
• Surfer's Start-Up: A Beginners Guide to Surfing by doug Werner
• Surfing Fundamentals by Nat Young

Related Software

• Surfology 101
• Surfology 101 Review by Daniel Hinojosa

Related Web Resources

• Ding Repair FAQ
• Lud's Wave Prediction FAQ
• History
  • Surfing, Sport of Kings
  • Legendary Surfers
  • "History of the Huntington Beach Surf Clubs" by Bruce "snake" Gabrielson
• Culture
  • "A Sociological Study of the Surfing Subculture" a Master's Thesis by Stephen "hulk" Hull
  • "Waves of Transformation" a Master's Thesis by Carin Crawford

Inter-Scholastic Surfing Organizations

• National Scholastic Surfing Association (NSSA)
• Eastern Surfing Association

Schools and Colleges where organized surfing exists

• Credit Bearing Surfing Classes
  • Golden West College (Huntington Beach, CA)

• Non-Credit College Recreation Courses
  • University of California Santa Cruz & Description
  • San Diego State University
  • University of California San Diego

• Colleges involved in Interscholastic Surfing (NSSA) during the past 5 years...
  • California
    • University of California Santa Barbara
    • Pepperdine University (Malibu, CA)
    • California State University Northridge (Inactive)
    • University of California Los Angeles
    • University of Southern California
    • California State University Long Beach
    • California State University Fullerton
    • Golden West College
    • University of California Irvine
    • University of California San Diego
    • San Diego State University
    • Point Loma College
    • San Diego University
  • Hawaii-???
  • East Coast
    • Florida State University
  • Gulf Coast-???
  • Australia-???

• Colleges with Surf Clubs (non-competitive)???

• High Schools involved in Interscholastic Surfing
  • Santa Cruz Surf League
    • Santa Cruz High
    • Harbor High
    • Soquel High
    • Aptos High
  • California Inter-scholastic Surfing Federation-???
  • South Coast League-???
    • Dana Hills High

• Santa Cruz Commercial Surf Schools
  • Richard Schmidt's Surf School
  • Ed Guzman's Club Ed Surf Lessons
  • Anne Useldinger's "It's a Girl Thing Surf School" (831)462-5873

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Last modified on 10/12/01.