How a 4-Month Surf Break Led to 7 Hour Sessions in the Mentawais w/ Moose Huerta
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Moose Huerta is a longboarder from the Northeast who took a 4-month break from surfing before heading to the Mentawais. He still managed to surf 3-7 hours a day for 10 days straight all thanks to a month of paddle training beforehand. In this episode, we get into surf trip preparations, what keeps him out of the water in winter, what made him skeptical about the Basis Paddle Trainer at first, and what changed his mind. We also talk about how his longtime surf travel partner quietly got a paddle trainer without being asked, and why Moose believes that identifying the surfer you want to be in 10 years is key.
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Chapters
2:01 Meet Moose Huerta — Northeast longboarder and surfer
2:11 Growing up surfing in Pensacola and Jacksonville, Florida
3:21 Competitive surfing through the ESA and living 100 yards from the break
4:25 Flagler College, the surf team, and surfing on a budget
5:18 Traveling the contest circuit and life as a semi-pro surfer
7:36 Moving to California, Nixon Watches, and the film Sprout
8:46 Discovering the Northeast and landing in New York City
11:04 Traditional vs. high-performance longboarding and the Sprout era
13:09 CJ Nelson, gliders, and evolving surf style with age
14:17 Plateaus, equipment access, and lessons from competing young
17:53 Gliders, pigs, and the 6'8" egg — finding the right board
21:52 Why Moose got the paddle trainer before the Mentawais trip
27:55 First impressions of the trainer — skeptic to believer
38:29 The Mentawais trip — 10 days of 3–7 hours of surfing a day
46:27 Advice for surfers on aging gracefully and keeping the stoke
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