Surf Tips from the Experts — Dr. Michael Gervais, Mark of Burnd, Ryan Croteau, and André of Wet Surf Training

This October was packed with insights on mastering your mindset, staying sun-safe, and sharpening your technique, with lessons on mental strength and fear management, to a deep dive into what “reef safe” really means, and tips on paddle power, perfect backside snaps, and committing with confidence.

Here’s a quick recap of our podcasts this month:

• Michael Gervais: Mastering your mindset for surfing
• The Science of Sunscreen w/ the Inventor of Zinc Oxide from Burnd
• Coach Ryan Croteau: Essential Skills for Surfers
• André Gioranelli: Physical and Mental Training For Surfing

Check out the podcast video below along with some of our favorite tips from our guest.

“Everything you need is already inside you. But that also points to like you gotta do the preparation, you gotta do the training in advance. And your job is to access what you already have.”

“Failure for me is not losing. Failure is the inability or the unwillingness to go for it.”

- Michael Gervais

“We have a particular formulation. It’s called the reverse emulsion. They’re built to be waterproof, really water resistant.”

“Those chemical sunscreens, organic sunscreens, and zinc oxide, when the light hits it, the molecule absorbs it. And they kick it back out. So, that’s the reason it can be super thin.”

- Mark from Burnd

“I teach a lot of how important it is angling your board to match the direction of the wave and sometimes that concept is kind of hard for a beginner surfer to understand, but when you're in a wave pool and you literally have to take off next to a wall, it's like you better get that angle right or else you're going into the wall.”

- Ryan Croteau

“When we surf, we are not locked, right? We are loose. The best surfers, they're not tense, they're loose. You watch Philippe, you watch George, you watch Gabriel Medina, Griffin Colapinto, all those guys, they're relaxed.”

- André Gioranelli

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