11 de setembro de 2026

Surf Advice from Hayden Cox, Robbie Rickard, and Matt Grainger

This month's podcasts focused on the small details that add up to big differences in surfing, from board design down to the millimeter, to the foot pressure that powers a turn. Robbie Rickard shared how timing and wave placement beat raw power, and how riding a single 6'3" for months forced him to smooth out his surfing and develop the rail-driven, no-pump style he's known for today. Hayden Cox took us inside the design process behind his Stab in the Dark-winning board built for Ethan Ewing, revealing how variances in design seem small but are felt at the highest level of performance. Matt Grainger, drawing on decades of coaching pros like Nathan Hedge and Isabella Nichols, broke down how technique starts at the feet, from foot pressure and rail engagement to the paddling and breath work that keep surfers ready for anything. Here's a quick recap of our podcasts this month.

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

“One of the key things with the Hypto Krypto FutureFlex is it's just not the shape of the Hypto, it's the shape plus the FutureFlex technology that make that board feel a certain way underneath your feet where Craig Anderson can go surf that board at Kandui's in double, almost triple overhead, massive barrels, or someone take it out in a local beach break and go out and have a heap of fun on that board too.”

“I was pretty stoked to see Ethan click on the board, he was able to generate a lot of speed, had all the drive and all the hold that he wanted in the areas of the wave where he was looking for that in the board.”

- Hayden Cox

“Everything's a lot slower. It's a lot more down the line, smooth surfing, but I think surfing boards like that is so good for your surfing to change your approach, you have to learn how to use your rail, and you're looking at different parts of the wave to do turns on.”

“I was pretty late to surfing. I moved to Fingal Head when I was 10 or 11, and started surfing straight away and just became obsessed with it.”

- Robbie Rickard

“At the end of the day, it all starts from your feet. Say you go on your forehand, you want to be pushing off the bottom turn, on your balls of your feet, touching the water usually, depending on the wave, the steepness of the wave. And then pretty much 60 on the back foot, 40 on the front foot percentage of pressure. As you're coming up the face, increasing that pressure on the back foot.”

“My philosophy is surfing's dancing, we've all got our own personalities and you'll see personalities in all the pros and your friends. So keep that personality, keep your personality in your surfing.”

- Matt Grainger

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