Teachers Teach – Surfers… Beach 😎
It is normal for a surfer to try teaching a friend how to surf like himself. But we can never forget that whenever we have a new guest in our surf class – boy, girl, woman or man, they haven’t spent all those hours at sea like we did when young.
We need to look at their learning process from another point of view, from a teacher point of view: how can I give this person the best performance in just one week?
The only way is by knowledge. Knowing exactly where we can shorten their learning curve, how can we make them feel the correct feeling – the balanced and control feeling, how body mechanics works, how the body balances on a mobile platform,with fewer mistakes than we had time to do, with more understanding of themselves and a fair expectations to what each and everyone can truly accomplish, and also soooo important: how they can understand the sea – the element that never has a repeated moment.
The learning process has so much to consider…
If all variables are grouped, the process can be simple and efficient. On the contrary, if we try to impose a different record of the true biomechanical, physical, electrical and chemical functioning necessary for the retention of sensory-motor information in memory, will not work efficiently.
Neuroscience tells us that in order to learn, a specific chemical is needed – the dopamine. And this chemical is released into our bloodstream when this learning is done with excitement, happy and pleasant conditions.
Dopamine increases brain memory and also creates motivational pathways.
Negative emotions, such as the frustration of failing and the comparison with other people’s unwillingness, promote barriers to motor and brain memory.
Therefore, learning can and should be easy and fun.
Falling over and over again it’s not fun. From this point of view, I think, everyone needs adjusted learning process for individual skill and physical conditioning, especially any adult!
😌😌 😉😁
by Tralha
Can children Surf if they don’t know how to swim?
Sometimes some parents think, because their children haven’t learned how to swim yet, they can’t learn how to Surf.
Well, at our Academy we are also the ones who teach your children how to swim in the swimming clubs or official schools. In our classes, we have a controlled learning environment. First, we have to gain the children’s trust, keeping them fun and comfortable and always, always safe.
Later on, we will be concerned with technical aspects related to surfing.
For now, between 2 and 5 yo, we educate and teach while having fun.
In this video, when I show up without the Academy outfit – Instructor Lycra, I am informally playing with my nephews in my off day. When equipped with my working dress code, I am teaching and educating new future surfers and beach bathers.
What’s the difference? When the parents of these kids understand that we are also educated and trained for this role, NON.
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Surfing Science Week Program
Along the week we meet almost every day for a couple of hours, some days twice, to talk about Surf and to practice it.
We will accept a small group of 4 to 8 for our dedicated team crew.
I personally want to drive your surf experience into a sensorial learning of becoming a surfer, by accepting your and each one’s level of skills and enjoying each new ride with Good Surf Good Love, on your own style.
For me, that’s what Surf is all about. Actually, that’s what life is all about! Living it, your way! Once you accept your level of skills, all other choices will change according to this first rule: Respect yourself!
This week, you learn the basics. And in the future, you can come for more.
Basics it’s like the word say – THE BASICS:
* Surf Culture ;
* Relation with the new element – THE BOARD;
* The easiest way to Stand and Stay Up and drive it down the “road”;
* Biomechanics – How does the human body work. You can’t force it to move another way. It has more than 350 thousand years;
* Basic Position studied for better success.
* The Me, the Sea and the others – My Pyramid of RESPECT.
– The types of wave – white water Vs Line Up.
– The crowd – Locals Vs not Locals – a respectful approach about no one owning the Nature.
– The first week ever Surfing – It’s whitewater time. Why? – Because I need you to practice the correct pattern of movement, through repetition.
Who is this program to:
- If you have never surfed before – You are welcome.
- If you surfed once or twice, in schools, camps or with friends, this program is for you.
- If you’ve been in other programs, but your Standing/Staying up is not consistent, you are welcome. By consistency I mean: in every 10 waves, you are successful in at least 6 to 10. Like in any other exam, if your average is below this result, come to our Level 0 Certification.
- If you wish to learn about the science behind Surf and give yourself the possibilities of learning my method of the step by step in Surfing, this is absolutely for you.
You should get your place certification fast because we will only receive 8 persons.
Grow your level in small steps. Skills will be learned and consolidate!
What’s included:
– 7 nights accommodation in our Catus Homie or walking distance apartments.
– 12 hours of Surf Education (theory, practice, frame analyses, and personal discussion about each one’s difficulties, split the best way for your effective learning process).
– Breakfast basket – eggs, cheese, oats, fruit, coffee, water and tea.
– A Portuguese Dinner served with my brother’s Wine.
– Insurance, all the gear – adjusted to your level and to the weather.
– Photographs from your week.
– Only 4 to 8 of You, to 2 to 3 of Us.
How much does it cost: 799€
Extras:
– For private room – Extra 280€.
– For private apartment – Extra 300€ (for you, or for two, in case you want to bring someone who doesn’t want to join the program or is already independent).
– Car rental (under consulting). You will have plenty of time and many many things to visit…
– Bike or Skate Rental – around 5€ per day.
Surfing Science Program RULES:
The program is organised considering tides and wave condition. We adjust it along the week, if needed, considering the group level, skills and your happiness.
We walk to the beach.
You have freedom during the biggest part of the day.
You will not be stuck at the beach with all the others, because the house is walking distance.
We don’t stay at the beach if it’s too hot, too cold, raining or too windy because it’s not comfortable. But you can stay if you want. We are all different.
This is not a boot camp, it’s not a camp, it’s a workshop week.
This program is not a leisure time program for tourists. Was honestly designed to teach you the pleasure and happiness of Surfing days and lifestyle.
There is no driving here included, because we have the greatest location ever. We have the sea on your right side and at your left side. But of course, we usually take you in our old-school Land Rover to take a look at the surroundings and to go to the Surf Shops or Supermarket. But again, EVERYTHING IS walking distance.
The food included is some products at your welcome breakfast basket and a Portuguese Dinner, that will be cooked by Tralha!
Take a ride in my honest point of view of Surfing in Portugal.
OTHER DATES
24th Jun to 1st Jul – Surfing Science Level 0 Certification
1st to 8th Jul – Surfing Science Level 1 Certification
8th to 15th Jul – Surfing Science Level 1 Certification
2nd to 9th Sep – Surfing Science Level 0 Certification
9th to 16th Sep – Surfing Science Level 1 Certification
30th Sep to 7 Oct – ALLBOARD – Closing season
Aloha Girls – Certification Level 0 & Level 1 – Check all the dates
Aloha Girls it’s a revival of an old program, that I used to promote in the early of the last decade. I’ve been dreaming about relaunching the program for years! Now the time has finally come.
The format is new and adjusted to young and mature women, who want to learn to Surf and about Surf.
Along the week we meet almost every day for a couple of hours, some days twice, to talk about Surf and to practice it.
We will accept a small group of 4 to 8 women for our dedicated team crew.
I personally want to drive your surf experience into a sensorial learning of becoming a surfer, by accepting your and each one’s level of skills and enjoying each new ride with Good Surf Good Love, on your own style. For me, that’s what Surf is all about. Actually, that’s what life is all about! Living it, your way!
Once you accept your level of skills, all other choices will change according to this first rule: Respect yourself!
This week, you learn the basics. And in the future, you can come for more.
Basics it’s like the word say – THE BASICS about:
Surf Culture ;
Relation with the new element – THE BOARD;
The easiest way to Stand and Stay Up and drive it down the “road”;
Biomechanics – How does the human body work. You can’t force it to move another way. It has more than 350 thousand years;
Basic Position studied for better success.
The Me, the Sea and the others. The types of wave, white water Vs Line Up, Crowd – Locals Vs not Locals – a respectful approach about no one owning Nature.
The first week ever Surfing – It’s whitewater time. Why? – Because I need you to practice the correct pattern of movement, through repetition.
Who is this program to:
- If you have never surfed before – You are welcome.
- If you surfed once or twice, in schools, camps or with friends, this program is for you.
- If you’ve been in other programs, but your Standing/Staying up is not consistent, you are welcome. By consistency I mean: in every 10 waves, you are successful in at least 6 to 10. Like in any other exam, if your average is below this result, come to our Level 0 Certification.
- If you wish to learn about the science behind Surf and give yourself the possibilities of learning my method of the step by step in Surfing, this is absolutely for you.
You should get your certification fast because we will only receive 8 girls. Grow your level in small steps. Skills will be learned!
What’s included:
– 7 nights accommodation in our Cats Homie or walking distance apartments.
– 12 hours of Surf Education (theory, practice, frame analyses, and personal
discussion about each one’s difficulties, split the best way for your effective
learning process).
– Breakfast basket – eggs, cheese, oats, fruit, coffee, water and tea.
– A Portuguese Dinner served with my brother’s Wine.
– Insurance, all the gear – adjusted to your level and to the weather.
– Photographs from your week.
– Only 4 to 8 of You, to 2 to 3 of Us.
How much does it cost:
799€
Extras:
– For private room – Extra 280€.
– For private apartment – Extra 300€ (for you, or for two, in case you want to bring
someone who doesn’t want to join the program or is already independent).
– Car rental (under consulting). You will have plenty of time and many many things to visit…
In our ALOHA GIRLS Program RULES:
The program is organised considering tides and wave condition. We adjust it along the week, if needed, considering the group level, skills and your happiness.
We walk to the beach.
You have freedom during the biggest part of the day.
You will not be stuck at the beach with all the others, because the house is walking distance.
We don’t stay at the beach if it’s too hot, too cold, raining or too windy because it’s not comfortable. But you can stay if you want. We are all different.
This is not a boot camp, it’s not a camp, it’s a workshop week.
This program is not a leisure time program for tourists.
Was honestly designed to teach you the pleasure and happiness of Surfing days and lifestyle. The time you will be in practice is more than enough. Trust me I have studied it – I know exactly the kind of chemicals our body needs to produce so you can effectively learn. Don’t overdo it!
There is no extra renting included because we think you need to rest. If the conditions and the group is really fit and totally up to more, I will personally propose more.
There is no driving here included, because we have the greatest location ever. We have the sea on your right side and at your left side. But of course, we usually take you in our old-school Land Rover to take a look at the surroundings and to go to the Surf shops or supermarket. But again, EVERYTHING IS Walking distance.
The food included is only some products at your welcome breakfast basket and a Portuguese Dinner, that will be cooked by Tralha!
OTHER DATES:
10th to 17th Jun – Certification LEVEL 1
17th to 24th Jun – Certification LEVEL 0
16th to 23rd Sep – Certification LEVEL 0
23rd to 30 Sep – Certification LEVEL 01
30th Sep to 7 Oct – ALLBOARD – Closing Season
Any questions, please send me a Mail or a WhatsApp Text Message:
inestralha@goodsurfgoodlove.com
+351 919 814 615
BOOK your place. Take a ride in the honest side of Surfing in Portugal.
Begining of November in the South
The last couple of weeks I’ve been in Lagos in a Camp doing the Roxy 2.0 intermediate week. After 3 years doing this program, this Camp kind of format, it’s still new for me.
And down South of Portugal, have so many special places that I want to show the ladies.
This mixed feelings between, sleeping relax at night, with nothing but the teaching to worry about, and the wondering how am I going to deal with the difference between all the girl’s levels, is actually stressful.
So in the beginning of each week, at the welcome meeting, the first thing to do is to know them all, the best way possible. And because they arrive expecting to upgrade their level, the most important is to find where are they stuck in.
I throw a bunch of questions, and by their story, and the body language they use while telling it, I collect everything I need to know. And the outcome is very commonly going to rely on one of this things:
- You learned to Surf alone, with friends, or in a big Surfcamp, and by now you’ve been repeating the wrong movements patterns, and you became so good on that bad patterns that you can catch and enjoy some waves, but that bad pattern is not going to let you go up levels. You are stuck!
2. You have the wrong board for your level!
3. You are choosing the wrong spot for your level!
4. You are not respecting yourself!
In next posts, I am going to develop all of this thematics (2,3 and 4), but right now, I want to focus on point number 1. But please let me tell you: we need to consider all points, all together, OR there will be no improvement!
So, Big issue! I am very sorry to tell you that 95% (at least, and this is because I have in my personal contacts, lots of competitors and really good surfers), of all “surfers” I see at the beach, have been practicing wrong patterns of movements, that by now, in your intermediate level, will not let you grow any more from there!
So during this week, I have to decide if either I am going to create a chemical and psychological conflict in your biomechanics program, or if we are just going to have fun accepting that either may be too late to correct them or we don’t have the time to, because it’s not easy to go back on the whitewater and big soft boards where we can actually correct basic issues like your pop up or your basic stance on the board.
It’s really simple to correct it! So it’s actually a change for all of you, BUT, you have to:
1. Understand my teaching method, and learning process, that is suited for EVERYONE! I repeat EVERYONE because I am focused on individual issues. Either physiological or biomechanical, or social and psychological issue.
2. Really really want to learn and improve. If you just want to have fun with what you have, it’s also perfectly ok, and I accept and respect. Especially in a Camp, full of nice distractions, drinking some beers, making new friends,… 😉😁 I get it! I really do! 😌 And I will also be happy to just push you in the best waves… And I say “just” because there is a lot more you can take from this woman with 20 years experience, teaching sports!
If these 2 points are ticked by you, and we can manage a way of learning the correct basic Surf stance, and if you have a good control of your board, I mean, if the board is simply part of your body, instead of you feeling that stability “aboard” is still an issue.
I can talk or write for hours about so many things about my teaching method, but also have a big pile of books to read, sitting on my desk, that tells me that, there is still so much more about the essence of surf biomechanics and its movement patterns,…
I am new at this blogging stuff, but also, feel the need to pass on my legacy, because all the mistakes see other instructors doing at the beach with their clients have been in the past my mistakes too! I see a big improvement in Portugal around the competition, but none for almost 2 decades in this kind of camp services.
I saw these 2 last decades, the Surf services birth in Portugal, the accommodation getting upgraded, beautiful decoration, better service, friendly and professional hospitality managers, and nothing getting much better in the Surf service…
The vans are still rusty and dirty, the surf instructors are still smoking weed, the boards are always full of sand, dirty and crashed, the wetsuits are smelly and have holes, and no one has really brought nothing new to the beach, about their service. And when you go with a nice project to the best local accommodation, or to the biggest company, that you think may match their service,… It’s just a big disappointment… (and no more comments about it,…) For now, i see no vision,…
My biggest question is – the youngest party boys and girls I get it! The more mature adults with a budget, I don’t get it, why they still pay a bad service,… Because you already have some good services around. And don’t get confused when it’s called luxury. That is not what I am referencing; you need to search for quality!
So with this text, full of confused ideas, let’s start a new journey, where I will be sharing with anyone interested, the legacy of my last 20 years studying: the essence of all sports biomechanics, the human movement patterns, and my pedagogical point of view, and spread a WORD about Good Surf Good Love – RESPECT!
Next Post I will let you know what is the first thing to learn about Surf, if you really really want to be a good one – Respect all the elements you have to deal with if being a surfer.
No Newton laws or vectors or anything like that. Just a collection of 20 years teaching, researching and consulting in Sports.
Hope you can join our Manifest of Good Surf Good Love of Mood and behaviour!
Second Hand – Pranchas e Fatos
Olá a todos,
Duas vezes por ano, antes e depois do Verão costumamos fazer uma seleção de alguns dos nossos equimentos com mais ou menos uso e promovemos uma “venda de garagem”.
Fatos e pranchas, para Verão ou Inverno, com mais ou menos uso, para todas as carteiras, para ambos os sexos e qualquer idade…
Quer precises de um fato, ou de uma prancha softboard, para te divertires nos dias pequenos, para ensinares os teus amigos ou familiares, ou estás a começar a tua própria escola e tens um budget limitado, pf contacta-nos. Estou certa que nos poderemos ajudar.
Listados e ilustrados, alguns equipamentos abaixo…
(Antes de comprar, podes testar, fazendo um aluguer).
info@goodsurfgoodlove.com
+351 919814615
Dear all,
Twice a year we will have a garage selling with wetsuits and boards used and some almost new.
We like to try different types of equipment and supplies, so sometimes we overbuy some equipment for our small structure.
Every year, at the beginning and end of the Summer we make a selections and also because we have some offers from our sponsors and suppliers, we have to make a selections of equipment, so there’s plenty of second-hand equipment in really good conditions and with very interesting prices, and we can always negotiate a nice final price that suits both parts!
So either you need a nice and cheaper wetsuit for your winter/summer use, or a used cheap soft board for beginners, your kids, or simply for your fun in smaller days, or if you want to give some classes around, teach your friends to Surf, or you are starting your own school, please talk to us!
Before you buy, you can try!!! (By renting it,…)
info@goodsurfgoodlove.com
+351 919814615
Billabong Furnace 4’3 – Tamanho S de Homem, Pouquissimo uso. Topo de gama da época passada
Exel Infinity 4’3. Mulher tamanho 6. De 2 épocas anteriores. Com alguma utilização. Ainda faz mais um Inverno.
Exel Infinity TDC 4’3. Mulher tamanho 6. Do. Com alguma utilização. Ainda faz mais um Inverno. Inverno passado.
Billabong Surf capsule. Tamanho 8 de Mulher. Com muito uso, mas veste como uma luva! Para vender bem barato.
Exel X2 4’3 Mulher tamanho 6. De 2 épocas anteriores. Com alguma utilização. Ainda faz mais um Inverno.
Billabong Revolution. Tamanho M de Homem. Com uso. Para vender barato.
Billabong Furnace. Tamanho 8 de Mulher. Topo de gama do Inverno passado. Foi recentemente arranjado pela garantia da marca e não voltou a ser usado.
Billabong Xero. Tamanho L de Homem. Com muito uso. Para vender bem barato.
Billabong Intruder – Todos os tamahos disponíveis para Homem, Mulher ou Criança.
+ INFORMAÇÕES:
info@goodsurfgoodlove.com
+351 919814615
Good Surf good Love, will have special guests…
Next weekend, it’s time for a reunion between a group of 4yo friends and his parents.
The purpose is to teach parents, how to teach their children: Be aware of safety rules, respect the children’s fears and learning timing.
From my experience of 17 years teaching Surf, I see many parents expecting their children to learn Surf in their first contact with this new activity. My goal here is to explain that, like any other activity, either learning to walk, write their names, play an instrument, ride the bike, play Tennis… there is always many many previous contacts with a determined activity before we expect the little ones to fully perform…
Let’s see how parents perform, in this learning process!
This was our past week, around here,…
I could expect either, that in the most crowded time of the summer season, we could still share an empty line up with our guests and a couple of friends!
It was an exciting week, full of green perfect waves, even for the least experienced!
Love this live! Love to share this stoke you all my dear students! Love to teach!!
by Tralha