KookCast: Surf Education

Oct 26 2024 246 ep. 31 mins 100

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The best podcast for beginner surfers! Tune in to The Surf Continuum's Coach Chris, Coach Evan, and their guests talk about learning to surf and how they learned the hard (and usually hilarious) way to be a little less kooky--or in some cases, just embrace it! Head over to thesurfcontinuum.com/signup to become a member of our team and receive even more value and educational surf content.

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Earning Respect from Surfers

Oct 26 2024 20 mins

This week on KookCast, Coach Chris and Coach Ev are chatting about respect and how to earn it from other surfers, especially the old heads and long time locals. Timestamps: (02:33) - How you show up to the beach (05:29) - How you get in and out of the water (07:42) - Check your pace (10:12) - How you show up to the line-up (11:38) - Surfing inside and wide (13:41) - Smile ! (16:3

Caught on Film! A Wicked Burn with Catharina Duval de Navarre

Sep 30 2024 33 mins

This week on KookCast, Catherina Duval de Navarre jumps on a Zoom call with Coach Chris to share screens and talk us through a clip she shared of herself getting absolutely burned during a session of a lifetime. If you're a member of thesurfcontinuum.com, be sure to login and watch it over there so you can see the clips we're discussing. Time Stamps: (03:10) - How Cat started sur

Surfing in Circles

Sep 21 2024 16 mins

In this episode of KookCast, Coach Chris and Coach Ev are talking about their approach to surfing, specifically speaking on the dynamic of how they move through the line-up. Time Stamps: (03:39) - The Surf Continuum and surfing in circles (05:54) - Connection to your equipment (06:35) - Staying on the move and in circular patterns (07:53) - Circles, to spirals, to rhythm with the

Water Brother: The Sid Abruzzi Story

Jul 25 2024 40 mins

This week on KookCast, Sid Abruzzi joins Coach Chris to discuss his new documentary with the Kinnane Brothers, Water Brother: The Sid Abruzzi Story. The world premier is July 26th at the Angelika Theater in NYC. Details for other premier locations below. Premier or not, make sure you watch this film. It was epic. Asbury Park, NJ - August 8 House of Independents Narragansett, RI - A

Celebrating Hobie's 70th Anniversary - Part 2

Jun 04 2024 34 mins

This week on KookCast, Coach Chris and Coach Ev got Adam Davenport back on the phone after he was dropped halfway through the first call with Kris Carlow in part one of this now two part series. Time Stamps: (01:41) - Adam’s family and beach life growing up (03:47) - How Adam came to be a shaper (06:47) - The basic foundation of a good longboard for novices (08:41) - Mastering

Celebrating Hobie's 70th Anniversary - Part 1

May 16 2024 30 mins

This week on KookCast, Coach Chris and Coach Evan are joined by Kris Carlow and Adam Davenport of Hobie Surfboards to celebrate the brands 70th anniversary. We're first introduced to them through their surfing background before Kris, the brand manager at Hobie, takes us through the life of Hobie Alter and how the Hobie brand came to be. Next week in part 2, Adam describes his job

Emma Bukowski of Nose Rider Surf Club

Apr 29 2024 49 mins

Emma Bukowski, creator of Nose Rider Surf Club, joins Coach Chris to talk not only about her surfing journey, but the effort it took to reach the starting line of that journey. Coming from Wisconsin, it might not have seemed like surfing was in the cards for Emma. Tune in to hear how Emma played her hand and now gets to live her dream. The discussion eventually turns a little more

2024 La Misión Surf Trip Recap

Apr 19 2024 62 mins

This episode is a recap of the annual surf trips Coach Chris and Coach Ev organize to La Misión in Baja. It begins with an introduction from Coach Chris, moves into a discussion between him and Coach Ev debriefing on important takeaways and key lessons, and finishes with some clips drawn from the raw recordings of both group one and group two at our final dinner of the week. Time

SHARK! with Erin LaVallee

Mar 22 2024 36 mins

This week on KookCast, Erin LaVallee joins Coach Chris to share her story on fulfilling a lifelong dream to surf, the mistakes and successes on the journey, and of course her kooky story. (01:58) - Intro to Erin (08:25) - First Surfboard (09:56) - First Boogie Session & Revelation (16:08) - Background as a tattoo artist (18:08) - Being a woman surfer, courage, and perseverance (27

Alek Rockrise from The California Surf Academy

Feb 12 2024 71 mins

This week on KookCast, Alek Rockrise joins Coach Chris to talk surf education, sharing your surf knowledge, and the personal battles that come with it. Thank you to our sponsor Crooked Wetsuits for helping us stay warm in the water. Episode timestamps: (02:01) - Alek’s surfing background (07:15) - The grom mentality (08:49) - Teaching “how to read waves” (13:06) - Surf etiqu