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5 Surf Goals for 2017

5 Surf Goals for 2017

Travel-

5 Surf Goals for 2017- Travel

5 Surf Goals for 2017- Travel

2017 is the year of travel. Mexico and Central America are high on my surf travel destinations list. They boast a plethora of world-class locations. Most even have the comforts of warm water, waves year round, and are relatively inexpensive. If you are living in Southern California a great way to find cheap airfare is to fly out of the Tijuana airport located just across the boarder. The airlines in Tijuana fly to most destinations in Mexico and Central America. This year I plan to make at least three surf missions to foreign countries in search of waves and adventure. I also want to make it a goal to pack light and only bring the bare necessities; passport, couple surfboards, swim fins, mask and snorkel, sandals, sunscreen, camera, just a few board shorts, tee-shirts and board short liners. The entire package should easily fit in a large backpack; so whether you’re bus hopping around Peru and Ecuador, hitch hiking on Mexican farm roads or taking taxis from the airport. Packing light and just having a board bag and backpack makes getting around much easier.

 

Surf More-

5 Surf Goals for 2017-Surf More

5 Surf Goals for 2017-Surf More

This goes without saying, but as the years go by I’m still astounded by how many times I hear those infamous words, “well you should have been here yesterday”. This means I plan to get up earlier before work in search of waves and paddle out even if the conditions don’t look optimal. Because I can’t even begin to count how many fun surf sessions I have had when I went out doubting the conditions and ended up having much more fun than I expected.

 

 

Shape my own Surfboard-

5 Surf Goals for 2017- Shape Your Own Surfboard

5 Surf Goals for 2017- Shape Your Own Surfboard

I have long admired the art of surfboard shaping and 2017 is the year that I want to experience it for myself. I don’t plan on getting it right on the first try but with my shaper friends help I know I make a pretty fun mushy wave board. Shaping is relatively easy and only requires a minimal amount of tools and allows for a lot of creativity to flow into the project.

Glassing and fin placement on the other hand is probably best left to the professionals. So this is the year where I want to make one weird shaped fun small wave board that will stand apart from the run of the mill shapes you see up and down the beach. There is just something so special about riding a board you created and designed and allowing the creativity to continue to flow in the approach to surfing on a wave.

 

 

Follow a Swell up and Down the Coast-

This has always been a goal of mine, but I never really seem to get it right. I know it will require a lot of driving and multiple sessions in a day, but surfing is a sport like none other where you can surf many spots and follow the very same swell as it moves up or down the coast. As far as surfing many sessions in a single day I have found that board short liners eliminate rashes if you’re fortunate to be trunking it or for the rest of us it allows for easy wetsuit changes. I was inspired by the East coast surfers that case hurricane swells from Florida all the way up into Canada riding the same pulse of waves and always trying to be in the right spot at the right time. 

 

Eat Healthy and Stay Fit!

5 Surf Goals for 2017- Eat Healthy

5 Surf Goals for 2017- Eat Healthy

I know this is a goal for most people at the start of a new year, but rarely does it ever come to fruition year round. We get lazy and start making excuses. Not me. I want to be ready to go at a moments notice when the surf picks up and those big purple blobs show up in the forecast.

This year I am not going to sit out any sessions or have to paddle in early because I wasn’t physically and mentally prepared. I know it will be easy to fall out of surfing shape in those long flat spells but when the surf finally does pick up again I want to be one hundred percent ready to go.

Tips For Keeping Warm This Winter

Tips For Keeping Warm This Winter

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Frozen toes and ice cream headaches can’t stop you from reaping the benefits of cold water swells. I know it’s tough to not dream about surfing tropical waves while you’re out braving the elements, but there actually are a few things you can do to make your body feel a little more tropical without jumping on a plane. Here are a few tips for keeping warm this winter:

 

 

Layer Up

Give your waterman an extra layer of warmth with the watermen shorts, an Original Watermen boardshort liner.  These shorts will keep you nice and toasty underneath your wetsuit. It also offers you an easy transition from wetsuit to clothes and back. The extra layer will work to trap your body warmth from escaping. If you want an extra up top, try our surf rash guard under your wettie, as well. It’s the same concept as wearing board short liners, you’re giving your body another way to trap your hard earned heat. It’s also a good plan of attack to change in a warm place, don’t let your body catch the chill.

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Eat

Food equals fuel and fuel gives you heat. Make sure to have food in your belly before you go brave the cold. Don’t go gordito though, give yourself plenty of time to digest (couple hours) before you start mad dogging for waves. We recently wrote a blog on what should include the perfect pre-surf meal.

 

Keep Moving

Whatever you do, don’t toss anchor once you’re out in the lineup. Keep yourself moving and the blood flowing. Stay active and your body will never get the chance to settle into the cold. There’s nothing worse than surfing with cold little piggies because once they are cold they aren’t going anywhere, not even to the market. Keep the blood flowing and the body moving. This technique may also get you into a few extra peaks.

 

Winter is here. Instead of dreaming of warmer days embrace the cold and be prepared with these simple tips. There’s something gratifying about overcoming the elements to Earn Your Salt.

How to Provide True Support to Your Upper Leg Muscles

How to Provide True Support to Your Upper Leg Muscles

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Our upper leg muscles allow us to swim, surf, train and be watermen. The upper leg muscles are crucial element in body movement. If those engines bog out on you, your session is toast. Be proactive in muscle care. Provide your leg muscles with true support by wearing men’s compression shorts while you are Earning Your Salt.

 

As watermen, we are constantly reaping the benefits of the fountain of youth (the ocean). It keeps us young and lively, but this does not mean that is not important to take other measures to make sure you stay in the water and firing on all cylinders. It is so important to prevent thigh muscle strain. Do what you can to retain muscle temperature. Original Watermen’s compression shorts offer a host of benefits to keep you training harder and in the water longer.

 

The Watermen compression shorts for men give your muscles added warmth, making them a perfect addition to your training gear. Our compression shorts are tight-fitting shorts that work to hold muscles in place and improve performance and recovery. Keeping your muscles warm prevents muscle strain. The compression improves blood flow allowing oxygenation to keep the stoke alive in your upper leg muscles.

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Not only are you looking out for your health, you will also be looking like the baldest fish in the sea, gym, house, beach, well— just where ever you end up sporting them. Original Watermen’s compression shorts are offered in a plethora of colors in patterns, double-lined and made out of silky-soft Lycra. This material is ultra-breathable and is the perfect amount of gradient compression.

 

Do not be too sore to score the next swell. Capitalize on all the benefits that compression shorts offer your upper leg muscles. You can thank us after you catch your next leg-burner session and were the first guy in the water and the last one out. Check out our other article  “How Compression Shorts Have Affected Men’s Sports Performance”

 

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