Surfing is a sport that requires skill, balance, and coordination. The waves can be unpredictable, and the ability to navigate them effectively is crucial. Surfing requires the right equipment, and one piece of equipment that has become increasingly popular in recent years is the surf skate.
Using a surf skate has numerous benefits for surfers, and in this blog, we will explore some of them.
Our longboard clinics and retreats are super popular. So we’ve decided to share some insights into what you may learn on a course with us! First up, Cross Stepping. We’ve broken down the cross step, step-by-step, and thrown in 3 key tips from our Surf Sistas coaches to help you get to grips with it.
We’ve been running our women’s Surf & Yoga weekends for over 20 years now. In fact, a little brand history moment, Surf Sistas evolved from these very weekends. Back in…
We’re delighted to be one of the sponsors of the UK premiere of Yama Surf Film. A film by Newquay based filmmaker, photographer and surfer Maddie Meddings and surfer and activist Lucy Small.
Yama follows Australian surfer and activist Lucy Small as she travels to Ghana to meet with a group of pioneering female surfers and skaters. Once a stronghold of the transatlantic slave trade and with a history of Atlantic aquatic surf culture that precedes colonial invasion, this is a story of a reclamation and joy.
Being a little leg of the UK sticking out into the Atlantic, Cornwall receives swell year round which means you can surf every month of the year! People often ask me the best time of year to come surfing in Cornwall. My default answer is “it depends.”
My preference is usually Spring or Autumn. But having been asked this question again recently, I thought back to the 2022 season and the sessions I experienced then. On reflection my favourite month in Cornwall, for the epic surf and good times in between, was June
Mastered the white water but struggling to get out the back? Our coaches have helped hundreds of Surf Sistas get out there on our white to green course. Here’s five…
Surf leggings, how do we survive without them!
Gone are the days of badly sunburnt legs, tears and enforced non-surf days on tropical surf trips. These days we just pop some leggings in our bag and they serve a multitude of purposes. Just in case you don’t believe us we have listed them below like the crazy surf leggings evangelists that we are.
Are you curious to find out what it’s like on a Surf Sistas course?
Not only do we want to share reviews from past Surf Sistas with you but we also want to celebrate how far these women have come in their surfing journey and where a course with Surf Sistas has taken them to next!
We caught up with one of our past Surf Sistas, Tab, who joined us on several courses in 2022. We noticed on Insta she is aiming to surf her way across South-East Asia in 2023 and we were curious to find out more!
Let’s face it, we can’t surf every day of the year. Even living by coast, there’s days when the wind blows onshore or a summer flat spell sets in.
Luckily, there’s a solution to avoid saltwater withdrawal – swimming!
Swimming is a great way to spend time in the sea, whilst also keeping you fit for surfing! It can also serve as a saviour if you live far away from surfing beaches. You might find it becomes one of your favourite hobbies.
Confused by what all those charts, numbers, arrows and colours are saying when you look at a surf forecast? Understandably. Reading and understanding a surf forecast is like putting all…
