Urban Surf

Follow these rules and you will have great experience in surfing.

Surfing is an activity to ride the waves with or without surfboard, and right now surfing has considered not only as a sport but has become a lifestyle. Surfing lifestyle or surf culture began with the history of surfing on Polynesians. The Polynesians culture influence the modern surfing lifestyle, such as big wave culture, surfing art, spirituality, surf tourism, and surf environmentalism. Since it becomes a lifestyle, there are some basic rules to surfing that you need to know and follow. Here are some rules of surfing you should do or you should not do to enjoy the Surf Culture.

First rule; don’t ever surf under the influence of alcohol or any drugs. The influence of alcohol and drugs will affect your concentration and judgment while surfing. Drink alcohol and surfing at the same time won’t make you look cooler or better surfer. Keep the alcohol after surfing activity or don’t drink at all since everything will get messy and you won’t be able to surf at all.

The second rule is prepared yourself before going on surfing; prepare your gear, wetsuit, and a surfboard. Then, wear a waterproof sun block to protect your skin from burn, and warm up before you go surfing. Make sure you know how to surf, or else go get information about surfing on the internet. Keep practice before you go to beach to improve your surfing skill. Warming up before surfing will prevent you from muscle injury and cramp. Make sure you don’t eat food an hour before surfing.

The third rule, check the surrounding condition before surfing. Check weather forecast, waves, and temperature conditions before go to the beach. Make sure that your destination beach has lifeguards; it will ensure your safety if something goes wrong. Then, check the other surfer locations and give priority to any surfers who are closest to the waves. Make sure you don’t distract other surfers by taking their waves, just wait for another waves. Respect the locals and remember that you are a guest in that beach. Then, choose the most comfortable waves for you; don’t push yourself too much since it will be dangerous. Bring friends who know how to surf better than you and observe him to help you improve your surfing.

The last rule is to remember that surfing is about having fun. It is okay if you fail in catching waves, get thrown by your own board, or overtaken by other surfer. Remember that you go to the beach and surf to get all the fun, keep your safety, respect other surfer, other water users, and locals. Well, enjoy the waves!