Surfing is a beautiful sport. Riding waves is a beautiful art. When you learn to ride waves with our holistic approach to coaching, you learn to harness the power of the waves to ride them gracefully full of speed, power and flow. You create a connection with the ocean built up by becoming aware of its dynamics, which makes you understand how to navigate harmoniously in its rhythms. The connection between surfer, surfboard, water and ultimately wave involves several skills that are not only about technique on the surfboard, but also about being able to read the ocean, create awareness thereby and react accordingly.
On this retreat the focus will be on accelerating progression through understanding the ocean and technique at all levels in surfing. On the retreat you will gain a high degree of the awareness needed to be able to read the water, anticipate your actions, know the elements of technique underlying movement on the board and subsequently be able to progress more rapidly on your own. Through video coaching and theoretical sessions we will identify the elements of technique that need adjustment and learn to read the water and waves properly. Each day the perfect surf spot around Ericeira will be chosen according to the conditions to get the best possible surf experience. The transportation to the surf spots is of course included in the retreat. |
Herbert has been surfing for nearly 30 years. He lives in Denmark in the summer and in Costa Rica during the winter. Herbert is an Ocean Skills Coach and knows almost everything there is to know about the ocean, the waves and the conditions that influence these. Among other things, Herbert uses open water swimming, body surf, surf and surf skate in his coaching. He has been skating for even longer than he has been surfing. In both Denmark and Costa Rica Herbert coaches both children and adults from beginners to advanced in feeling and being safe in the ocean. And to become amazing surfers. Moreover, he is the head coach of the danish national surf team.
Herbert has broken down the elements of technical movement on the board methodically and has linked that to an element very much overseen in coaching, which has to do with understanding the ocean. The results from this combination together with using disciplines like body surfing and surf skateboarding make him one of the few teachers in the world that is able to integrate surf coaching holistically. |