Is the pop-up about physical or mental strength?

Every week, we cover a tip or a trick to mastering your pop-up. Today, let’s deal with fear and performance pressure.

You might not be popping up because:

1. Staying on the board is safer than standing up.
2. Pulling back is safer than heading downhill.
3. Body surfing to the beach is safer than slipping off the board into the ocean.
5. Everyone around you is taking waves and the pressure to perform hits sky high
6. You pop up and… you fail. And failing is not fun.

But…you dust yourself off and you try it over, and over, and over again. We’d like to congratulate you on your resilience, learning to surf is not easy. But it’s a cakewalk 🍰 🚶‍♀️ when you know how (stolen from a big wave surfer Gerry Lopez).