Your workout - Your way

The perfect book for anyone who wants to be healthier, feel better and live longer. Simple, effective workouts you can do anywhere, anytime, in just 15 minutes (or less). Ideal for people who travel, people who are snowbound, people who don't really want to join a gym. You can do these at home, at the office, in a hotel room, in a park, or wherever you like. Perfect for people starting exercise, or athletes recovering from an illness or injury.

Includes:
Basic 15-minute workout you can do every day.
60-second mini-workouts when you're pressed for time.
Complete set of over three dozen exercises and stretches for added variety and levels of difficulty.

2014 expanded edition - Longboard + Shortboard - it's all here. New Shortboard section* with multiple images and analysis of common moves including off-the-lip and aerials, plus common errors to avoid.
New information, additional graphics, more detailed explanations.
New layout for easier reading (and Kindle viewing).
*For an all-shortboard experience try the DVD: "Surf Better - Shortboard" in both Regular and Goofy-foot editions.

Surf Better is a must-have book for surfers, ocean-goers and anyone looking for a simple, effective way to get in shape and stay there. A complete surfing program including fitness, tactics and techniques, wave knowledge, and more. Fully illustrated.
Instructional surfing photos
Surfing technique and check list
Dry Land Surf School with workouts and agility drills
Understanding waves and swell direction
Surfing a new break
How to read waves, rips and boils
Using tides and currents.

PART I: SURFING TECHNIQUE
Preparation and takeoff - Turns - Shortboard Moves - Integrated vs. delayed rotation - Off the lip - Air - Foot position - Frontside vs. Backside - Technical practice checklist - Leash management and the "Houdini Moment"

PART II: KNOW YOUR OCEAN
Sea, swell and waves - Wave formation and propagation - How waves travel - How fast do waves move? - What defines "deep water" and "shallow water?" - Ocean facts

PART III: KNOW YOUR BREAK
Swell direction and the "magic number" - Tides - Wave refraction and Island wave shadows - The effects of wind - How waves behave in shallow water - Interpreting swell information - Understanding size vs. power - Using reef boils - Using currents

PART IV: DRY LAND SURF SCHOOL
Full flexibility, agility and surf simulation section with dozens of exercises and workout packages.

..".then he floated an "Off the lip, center my ass by bringing my board back under me recovery"-pretty awesome move and proof that his book is working."

Ahora en espanol El mejor manual practico del surf traducido del ingles, en edicion aumentada con nuevas imagenes y explicaciones. Surfea mejor es el libro imprescindible para surfistas, gente que frecuenta la playa y cualquiera que busque una manera sencilla y eficaz de ponerse y mantenerse en plena forma fisica. Un cursillo completo de surf que incluye acondicionamiento fisico, tactica y tecnica, conocimiento del mar y del mareaje, y mas. Ampliamente ilustrado con tablas, diagramas y fotos instructivas del surf. Surfea mejor te ofrece:
Fotos instructivas de todos los aspectos del surf.
Explicaciones tecnicas, con ejemplos y listas de puntos claves.
Entrenamiento con ejercicios para una preparacion completa.
Conocimiento del oleaje, su tamano y direccion.
Como abordar un break desconocido.
Interpretacion de olas, corrientes de resaca y ebulliciones.
Aprovechamiento de las mareas y corrientes. PARTE I: TECNICA DEL SURF
Preparacion y takeoff (el arranque) - Los giros - Colocacion de los pies - Frontside vs. Backside - Practica tecnica: puntos claves - Manejo del invento y el Momento Houdini PARTE II: CONOCE TU OCEANO
Viento, mar de fondo (swell) y olas - De donde provienen las olas del mar? - Como recorren el oceano las olas? - A que velocidad se desplazan la olas? - Cuan profundo es profundo? - Datos marinos PARTE III: CONOCE TU SPOT
Factor: direccion del oleaje y efectos en la zona del surf - Factor: las mareas - Con cual marea se corre mejor? - Obstaculos a la accion de las olas - Refraccion de las olas - Islas y sombras en el oleaje - Los efectos del viento - Cambios del oleaje en aguas someras - Interpretacion de los partes de swell - Cuan grande es grande? - Las ebulliciones (boils) - Las corrientes de resaca PARTE IV: ENTRENAMIENTO
Como sacar los mejores resultados - Conservacion de los hombros y la columna vertebral - Ejercicios claves para acondicionamiento, flexibilidad, agilidad APENDICE: Terminologia del surf (ilustrado)