Jule Collection Demo Day

Head's up on a cool event this weekend for all of you Bay Area surfers. Our friend, Julie Cox, is putting on her "Ride My Board" demo days this weekend. Saturday she and her quiver will be in Santa Cruz, and Sunday she'll be in Pacifica. This is a great opportunity to demo some really sweet longboards. We'll be checking out the event on Sunday.

Check Jule Collection for more info.

Kelly Slater and Surfing Stronger As You Age

Kelly Slater recently won an astounding 9th World Championship title. Surfing performance has never been higher, and Slater wins it all by completely dominating the season. At age 36, he is the oldest surfer on the tour and the oldest ever to win it.

Now granted, Slater is a freak of nature, but his performance and his age raises an interesting gambit: You can surf at your better as you get older! Here at Surf Stronger HQ, the average age is about 36, so we certainly believe this!

Here are our three tips to surf better as you age:

1. Train. When your not surfing, you should be cross training for surfing. As we like to say, "better fitness equals better surfing." Of course surf-specific training is the way to go. (See our Surf Stronger videos for more)

2. Surf! This is obvious, but the more you surf, the better you'll get. Also, try a variety of conditions and boards. The variety will help your surfing.

3.Watch surfing: Videos, contests, webcasts, your local surf spot, and yourself. Get yourself taped and see how you really look out there and how can you improve it. Compare your surfing to the best surfers and notice how they use their bodies to make elegant powerful turns. Watch where they bend their knees, move their feet, and how they use their arms and shoulders to direct where they are going. You will get better.

Here's to surfing stronger as you age.


9 time world champ, Kelly Slater.

Surf Stronger and Sambazon

Happy October! It is officially surf season and we couldn't be happier. To commemorate the opening of surf season we are offering a little bonus on all SurfStronger.com orders. We are giving away a free Sambazon Acai drink (well, a coupon good for a free bottle) with every order from now through October 31, 2008. Sambazon Acai is the perfect post surf, or post workout drink. Get fit and get nutritious!

Happy surfing,
The Surf Stronger Crew

Under the Sun -- A good looking new surf film

There's a new surf movie out, Under the Sun, that looks like a goodie. It chronicles the surf history and scenes of Australia's cosmopolitan, busy Gold Coast versus the more laid-back, groovy Byron Bay. While the two regions are only about one hour apart, the scenes are quite different. Both surf towns are heaps fun and have heaps of good people and unreal waves. This film looks really cool. Playing in San Francisco tonight
at 111 Minna Street (at 2nd St).

Build Better Endurance for Fall Surf

Fall, and that blessed Fall surf, is right around the corner. Are you ready?

Hopefully you are on some sort of training program like Surf Stronger.
Here is our latest Fit Tip on agruably the best exercises for building surf endurance: the ball push up. Check it out.

Surf Into Savings!

In anticipation of the Fall surf season, we're making it easier than ever to get in shape for surfing! No we can't do the workouts for you, but we are offering free shipping on all US orders now through September 15, 2008. Pick up a Surf Stronger DVD, combo packs, fit kits and more. Shipping's on us.

Check out our store today.

Strong Surf Sites

The aim of this blog is to bring you news and updates from the Surf Stronger Crew, and to bring you the best in surfing health, fitness and lifestyle. To that end, we'd like to share with you inspiring surf sites around the web from time to time.

The first such site is Country Feeling Surfboards. These guys are the real deal! Country Feeling Surfboards is pushing the limits of green surf board building. From their site: "Country Feeling Surfboards celebrates the nature that surrounds us with surfboards made with environmentally friendly materials: soy-based and sugar-based foams; deck inlays made from hemp, organic cotton, bamboo and silk; and resin that is catalyzed by the sun."

Also the site features rich photos from Hawaii, some "country" tunes by North Shore musician Jack Johnson, and a cool blog.

Visit our friends over at
Country Feeling Surfbaords.

Aloha,
The Surf Stronger Crew


Jeff Bushman and an Eco Gun