Started surfing this summer I’m decent for a beginner. Love it so much. As insane as this sounds, this neck shit this month is more discouraging than all the nose dives, getting held under, getting yelled out by other surfers, and struggling to paddle out all combined. Any advice would be great. I saw this silicone/latex neck guard but can’t find it in the US except for an XS on Amazon.

Heading to El Salvador November 1st and staying for 10 day. I'm brand new to surfing. Only been surfing once in waikiki and had a blast, but the instructors were giving us a push so we could catch the waves. I realize i dont know shit and need practice. I don't really have a place to surf at home, so I'm limited to taking trips and learning as i go. I know I'm not going to be able to learn in a week, but I'd like learn as much as possible in the short time I have so I can be more prepared for the next trip.

I'm going with a friend who doesn't surf, so a surf camp might not work. I'm not going to be surfing the whole trip, but hopefully I'll be able to surf half the trip. I don't have accommodations booked yet, but I'm thinking about starting south (east?) and working my way up the coast. I've done a little research and it sounds like El Zonte is good for beginners, so I might stay there for a 4-5 days, but I'm open to other suggestions if you guys think there might be a better option.

Just wondering if anyone has any recommendations for surf lessons and rentals in that area. Or if anyone has recommendations for other beginner friendly beaches on the El Salvador coast that might be a better fit for a beginner. I want to maximize this trip, get comfortable on a board and the ocean, and learn fundamentals and how to surf the right way so I don't develop bad habits.

Any suggestions are welcomed. Thanks in advance.

If we're all going down we're going down getting barreled 🫡

Have tried a few epoxy boards and they've all felt a touch more drag-y and slow than PU boards. It could be totally in my head though. Anything to this?

Does anyone have recommendations for the best place to rent a board? My GF and I booked a random flight to Honolulu and are definitely balling on a budget.

We are both intermediate surfers, so we won’t be doing anything crazy.

Thank you!

Should I be worried about this?

It's a new torq 7.2 fun... first hardboard... I'm trying to take care of it like a baby, but managed to scratch it while trying to put it in the car...

This is an early 70s board, and I'm going to guess this screw/plate combo has been in this box since it's existed. Went to finally surf it today and couldn't put a fin in because the screw is way bigger than the hole in the tab of any of my fins. Easy, just take it out and put a different screw/plate in. Except this fucker will not come out.

This is one of those old ass boxes that doesn't have a little ramp near the vertical slot to turn the plate up into. So I thought, I'll just jam it all the way forward, out of the way, and stick my extra hardware in there. Well, that won't go in either. Tried taking a razor blade to the corners of the vertical channel so the plate could rotate in, but I can't cut this plastic. This is some pre-EPA DuPont magic plastic. It's like solid, injected molded Teflon.

Any ideas? I'm hesitant to start drilling out my fins since I want to swap a few fins in and see what works best, and don't want to have those holes then be too big to put back in other boards. For once swaylocks doesn't have the magic answer, nor does jamboards.

Any advice as far as things to look out for or rules to follow?

I think there's a name for that move but am at a loss... Thanks

with the shitty sandbars all summer, maybe it just needed some bigger waves

Looking to get a new board soon for 4-6 range and am debating on getting a custom board from a reputable shaper but don’t really know of any good ones in the LA/Ventura area or am inferno 72. Let me know if you know any good shapers in this area that have customs for a good price or if it’s better to get a board off a retail store. Thanks

I’m planning a surf trip to Costa Rica. My everyday short board is a 6’6 JS bullseye 46.9L what length and liters should I look to buying for a better wave board. I surf east coast btw so the waves don’t pack the punch CR does

Just got a new Walden magic, and the FCS ii fins fit perfectly. However, the little hex screws go in on the side. Are they the same size? To be clear, the fins have the full base and little notch tab like a futures, not the two little FCS tabs

RFK managed to secure both left and right wing serve icons lol

I'll be traveling from mid january to mid March and I'm looking to go to Nicaragua but keep getting contradictory info on conditions that time of the year, especially on wave size and wind. I'm happy to surf on a longboard as long as there are some more shortboardable days peppered in. Anyone have any insight in surfing those parts that time of the year? Keeping in mind that it looks to be an el niño year...

Also doesn't have to be nicaragua if there are other recs

Sorry for the Kook post, let me know if this should be posted somewhere else.

I’m surfing around 8 years on and off but I’m really trying to get back into it and I’m loving it. I have a 5”7 with 26l and it’s super tricky and a bit too advanced for me. I also have a 5”10 short foamie which is very fun. The waves I surf are pretty mushy and weak most of the time on a beach break.

Should I sell the 5”7 and get a fish as an all rounder or keep the 5”7 and get a fish and naturally progress into the high performance board?

Thanks in advance!

Does anyone know where to find them, or has the measurements of it so I can 3d print them. They are and old Bic system call power box

I hurt my left shoulder surfing in May. I'm just learning but had a long session and ignored the warning signs. Hurt like hell whenever I paddled. Took some time off. Diagnosis was bursitis and I was given some generic shoulder exercises, and then a steroid injection in July.

Pain went, until a relapse late August (moving a mattress) and it's now worse than before. Found a physio that could scan it, and he said tear to the infraspinatus, which I understand to be a muscle / tendon in the rotator cuff. Have another (single) exercise to do, but slow progress if any. Affecting sleep, exercise and MH now.

Any advice welcome. Struggling a bit here. Rest it or use it? Exercise recommendations? Worth considering another injection? Chances of long term issues?

It's my 50th in March and I want to bring the whole family and other families will join us somewhere in Mexico. Any suggestions? Contemplating Punta Mita, and possibly Troncones (though that state seems to be on a not safe to travel list). Any other easy to access spots you can recommend? Thanks!

I have the very privileged position of potentially being able to transfer through my job either to Australia or back to my original country of Spain (at the moment I’m in a landlocked, rainy city), I’m allowed to work online so if I transferred to Spain could move around all the surf spots of Europe if I wanted to. I’m indecisive if to push for AUS or Europe - if you had to choose which would you move to For both surf and lifestyle)? :)

I'm in Tokyo for the week and was thinking of hitting up Yuigahama beach one of the days. I just wanted to confirm there were surf shops nearby that I could rent from. I saw the surf report and it looks like crap but I just want to grab a foamie and say I went out there. Thanks!

Super fun day of surfing. Took this from the car park. Hard to leave.