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By Jay DiMartino, About.com Guide to Surfing / Bodyboarding since 2003

Surf into Summer

Sunday June 7, 2009
Okay folks, it's summer and the weather is perfect to learn how to surf. Don't be afraid. Guys are surfing in in Duluth, Minesota. They are paddle surfing in California. Ladies are shredding Florida. The cultures of Australia and Hawaii are brimming with surf stoke and Europe is riddled with surf stoked locals in tiny bathing suits. Eight-year olds ae paddling in to waves and dudes in their nineties are longboarding all morning. Whether you want to just get some exercise out in the ocean or get out their and really rip, this is the time to learn how to surf. You might have a week off or if your lucky enough to be a kid, heck, you've got two months to learn how to surf. Surf. Surf. Surf. That's how my mind works. Let's get you started:

Learn How to Paddle

Learn How to Catch a Wave

Learn How to Stand Up

Learn how to Ride

You might say that websites are teaching surfing are just adding to the already congested lineups arpound the world, but the bottom line is that it's better to have more accomplished surfers that are safely intergrating into the masses rather than kooks who are serve as a menace to the established oreder. In learning how to surf, you learn how to pick a beach that is uncrowded, to paddel clear of more advanced surfers, and to respect the local surfers where you travel. These are fundamentals that make surfing "fun" and "mental".

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