Better surfing starts with better training.Surf, surfskate and surf strength coaching, on the concrete, online, or for a week.
You already put in the work. You just need to know exactly what to work on.
Your coachVasco RodriguesSport scientist and physiologist. The only official Carver Skateboards coach in Europe.
The Concrete Surfers Training Method is the roadmap in all three.
Lisbon area
Small groups on the concrete, four people maximum. No board needed.
Worldwide
Send your footage. We find what's holding you back and build the training to fix it.
Portugal & Sri Lanka
A week of surfing with eight people maximum and a coach watching every session.
Two or three weeks of surfing a year. Nobody learns a movement in forty waves.
"Bend your knees" is true, and useless if it isn't your actual problem.
A late read makes the turn look broken. So you drill the turn, and nothing changes.
The months between trips are the whole game. Surfskate and surf strength training turn them into training.
You don't need to guess what to work on next. You have a method to follow.
How we coachThe numbers are real and the retreats sell out.
"The daily video analysis helped me see what I have to change in the water. Learning the movements on the surfskate first and then transferring them really helped me improve in one week."
Nicole, 36 — Switzerland
"His instructions were clear, he demonstrated and feedback was by video analysis. I went away with a lot to work on and exercises to help. Very precise and structured."
Jamie — UK
"Understood where my weight should be, when to compress and extend. Arm positioning. Now I feel better equipped for bowl training."
Sina, 41 — Germany
Pick the one that sounds most like you. Five seconds.
Most likely holding you back
Most surfers stuck here land with their weight too far back. The board stalls, the nose lifts, and the wave is gone before you're standing. It's one of the quickest things to change, because you can train it on land before you next paddle out.
What I'd point you atA retreatYou need water time and someone watching every wave. A week does more here than a year of guessing.
Take me thereMost likely holding you back
You're paddling for waves that had already passed their moment, or from a spot that never gave you a chance. Learn where the wave will break and when to be there, and the green waves you keep missing start becoming yours.
What I'd point you atA retreatWave reading is learned in the water, repeatedly, with someone calling it with you.
Take me thereMost likely holding you back
Riding straight down the line usually means the board is being pushed rather than leaned. This is the thing surfskate develops fastest — on concrete an unloaded rail tells you immediately, and once your body knows the difference, the turn you've been chasing is there.
What I'd point you atSurfskate classesThis is the one level where concrete beats water for speed of change.
Take me thereMost likely holding you back
You lose speed on the way out and the next section arrives with nothing to work with. Get the exit right and the whole wave links up. This needs your own footage looked at properly, because the fault is a fraction of a second long.
What I'd point you atThe DiagnosticSend footage. This is exactly what the diagnostic is for.
Take me thereMost likely holding you back
At this level the movement is usually there and the timing isn't — you read the section a beat late, so the manoeuvre happens in the flats instead of the pocket. That's trainable, but high performance isn't our focus and you'd be better served by a specialist.
What I'd point you atThe SnapshotSend one wave anyway. If it isn't for us I'll tell you straight and point you somewhere better.
Get your SnapshotOr choose what you're after. You'll hear back within 24 hours, 48 for a Snapshot.
We train on Carver. Vasco is the only official Carver Skateboards coach in Europe, and the drills in the method are built around their trucks.
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