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<\/span>The 6 most common beginner’s mistakes<\/span><\/h1>\n

<\/span>Learning to surf and how to avoid the most common mistakes!<\/span><\/h3>\n

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<\/span>The 6 most common beginner mistakes when learning to surf – and how to avoid them!<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

For beginners, learning to surf<\/strong> can be very exhausting – especially when the conditions don’t play along, the board and the waves somehow don’t want to go your way and that thing with the take-off just doesn’t want to go right – yet it always looks so easy with the pros! When things finally go well in the white water, the unbroken green wave throws you off course again. The idea that surfing – just like skating or snowboarding – is just another sport<\/a> on a board is a nice thought – but more of an illusion. <\/p>\n

Surfing is one of the toughest sports (if not THE toughest) you will ever learn, whether at a surf camp<\/a> or on your own. Nothing can destroy an ego like two hours on a softboard in the cold Atlantic with wipeout after wipeout. Surfing has brought people of all ages to their knees and made them curse the day they decided to learn to surf. Even experienced surfers are familiar with the feeling that nothing works, because surfing is not just about you, but also about the right conditions. And as the saying goes? The sea is a cruel mistress. Even after several months of hard surfing practice, you will have the feeling that you are only slightly better than when you started. <\/p>\n

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<\/span>So why bother at all? Because surfing is also one of the best experiences you’ll ever have! <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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<\/span>Learning to surf: Between wave chaos and feelings of happiness<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

When you learn to surf, you learn humility.
You stand in the sea with your board, the salt water stinging your eyes, the Atlantic doing whatever it wants \u2013 and you ask yourself: why does it look so easy for everyone else?<\/p>\n

Don’t worry, you’re not alone. Every surfer \u2013 even those who glide effortlessly through green waves today \u2013 has sat frustrated in the white water at some point, cursing their board and wondering whether surfing is really worth it. <\/p>\n

Surfing is not a sport that you can master in a few days. It is a process \u2013 physically, mentally and emotionally. But it’s worth it. Because nothing compares to the feeling when you stand up for the first time, the wave carries you and you feel: this is freedom.<\/em> <\/p>\n

In our surfing courses on Fuerteventura, we see frustration turn into enthusiasm every day. To help you get there a little faster, we’ll show you the six most common beginner mistakes in surfing \u2013 and how to avoid them.<\/strong> <\/p>\n

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