Is there surf in Senegal?

Learning to surf from a surf instructor?

• All my life I've known I was going to surf but never got to it. Next month I am going to a instructor to learn to surf with my friend. I already know HOW to surf but have never ...show more

• Answer:

  Lessons are the best way to start. Lessons can come from a professional instructor, or surfing family members or experienced surfing friends. You have to learn surf etiquette (so the experienced surfers in the line up don't want to drown you), how to paddle and take off on a wave, and how to ride a wave. The last thing experienced surfers want is for inexperienced people to just grab a board, rush into the surf and get in our way. Lessons shorten the learning curve significantly. And they help keep ignorant, un-prepared kooks out of the water and out of the way of more experienced surfers. . And, I know there are lots of nice kids who want to share information with you on line. But don't take the advice from youngsters, who may know even less than you do about surfing. I hope you are mature enough to read through the BS that lots of people throw at you on line. So, I would be very careful about who's advice you take. I have been surfing since 1966, and it has provided a lifetime of fun for me. If you take the time to learn the right way, it will be a lifetime of fun for you too.Good Luck