How to Improve Your Surfing...Other Than Surfing.
This week on KookCast, Coach Chris and Coach Ev are exploring a topic intern Sophie brought to the table.
Jun 03, 2023•32 min•Ep. 225
KookCast: Surf Education
The best podcast for beginner surfers! Tune in to The Surf Continuum's Coach Chris, Coach Evan, and their guests talk about learning to surf and how they learned the hard (and usually hilarious) way to be a little less kooky--or in some cases, just embrace it! Head over to thesurfcontinuum.com/signup to become a member of our team and receive even more value and educational surf content.
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Episodes
The Unwritten Rules of Surfing: Part 2
Following up on last week's episode, Coach Chris and Coach Ev are back with the second half of their list on the unwritten rules of surfing. Tune in and listen up.
May 23, 2023•43 min•Ep. 224
The Unwritten Rules of Surfing: Part 1
Surfing is unique in the way that a lot of the educational process and lessons learned are unwritten. You figure it out as you go, make mistakes you don't realize are mistakes only to be corrected by an elder. In this episode, Coach Chris and Coach Ev are listing off a bunch of those unspoken and unwritten rules of surfing they can think of.
May 19, 2023•33 min•Ep. 223
No Leg Rope, No Surf
This week on KookCast, intern Sophie is on the line with this week's episode que'd up for Coach Chris and Coach Ev regarding the recent headlines from Byron Bay, "leash-less surfing is illegal". Let's talk more about that.
May 08, 2023•21 min•Ep. 222
Three Kooky Things You Can Stop Doing Now
This week on KookCast, Coach Chris and Coach Ev are hitting you with a list of three kooky things you can stop doing today.
Apr 25, 2023•15 min•Ep. 221
2 Things Holding Beginner Surfers Back
This week on KookCast, Coach Chris and Coach Ev are talking about 2 things that hold beginners back in their surfing.
Apr 14, 2023•9 min•Ep. 220
Vamos a El Chante with Fernando Navarro
This week on KookCast, Fernando Navarro owner of El Chante Surf House joins Coach Chris on a washed up log on Playa Hermosa to talk about his story building his vision for El Chante Surf House, how he learned to surf, and of course his kooky story among other things. Close your eyes and be there on the beach, in the shade of the palm trees with us. El Chante Surf House website El Chante Surf House instagram The Surf Continuum...
Apr 04, 2023•45 min•Ep. 219
Catch Waves Better: Don't Turn Your Back to the Ocean
Even non-surfers have heard these wise words: "don't turn your back to the ocean", but in this week's episode Coach Chris and Coach Evan are putting their own spin on that advice and it has to do with catching waves. Tune in to hear how you can catch more waves with proficiency by not turning your back to the sea.
Mar 30, 2023•19 min•Ep. 218
La Misión Surf Trip Recap
This week on KookCast, Coach Chris, Coach Ev, and a group of students who joined them on this years La Misión surf trip are recording and remembering another massively successful surf trip to Baja, California.
Mar 22, 2023•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 217
How to Deal with Snobby Groms
This week on KookCast, Coach Chris and Coach Ev offer some words of advice and encouragement to a young surfer who is getting hassled by some of the local groms. This might be one of those things everyone is going to deal with at least once in their life, and you can either let it beat you down, or make you a stronger person.
Mar 14, 2023•16 min•Ep. 216
The Delusional Surfer's Guide to Reality
This week on KookCast, Coach Chris and Coach Ev are talking about some of the common ways beginner surfers delude themselves and aim to help those lost souls find their way back to a realistic path to better surfing.
Jan 17, 2023•21 min•Ep. 215
New Year, New Yeeew!
Happy 2023. In this episode Coach Chris and Coach Ev are talking about the number one way (that's probably also the most overlooked way) to improve yourself as a surfer. Yeew !
Jan 03, 2023•21 min•Ep. 214
The Art of Missing Waves
This week on KookCast, Coach Chris and Coach Ev are diving a little deeper into a concept that came up in the last episode in regards to having good style. Head to https://thesurfcontinuum.com/longevity for a look at our latest project !
Dec 20, 2022•18 min•Ep. 213
Do You Have Good Style?
Style is a common topic in surf conversation. We all want to have good style. This week on KookCast, Coach Chris and Coach Ev are talking about some of the lesser considered ways of exhibiting good style.
Dec 07, 2022•22 min•Ep. 212
Regaining Confidence After Injuries
This week on KookCast, Coach Chris and Coach Ev are briefly recapping a member's question they answered in detail on the membership site. The full and in-depth video can be found here on the membership site.
Nov 30, 2022•9 min•Ep. 211
Controlling Wipeouts? YES! How to Wipeout Less
Controlling your wipeout? Isn't that an oxymoron? How can you control a wipeout, if wiping out is losing control? In this episode we're discussing a recent member video we created on this very topic, where Coach Ev grabs his board in the middle of a wipeout and salvages what's left. Check it out here!
Nov 11, 2022•15 min•Ep. 210
What's a Good Beginner Board?
This week on KookCast, Coach Chris and Coach Ev are discussing their take on what makes a good beginner board. No, they aren't giving specific dimensions or favorite brands. Rather, they're drawing on their years of experience teaching to give you some food for thought on picking the right beginner board. New on the membership site is two answer videos to some member questions that came through regarding paddling fitness and duck diving....
Oct 25, 2022•20 min•Ep. 209
The Keys to Unlocking a Righteous Finish
Coach Chris and Coach Ev just finished evaluating a few waves, specifically the finishes, of themselves and their students for a new video on the membership site which was inspired by a question from one of the members. This episode is the continued inspiration of the topic on controlling the end of your ride with a kick-out or dismount in order to be a better surfer.
Oct 19, 2022•28 min•Ep. 208
3 Ways To Be a Better Surfer
This week on KookCast, Coach Chris and Coach Ev are back to their coaching style episodes! This episode was inspired by a video analysis we recorded of our friend John surfing. You can find that video on the membership site at: https://thesurfcontinuum.com/video-lessons/3-ways-to-be-a-better-surfer/
Oct 12, 2022•26 min•Ep. 207
Scrub It Kook! with Chase, Jenna, & Nalu Menen
It's been said a family that surfs together, stays together. If you don't believe it, please tune into the the Menen's to prove it. If a board to the head can't break them apart, nothing will. In this episode of KookCast, Chase and Jenna are sharing a story about one of their first surf dates. Bonus alert, their 3 year old has a story of her own to share and a couple choice words for Uncle Coach Ev.
Oct 04, 2022•18 min•Ep. 206
Hurricane Fiona Recap
Not that any episodes of KookCast could be considered "formal", this is one of those especially informal episodes where the coaches are just rapping about a recent swell event. In this case, it's Hurricane Fiona.
Sep 27, 2022•26 min•Ep. 205
Twozy Doozy with Brother Chase Menen
A guest so close yet so far, Brother Chase has long known he's been requested to make his voice heard on KookCast. The day has finally come and in this episode 204, he tells the story of how he lost his board far from home at a heavy beach break and called upon his brother, Coach Evan to help him get in. When things don't go well, Plan B is executed and we all come away with a valuable lesson.
Sep 21, 2022•30 min•Ep. 204
How Not to Splat with Chris Palmer
This week on KookCast, Coach Ev's got long time friend Chris Palmer on the show and they're talking about the value of riding bigger boards, how not to splat with your board when you're amping on the surf and running down the beach, and the consequences of paddling past the pack to pick off waves from the top. After we hear from Chris P., Coach Ev and Coach Chris reflect on the recording.
Sep 09, 2022•40 min•Ep. 203
Turns Out The Kook Was Me! with Phil Martone
This week on Kookcast, the big grom Phil is telling his kooky story about how making an assumption about another surfer got him into a bit of hot water, or perhaps we should call it rocky water. Tune in and hear Phil tell his story about how he learned the hard and hilarious way not to write another surfer off when you're taking off on a wave.
Aug 30, 2022•10 min•Ep. 202
Just Because You Can, Doesn't Mean You Should
This week on KookCast we have three reasons why you should NOT catch a wave. What the hell kind of surf podcast gives you three reasons not to catch a wave? Tune in and find out.
Aug 17, 2022•17 min•Ep. 201
What Makes a Soul Surfer?
In this episode, Coach Chris and Coach Ev are discussing their favorite qualities of a soul surfer.
Aug 11, 2022•32 min•Ep. 200
Catching Waves: Head Up or Down
This week on KookCast, Coach Chris and Coach Evan are discussing your head and whether it should be up or down while you're catching a wave, and the reasons they feel the way they do.
Aug 02, 2022•16 min•Ep. 199
Learning Through Play with Johanly "Jojo" Sepulveda
In this episode, Coach Chris and Coach Ev are sitting down with good friend Jojo to talk about growth, teaching, and learning through play.
Jul 26, 2022•34 min•Ep. 198
How to Improve Your Pop-Up
This week on KookCast, Coach Chris and Coach Evan are discussing the pop-up and a perhaps surprising way you can improve it.
Jul 19, 2022•19 min•Ep. 197
Keeping it Real
Almost every episode of KookCast for the past 4 years has been focused on surf topics, whether Coach Chris and Coach Ev discuss one together, or with a visiting guest...this week the boys are releasing a personal episode that shares with you some of the recent developments that have taken place in their lives. Skip this one if you're looking for surf talk, this is a real and personal one.
Jul 13, 2022•19 min•Ep. 196
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