Learn to Surf with professional big wave surfer Matt Bromley

Explore the range of wave types from gentle beach breaks to green waves and barrels. Learn about point breaks, right and left handers, and refraction that shapes surfing.

Understand how storms drive wind over the ocean to transfer energy into waves, forming sets that crest and break as the ocean floor gradually shoals near shore.

Overcome the fear of being held under by realizing small waves keep you under for only three to four seconds, helping you stay calm during wipeouts.

Identify the foam, unbroken peak, loop, and green face as the wave peels, and ride the face sideways to gain speed by moving from crest toward the power source.

Learn how to measure wave size like a pro using terms such as head high, three foot, and double overhead, while noting measurements vary by position such as face height.

Learn how offshore wind from land to sea creates smooth conditions and larger ripples with wind fetch; avoid onshore winds that bring rough, messy waves.

Discover how tidal range shapes where waves break, from Ireland’s five‑metre range to Hawaii’s one‑metre range, and how tides determine when Entercom and the dunes break best.

Learn to identify rip currents and use them safely: avoid them if you’re a learner, or swim across them to reach the back line, staying calm and breathing.

Assess conditions before paddling out, avoiding big waves, rocks, coral reefs, and strong currents when uneasy, and watch for other surfers while staying clear and protecting your head.

Determine your stance, then practice the pop up and bottom turn on right- or left-breaking waves. Stay low with hands in front to maintain balance.

Develop paddling with long, deep strokes and a flat chest to gain momentum, then bottom turn by looking where you want to go and opening your shoulders to spring speed.

Begin with a quick warm-up to boost shoulder mobility and blood flow for paddling, using jumping squats and torso twists to build explosive energy before hitting the water.

Learn to paddle out by riding the lull between sets, face the board's nose into the waves, balance with the rails, and use a duck dive for bigger waves.

Learn to catch unbroken waves by keeping the nose facing the beach, paddling with long, deep strokes, and performing a quick pop up with forehand or backhand turns.

Explore surfboard anatomy from nose to tail, including stringer, rails, deck, fins, grip pad, and wax, and learn how the leash enhances control and speed.

Learn how a wetsuit delivers warmth across 8–17 degree water through insulation and heat reflection, with a front-zip design and booties to cope with cold seas and multiple duck dives.

Explore board types from longboards to guns and step-up boards, detailing volume, stability, and paddle power for learning, big-wave surfing, and barrel riding with thruster, quad, fish, and crypto shapes.

Explore how tail shapes and fin setups influence stability, speed, and turning across boards, from square tails to thruster and quad configurations. Include leash and wax considerations for wave conditions.

Compare one plug and two plug fin designs and prevent wax and sand from jamming fin screws to improve performance.

Matt Bromley demonstrates deep-stroke approach, pop up with hands forward, and a bottom turn hitting the lip, then rotate off the top with a low center of gravity.

Observe a steep takeoff where leaning into the rail keeps the surfer on the wave face, compressing and pulling up into the barrel for a powerful, yet violent, finish.

Learn bottom turns with compression, extend up the face, rotate your shoulders back to the power source, and carve off the top while carrying speed into the next turn.

Master the bottom-turn compression, pump up the hollow face, and ride the barrel by staying on the inside rail and guiding movement with your hands.

Learn to stay in the hollow barrel by leaning on the inside rail, keeping your hands forward to direct speed and resist drifting down toward the falling left.

Learn to approach a spin with a backhand turn by compressing off the bottom, weight forward, opening and rotating shoulders, and looking up the face to generate speed.

Watch a goofy-foot surfer take off on a long beach left, keep the nose toward the beach, add an extra stroke, then pop up into a compress bottom turn left.

Examine a longboard wipeout on a steep wave, and learn to ride only slow-braking, not-too-steep waves by assessing conditions before paddling.

Learn how to generate speed with compression and extension during a cutback, rotate toward the foam power source, and maintain velocity by looking where you are going.

Generate speed on small waves by compressing at bottom and extending to the top third of the wave, driving energy through your legs into the board via the inside rail.

Master the floater by generating speed, unweighting on the lip, rotating off the top with shoulders back, looking back down the wave, and landing with nose toward the beach.

Master a pro pop up on a wave by using momentum, placing hands on the rails, tucking the front leg, and landing crouched with hands forward to steer momentum.