Advanced
How to Make Speed - Surf Faster
Coach's take: Best-structured lesson here - concept, worked example, then a repeatable technique breakdown.
3.9
Generating speed
Surfing / Popular
Pump the board to build and hold speed.
What coaches agree on
- Stay high on the wave, near the pocket, where the face is steepest and carries the most speed.
- Pump the board by compressing your legs and weighting it as you drive down the wave face, then extending and releasing that weight as you rise back up.
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- Move your arms with your legs as you pump, dropping them as you compress and raising them as you extend, to add balance and rhythm.
Common mistakes
- Letting the board sit flat on the water instead of carrying it from rail to rail, which creates drag and stalls your speed.
- Pumping mainly with the front foot while the back foot stays planted and dead, dragging the tail and killing speed.
Advanced
How To Surf - Speed Generation Part 2 Extra Squirt
Coach's take: The heel-lift/toe-pressure detail is the kind of thing that separates good surfers from great ones.
3.8
Intermediate
HOW TO GENERATE SPEED ON A SURFBOARD: ONLINE SURF COACHING
Coach's take: The plane-vs-pump framing and the eye-tracking tip are the kind of detail a real coach gives, not a generic tips video.
3.8
Advanced
How Elite Surfers Surf with Speed & Style- Ethan Ewing & Mikey February Jeffreys Bay Breakdown
Coach's take: The cork analogy alone makes rail engagement finally make sense.
3.8
Intermediate
Surfing Explained: Ep2 Generating Speed and Grip
Coach's take: One of the best explanations of why speed actually happens — genuinely teaches understanding, not just cues.
3.8
Intermediate
Most Surfers Kill Their Speed in Small Waves 3 Fixes
Coach's take: The 'always cut back to the foam' rule is genuinely useful and easy to apply.
3.7
Intermediate
How To Surf Faster On A Shortboard - Creating Speed In Surfing.
Coach's take: Clear, well-organized, each tip explained not just stated.
3.7
Intermediate
HOW TO GENERATE SPEED SURFING BACKSIDE
Coach's take: The lift-and-push rhythm cue is a good one to internalize.
3.6
Intermediate
Where And How To Find Speed On A Wave | Getting Speed While Surfing | How To Generate Speed Surfing
Coach's take: The flat-board-is-glue analogy is exactly the kind of thing that makes this click.
3.6
Intermediate
Boost Your Surf Speed: Pumping vs Tic Tacking Explained
Coach's take: Clear decision rule for when to use which technique - useful.
3.6
Beginner
HOW TO GENERATE SPEED ON A SURFBOARD
Coach's take: Good if you want to feel the movement before you're fighting a wave to learn it.
3.5
Intermediate
How to Generate Speed | The Pumping Technique - Learn How Advanced Surfers Accelerate.
Coach's take: Genuinely teaches the why behind pumping, not just 'pump more.'
3.5
Intermediate
The Secret To Explosive SPEED Surfing Frontside
Coach's take: Actionable cues that go beyond the usual 'pump harder' advice.
3.4
Intermediate
How To Get Speed While Surfing Backside | I Can't Get Speed While Surfing Backside
Coach's take: Good use of contrasting examples to make the fix concrete.
3.3
Advanced
How to Generate Speed with Mick Fanning
Coach's take: Good cues, but compressed and a bit loosely explained.
2.9
Intermediate
How to Master Backside Speed: Tips You’re Missing in Surfing
Coach's take: Useful backside-specific adaptation of solid technique.
2.9
Intermediate
How to Instantly Get More Speed on a Wave
Coach's take: Short but the wave example makes the point stick.
2.8
Advanced
SPEED: What 99% of Longboard Surfers Don't Practise to go from Good to GREAT! The Sunday Glide #130
Coach's take: Good credibility, but you're waiting for the real analysis to start.
2.8
Intermediate
Paddle Speed For More Waves
Coach's take: Real technique insight plus a usable drill - solid.
2.5
Intermediate
Does Kicking Help You Catch Waves? | Surf Paddling Technique: How Kicking Can Boost Your Speed
Coach's take: Honest, evidence-based - doesn't overclaim what the data shows.
2.4
Beginner
Generate Surfing Speed on Small Waves
Coach's take: Fun to watch, but you're better off going straight to the videos he's copying from.
1.7
Beginner
The Key to Generating Speed in Surfing
Coach's take: Good beginner gear advice, light on technique.
1.7