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Even if you’re land-locked or your local break sucks you can still progress your surfing.

Share the cost of a crappy boat with some mates and go scurfing (wake surfing).

Zac and I went halves on Cool Runnings for a mere $250 each. Check out the pic it was a pimp ride!

You can learn many aspects of surfing while getting towed behind a boat. Especially bottom turns, carving, snaps and airs.

Wakeboarding is also rad and teaches skills like edge control and board feel.

It’s crucial that you get a boat with an inboard motor so you don’t mince yourself.

If you just want to get towed behind the boat on your surfboard you can probably get away with a 40 horsepower engine.

If you’re keen to surf the wake (without a tow rope) and do some wake boarding you’ll need at least 70 horsepower.

Use ballast to get a better/ bigger wake. It’s best to use a specially designed “Fat Sac” that you fill with water from a pump.

You can also experiment with where the passengers sit and see how that affects your wake.

How to Stand Up on a Wakesurf Board:

1. Wax your board up hard.

2. Wear a lifejacket. Apart from the obvious less-chance-of-dieing thing, the flotation will make it easier to pop up.

3. Lie in the water with your feet facing the boat and the board perpendicular to the way the boat is pointing, like you would if you were getting up on a wakeboard. Draw your knees up close to your chest. Have your feet sitting on the board.

4. Hold the handle tight with one hand. Hold the board against your feet with your other hand by grabbing the top rail.

5. Ask the driver to put the boat into its lowest gear so it moves slowly. Make sure the base of the board is pointing towards the boat.

6. The slow momentum should press the board to your feet so you can let go of the rail and grab the handle with both hands.

7. Tell the driver to accelerate hard. Now push your back foot down on the board. Simultaneously stand up on your back foot as you swing the front foot around so your board is pointing forward.

Surf’s up brah!

Photo: Acody

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