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Here's what you'll learn each week in the intermediate course :
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Secrets to improving - how to get good fast
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2
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Better positioning for easy wave catching
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3
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How and when to bottom turn or mid-face bottom turn
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4
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How and when to angle your take-off or fade
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5
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Trimming, stalling, getting off the wave, getting around close-outs - better board control
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6
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Turns : using your back foot for long arcs or tight pivots
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7
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Turns : how to crouch for better balance
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8
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Turns : how to use your rail for better grip
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9
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Turns : how and why should surf with your body and not with your board
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10
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Turns : how to accelerate through turns and drive out of the turn
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Stretching & warm ups for better surfing and less injuries
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12
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How to be in the right spot at the right time so YOU get the best waves
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13
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How to know where to sit and catch the best waves of the day
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14
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Timing and the ocean - reading it better
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Speed - going faster so everything becomes easier and you have more fun
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16
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Maneuvers - general principles to start getting smoother and more radical
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17
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Bottom turns - the key to good surfing
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18
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Top turns - for speed and better positioning
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19
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Floater - correct techniques to make floaters simple
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20
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Re-entry - correct techniques & common mistakes to make reos easy
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21
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How to have the best roundhouse cutback at the beach
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22
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Duck-diving - getting duck-dives smooth and effective
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23
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Surfing reef breaks successfully
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Surfing rocky point breaks with ease
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Coping with crowds - how to get your fair share of waves and never get in the way
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26
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Longboarding - why you should ride one ? Speed, cross step, turns.
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Longboarding - nose riding made easy
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Longboarding - drop knee, fades, swith stance, busting big moves, spinners.
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Etiquette - Do unto others, drop ins, snaking - know the rules of the road
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30
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Etiquette - paddle out rule, avoiding collisions - so you're never in the bad books
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31
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Etiquette - 10 Commandments of surfing
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32
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Fitness - ways to get fitter so you surf better and longer
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33
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Reading swells, winds, wave patterns - how do you measure waves ?
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34
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Highs, lows, fronts, troughs, movement of systems - how to predict the swells
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35
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Offshores, onshores, swell directions, ocean floor
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36
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Moons, tides - how do they affect the surf ?
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37
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How to repair your dinged board and save money
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38
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Health, backs, knees, sun, first aid, sea ulcers, ptyregiums, surfers ear.
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Etiquette - Understanding and dealing with localism so you can travel and make friends
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40
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Board designs - Planshape, tails, rocker - know what you want to order on your board
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Board designs - bottom designs, rails, fins, foil, caring for our board
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42
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Board designs - how to order a good custom board - how to talk with a shaper
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43
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Setting up tubes - different approaches for diiferent tube types
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Tube riding - forehand & backhand - how to get deep and come out
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45
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Charging larger or steeper waves with confidence
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8 common errors and how to fix them
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Travel tips - where you'll find some great waves to practice on
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48
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How to pack your boards for travelling so they don't get smashed on the plane
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8 more common errors and how to fix them
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50
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Dealing with fears
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51
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Tips on equipment - know what to buy and how to care for it
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52
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Why surfing is good for you
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