Novice Vs. Professional Surfers

Novice Vs. Professional Surfers

As time moves forward, a surfer's mind and body grow with ability. From a novice to professional surfer the progression process never ceases. Yet there is still one thing that keep the two together, the love of surfing. The mind and body grow in experience, stability, competitiveness, and aggressiveness.

The level of experience varies between the novice and professional surfer. A novice surfer has very little experience on moderate, or waist to chest high waves. Due to the fact that a novice surfer barley grasps the basic movement of the surfboard. However, a professional surfer has much experience on large, five feet plus, to extreme level, ten feet and higher, waves. Also, a professional surfer has had much experience maneuvering a surfboard.

Stability on a surfboard is a key strength that allows a surfer to ride larger waves. A novice surfer has a very loose stance which causes the surfer to fall off the board easily. A novice surfer wobbles side to side as a surfboard is riding a wave. Yet because the surfer is moving it causes the board to hit tiny impurities in a wave and throw a surfer off. At the professional level, the surfer is skilled in stability on a surfboard. Therefore, a professional surfer can turn the board at sharp angles and withstand a pipeline.

The competitive drive is what separates a novice and a professional surfer the most. A novice surfer has little or no competitiveness because of the fact that their skill level is at the minimum. In fact, surfing competitions do not allow novice surfers to compete. A professional surfer, however, seeks to compete in as many competitions as possible. By winning major surfing competition professional surfers can gain status in the surfing community and win prizes from the sponsoring company.

Finally, the aggressiveness, separates the great from the beginners. A novice surfer has little drive to be aggressive towards larger level waves. On the other hand, a professional surfer attacks large waves and conquers the wave then moves on to the next.

Experience, stability, competitiveness, and aggressiveness separate the novice surfer and a professional. Even though the two are on two completely different levels of skill, they still have a lot in common. Both level of surfers contain the love of the sport. From novice to professional they differences separate them, the similarities