Functional Breathing for Surfers

Do you feel anxious on bigger days? Scared of long hold downs? Feeling out of breath just by making it past the break? All these can be addressed through refined breathing habits and techniques. It can help improve your endurance, breath holding abilities, mental game and composure, and ultimately make you more graceful and competent in the water.

We can safely say that proper breathing is integral to surf fitness, but often overlooked, especially among beginners and intermediates. Functional breathing will not only make you a better surfer, but it will benefit other sports and your well-being too.

This workshop is my attempt to squeeze everything I learned about breathing into a single event tailored to surfers; and to provide you with the necessary knowledge and tools to build confidence and resilience in the ocean.

We will cover:

-Introduction to the physiology of breathing

-Preparation techniques before surfing

-Breathing strategies for paddling 

-Downregulation and recovery

-Breathing awareness

-Dryland practice for improved breath holding capacity and breathing efficiency

-QnA

Location: Mareta beach, Sagres (meeting at the bottom of the stairs below Restaurante Telheiro)

Time: 18:00

Price: sliding scale of 15-30€

As a certified breathing instructor, the material is based on the Invincible Breathing Method by Oxygen Advantage. Read more at https://oxygenadvantage.com