KookCast: Surf Education

Hey kooks, tune in this week as Coach Chris and Coach Evan look back and recap their annual February surf trip to Baja California. Touching on a many points we always talk about, we do our best to put into practice what we always preach on KookCast, ie travel wisely, show respect, and surf well according to our standards of excellence. Make sure you stick around til the end so you can hear the story of their encounter with some large sea creatures. Enjoy, yew!

Hey rippers, tune in to catch up with Doug Milstein and Coach Chris while they recall old stories about learning how to surf, kooking it, and all the usual nonsense surfers talk about. Highlight: Doug recalls how he came up with the title "Team Neon" for Coach Chris and his buddies when they were groms. Enjoy, yew!

Hey rippers! Tune in this week while Coach Chris and Coach Evan read some funny stories and answer a few questions from a listener and new friend Cat Duval. 

What an honor it was recording this week's episode. Coach Chris got the opportunity to sit down with humble, and life-long surfer Joey Citarella. If you've been a surfer in New York at any point in the last 5 decades, chances are you know Joe. And if you don't know, now you know. After a lifetime of surfing, you'll still find him out there ripping, and more stoked than most groms! Enjoy learning more about Long Island surf legend, Joey Citarella. 

This week on KookCast: Surf Education, Coach Chris and Coach Evan are answering some more listener mail and talking about gear care and maintenance for your surfboard and wetsuit. As surfers, there isn't much gear to care for, but there's quite a bit to keep in mind if you want to keep your gear in top shape for as long as possible. Some things you may already know, but we're willing to bet you'll still learn at least one thing you hadn't. Yew!

Hey Kooks, let's take a road trip! Coach Chris is heading to the Rockaways to check out local surf shop Station RBNY, a sweet little shelter from the cold that's beaming with good vibes. The owner, Nigel Louis is on the show this week, and the dude is straight legendary. Tune in a hear about how he learned to surf on his home island of Barbados and how he found himself in NY looking for surf. Who ever said there isn't surf in NY?

Hey Rippers! Your two favorite kooks are back and for our first new episode of 2019 we talking surfing fundamental fails! Specifically, how you can kook it with your sitting turn and more importantly, how you can do it better and catch more waves. Looking forward to epic things in 2019. Yeww !

Hey rippers, happy new year! Coach Chris is taking a little break for 2 weeks from Kookcasting, but don't stress it because before he went away he took a look back on the recordings from the past year and picked two episodes to share with you again. Please re-enjoy, 3 Surf Etiquette Rules You Should Know with Coach Chris and Coach Evan. Yew!

Hey rippers, happy new year! Coach Chris is taking a little break for 2 weeks from Kookcasting, but don't stress it because before he went away he took a look back on the recordings from the past year and picked two episodes to share with you again. Please enjoy one of the very first recordings Coach Chris did for KookCast with Will Hahn. A personal and crowd favorite. Yew! 

Presenting a special 3 part series of episodes discussing how surfers use the surf forecast and the info found there to help them decide where to look for the best local surf. Join Coach Chris as he talks with Erik Schwab about the nitty gritty details of hunting for the best surf on a given swell and all the nuances that make it an endless pursuit. This week is part 3/3, in discussion - The tide.

Presenting a special 3 part series of episodes discussing how surfers use the surf forecast and the info found there to help them decide where to look for the best local surf. Join Coach Chris as he talks with Erik Schwab about the nitty gritty details of hunting for the best surf on a given swell and all the nuances that make it an endless pursuit. This week is part 2/3. In discussion - Swell.

Presenting a special 3 part series of episodes discussing how surfers use the surf forecast and the info found there to help them decide where to look for the best local surf. Join Coach Chris as he talks with Erik Schwab about the nitty gritty details of hunting for the best surf on a given swell and all the nuances that make it an endless pursuit. This week is part 1/3, in discussion - The wind.

The ways in which we can get hurt in this world are endless. And the sport of surfing is no exception. That's why this week on KookCast: Surf Education, Coach Chris and Coach Evan are talking about a few ways to keep yourself a little safer in the ocean while learning to surf. Don't forget to rate, review, and subscribe to KookCast !

A special episode this week as Coach Chris checks in with old friend, and original surf buddy Sal Termini. A proficient surfer in his own right, enjoy the behind-the-scenes stories of how Sal came to learn to surf by heeding the call of his older brothers, and learning right and wrong the hard way. If you're a grom, or learned to surf when you were one, this episode is going to ring all the bells.

This week Coach Chris and Coach Evan talk about some of the variables that they consider when pulling up to the beach and choosing a surfboard to ride that session. If you have more than one surfboard, it can be easy to get a little scrambled trying to figure out which board to ride that session. So tune in and listen to how your virtual surf coaches make that decision for themselves and bring a little clarity to your own decision next time you need to make that choice.