Train Your Surf Moves without the ocean
Some of the best surf training happens on dry land. In a 45-minute surf skate session, you'll work through the same movements and mechanics you need in the water,
from bottom turns to top turns, in a controlled environment where you can slow things down, repeat them, and actually feel what good technique should look like.
PRACTICE
OFF THE WATER
A standalone session or a complement to your surf training, either way your next session in the water will feel different.
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One 45-minute private session with a coach. Equipment included.
$90
Why surfers use surf skate?
Because muscle memory doesn't care whether you're on concrete or in the ocean.
The movements that make surfing work, the weight shifts, the rotation, the flow through a turn, are the same whether you're on a wave or on a skateboard. The difference is that on land you can stop, reset, and do it again. In the water you get one shot per wave and then you paddle back out.
Surf skate training lets you isolate specific movements and repeat them until they become automatic. Your body learns what a proper bottom turn feels like, what it takes to drive through a top turn, how to generate speed through a section. By the time you're back in the water, those movements are already in your muscle memory. You're not figuring them out on the wave, you're just doing them.
It also means your surfing doesn't have to stop when the trip ends. Back in the city, a surf skate session keeps your technique sharp and your body connected to the movements until you're back in the ocean.
What to
Expect
A 45-minute coached session with a dedicated instructor
Surf skate equipment included, no experience needed
Breakdown of specific surf movements translated to dry land
Coached repetition of bottom turns, top turns, and flow mechanics
Practical drills you can take home and keep practicing on your own
❋ what you get
❋ Who This is For
Shortboard riders who want to break down and refine their maneuvers away from the water.
Intermediate and advanced surfers working on specific technical movements that are hard to repeat consistently in the ocean.
Surfers visiting Costa Rica who want to complement their water sessions with focused dry land training.
And anyone who wants to keep their technique sharp when they get back home and the ocean is nowhere in sight.
❋ How it Works
Book your session, standalone or as part of your surf training
Meet your coach, equipment is ready and waiting
Briefing, your coach explains the movements and what you're working on
Coached surf skate session, breaking down and repeating specific maneuvers on concrete
End of session debrief, key takeaways and drills to practice on your own
❋ where We SKATE
Sessions take place at the Guiones Skatepark in Nosara, a great spot to work through your movements in a calm, controlled environment with plenty of space to repeat and refine.
For complete beginners or when we're out on a surf trip, any flat surface works. A parking lot is all you need to get started.
your questions, answered
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Not at all. Surf skate boards are designed to mimic surfing movements, not skateboarding tricks. If you can stand on a surfboard, you'll be comfortable on a surf skate. Your coach will walk you through everything from the ground up.
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A regular skateboard is built for skating. A surf skate has a specially designed front truck that allows deep, fluid carving movements that mirror what you do on a wave. It's that rotation and flow that makes it so effective for surf training. You're not learning to skate, you're training your surf technique on dry land.
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The session focuses on the core movements of shortboard surfing, bottom turns, top turns, cutbacks, and generating speed through a section. Your coach will adapt the session based on what you're working on in the water and where your technique needs the most attention.
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SURF lessons
Ready to take what you practiced on land into the water? Our coached surf lessons at Playa Guiones and surrounding breaks are the natural next step.
Watch yourself surf and see exactly how the movements you've been practicing on land are translating into the water.